I believe most of these roles can be replaced—and the work distributed across the organization—by implementing well-defined data contracts that are programmatically deployed, along with effective data modeling of operational and transactional systems, including master data management. In my view, everyone in an organization, from salespeople to AI engineers, should be responsible for maintaining data quality, rather than delegating most of the effort to a specific group. This approach is not only more cost-effective but has also proven to be more efficient, at least in my experience.
I believe most of these roles can be replaced—and the work distributed across the organization—by implementing well-defined data contracts that are programmatically deployed, along with effective data modeling of operational and transactional systems, including master data management. In my view, everyone in an organization, from salespeople to AI engineers, should be responsible for maintaining data quality, rather than delegating most of the effort to a specific group. This approach is not only more cost-effective but has also proven to be more efficient, at least in my experience.