About this role
<p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Requisition Number: 75126</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>The company built on breakthroughs. <br>Join us. </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Come break through with us. </span></p> <p><br><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies. Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes. IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.</span></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Role Purpose</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Business Information Architect – Customer is accountable for defining and aligning customer business meaning, data, systems, and processes across enterprise platforms and data domains. This role ensures customer data is consistently understood, structured, and applied across the company to support operational processes, data quality, governance, analytics, and business objectives. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Working as part of the Enterprise Data Management organization, this role bridges business process and technology by partnering with Data Governance, Data Stewards, Data Architects, IT Architects, and business stakeholders. The role focuses on customer definitions, critical data elements, business rules, hierarchies, and end-to-end data flows across key platforms, including SAP MDG, ERP, contract lifecycle management, and related commercial processes. This role supports all functions that use customer data, with primary emphasis on Finance, Supply Chain, and downstream processes such as credit management and order-to-cash. </span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Key Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Define and maintain the business information architecture for customer data across systems, processes, and data domains. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Develop and govern customer business terms, definitions, critical data elements, hierarchies, relationships, and business rules to ensure shared understanding across business and technology teams. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Analyze and document how customer data is created, mastered, transformed, integrated, and consumed across enterprise systems and business processes. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Partner with Data Governance, Data Stewards, Data Architects, and IT teams to align customer information architecture with governance standards, business requirements, and technical implementations. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Support consistency of customer data across SAP MDG, ERP, contract lifecycle management, and related commercial and operational systems. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Maintain traceability between business definitions, business rules, stewardship practices, and downstream data and system implementations. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Support the standardization of customer hierarchy and relationship structures, including use of D&B and other reference data sources where appropriate. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Contribute to the design and publishing of trusted customer data products for operational and analytical use. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Define and promote standards for customer data quality, semantic consistency, accessibility, usability, security, and compliance. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Support the definition of information requirements and controls for customer onboarding, maintenance, and customer attributes embedded in downstream business processes and transactional flows. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Provide guidance, training, and support to stakeholders on customer information architecture, data usage, and best practices. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Monitor and assess customer data issues, architecture gaps, and opportunities to improve consistency, usability, and business value. </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Education </H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information management, business, finance, supply chain, or a related field. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Advanced degree preferred</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Required Skills & Experience </H2> </div><div><ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Minimum of 7 years of experience in data architecture, information architecture, data governance, enterprise data management, master data, or a related field. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Proven experience defining and implementing business-aligned data or information architecture solutions in complex organizations. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience working with customer data, customer master data, customer hierarchies, and customer relationships. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience documenting data flows across systems, integrations, and business processes. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Experience with SAP MDG, ERP-centered processes, or comparable customer master environments. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Strong understanding of how customer data supports Finance, Supply Chain, and commercial processes, including credit management and order-to-cash. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Strong understanding of data governance, data management, and operational data quality principles. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Ability to define business terms, rules, hierarchies, and information flows using structured documentation or modeling techniques. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. </span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Ability to work effectively across business and technology teams and influence outcomes in a matrixed environment. </span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p> </p> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>A job that shapes a life. </strong></span></p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>Corning offers you the total package. </strong></span></p> </div> <div> <p> </p> </div> <div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. </span></p> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win. </span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Our health and well-being benefits include medical, company-paid life insurance, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program to support you and your family. </span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. </span></p> </li> </ul> <div> <div> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt">Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Corning%20Accommodations">[email protected]</a>.</span></p> </div> </div> </div>