Responsible for the assessment, improvement, and governance of data and ongoing fitness-for-purpose of the organization’s data assets in compliance with policy and regulatory obligations. Contribute to the development of the enterprise data governance strategy and lead initiatives across business and technical domains to accelerate speed to insights from company data assets. Serve as a leader on the team to direct/coach on policy and technical matters. Build and nurture relationships with key data owners/stakeholders, and resources outside of the team (e.g. IT, Legal, Compliance).

Responsibilities:

  • Lead cross-functional business and technology teams to drive data quality, data standards, ease-of-use, and data security/privacy policy adoption.

  • Evangelize data governance and build a collective shared vision for focused and consistent ongoing data initiatives.

  • Provide technical expertise and assess/recommend new solutions to advance the Data Governance mission.

  • Execute on data issues with a high degree of complexity for multiple data domains and/or across numerous lines of business.

  • Interact with the Data Governance Council; propose policy changes and/or new policies.

  • Keep abreast of global personal data and privacy legislation (proposed and effective); deliver thought leadership for responses and compliance with same.

  • Audit existing business practices to ensure compliance with the organization’s privacy and data governance policies.  Focus on process improvement.

  • Mentor and direct more junior Data Stewards and teammates.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other quantitative discipline with a focus on data usage and critical thinking, or relevant business degree

  • Eight years of experience in a similar role

  • Skilled in disciplined data stewardship and governance practices

  • Expert understanding of database management, data mining and reporting concepts

  • Technical competence using SQL, big data technologies, Hadoop, and AWS

  • Ability to bridge business and technical concepts to advance objectives

  • Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills

  • Detail oriented and well organized

Preferred Qualifications:

Subject matter expertise in one or more of the following:

  • Data Governance

  • Master Data Management

  • Data Quality

  • Metadata Management

  • Data Architecture and Modeling

Working Conditions:

  • Office environment: hybrid or remote location

  • Occasional travel

Compensation:

The Salary for this position generally ranges between $98,000 - $125,000 annually. Please note that the salary range is a good faith estimate for this position and actual starting pay is determined by several factors including qualifications, experience, geography, work location designation (in-office, hybrid, remote) and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion. 

This job description is not a contract of employment nor for any specific job responsibilities. The Company may change, add to, remove, or revoke the terms of this job description at its discretion. Managers may assign other duties and responsibilities as needed. In the event an employee or applicant requests or requires an accommodation in order to perform job functions, the applicable HR Business Partner should be contacted to evaluate the accommodation request.