Lead Data Steward

S&P Global; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global seeks a Lead Data Stewardship to drive data integrity, governance and cross-functional collaboration within the Enterprise Data Organization. You will lead business relationships datasets, champion data quality initiatives, and partner with product and ops teams to enable data-driven decisions.

You will guide how data collection and curation are performed, leverage AI-assisted tooling, and ensure timely, compliant data delivery to internal stakeholders and clients.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of databases (Databricks/Snowflake/PostgreSQL).
• Proficient in SQL and Advanced Excel.
• Experience with Power BI dashboards and automation tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills with relational databases.
• Awareness of data harmonization ecosystems is advantageous.
• Agile experience is advantageous.
• Solid project management across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead for datasets under Business Relationship domain and oversee project execution.
• Develop and improve data collection workflows and duplicate identification systems.
• Lead creation and maintenance of a new company data collection tool.
• Manage content-driven projects from inception to delivery, ensuring quality and timelines.
• Collaborate on profiling datasets using AI tools and platforms.
• Lead and mentor the team, ensuring accountability for project outcomes.
• Assess internal and vendor data to enhance datasets and offerings.
• Support strategic data ingestion and curation initiatives.
• Coordinate onboarding of datasets from internal and external sources.
• Collaborate with product teams to enhance data capabilities and offerings.
• Engage with clients via Relationship Managers to address research needs.
• Document workflows and major releases with training materials.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Project management

SQL

Data governance

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Power BI

MI Platform

CIQ Platform

XF

Xpressfeed

Job description

Job Description:

About The Role

This Lead Data Stewardship position will be an integral part of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Organization's (EDO) Corporate Data Stewardship team. The primary objective of this team is to uphold the integrity, quality, governance, and compliance of Business Relationships, and Corporate Relationships. A critical aspect of this role involves fostering collaboration and communication with various stakeholders, including operations teams, product managers, and technology and data transformation teams, to gain insights into data requirements and challenges, as well as to identify enhancements to both data and processes. As a stewards, we are committed to the continuous identification of opportunities for improving data processes and practices, implementing necessary changes to elevate data quality and operational efficiency across the organization. By leveraging a profound understanding of market dynamics, we position ourselves as trusted partners, providing clients with the intelligence required to navigate opportunities and mitigate risks within a competitive landscape.

Grade Level (for internal use)

10

The Team

This Lead Data Stewardship position will be an integral part of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Organization's (EDO) Corporate Data Stewardship team. The primary objective of this team is to uphold the integrity, quality, governance, and compliance of Business Relationships, and Corporate Relationships. A critical aspect of this role involves fostering collaboration and communication with various stakeholders, including operations teams, product managers, and technology and data transformation teams, to gain insights into data requirements and challenges, as well as to identify enhancements to both data and processes. As a stewards, we are committed to the continuous identification of opportunities for improving data processes and practices, implementing necessary changes to elevate data quality and operational efficiency across the organization. By leveraging a profound understanding of market dynamics, we position ourselves as trusted partners, providing clients with the intelligence required to navigate opportunities and mitigate risks within a competitive landscape.

The Impact

As a member of the Data Stewardship Team, you will play a pivotal role in driving and managing key initiatives that support the EDO Data Strategy. You will play a vital role leading Business Relationships dataset and acting as subject matter expert of for the dataset. You will lead efforts to improve data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness through collaboration, innovation, and the execution of ad-hoc projects, with a focus on acquiring and collecting public and private data.

What's In It For You

The selected candidate will work independently, leading and contributing to projects while improving project management, analytical, and multitasking skills. The role involves collaborating with various teams, including data operations, product, technology, legal, risk & compliance, support, and commercial partners, throughout the project lifecycle with specific to profiling dataset.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for datasets under Business Relationship domain such as Supply Chain, Products and Competitors datasets, overseeing project execution and providing guidance to team members to ensure successful project completion.
• Expertise in the data collection processes, focusing on understanding workflows and collaborating with Tech and Ops teams to establish a robust duplicate identification system.
• Oversee and assist in the development of a new collection tool designed for the creation and maintenance of company data.
• Lead and manage content-driven projects from inception to completion, guaranteeing timely delivery, adherence to quality standards, and alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate on technological capabilities and initiatives pertaining to profiling datasets, particularly through the utilization of SPARK Assist, Copilot, ASTRA and other AI agents as appropriate.
• Manage the team to efficiently lead the projects and made accountable for the projects and tasks.
• Identify and explore opportunities internally and assess third-party vendors data to enhance datasets and product offerings.
• Conduct research and development to support strategic data ingestion and curation projects.
• Partner with key stakeholders to facilitate the onboarding of Supply Chain dataset from both in-house sources and vendor data through different phases of Relationship Harmonization.
• Collaborate with the product team to enhance front-end product offerings and commercialize data capabilities.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on data structures, content collection tools, and client interfaces such as MI, CIQ, Xpressfeed and other products.
• Engage with clients, facilitated by Relationship Managers, to address research needs.
• Ensure well-documented workflows, processes, and major releases with comprehensive training materials to support up-to-date knowledge repository.
• Follow escalation protocols for major incidents and technology community issues.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders through various forums and strategy calls.
• Support Operations in a consultative capacity for critical client cases and process improvements.
• Demonstrating problem-solving capabilities at all levels.

What We Are Looking For

Basic Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Decent knowledge of, or exposure to, databases such as Databricks, Snowflake and PostgreSQL. Proficient in SQL and Advanced Excel.
• Ability to retrieve, interrogate, manipulate, and analyze data and present findings.
• Knowledge of business intelligence tools for analyzing datasets and visualizing data. Hands on experience Power BI dashboards and Agentic AI solutions for automation.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical skills with familiarity in relational database concepts.
• Basic knowledge on Company Harmonization eco-system is advantageous.
• Experience in Agile methodologies is advantageous.
• Strong project management skills, capable of handling multiple projects to meet deadlines.
• Understanding of platforms and systems like MI Platform, CIQ Platform, XF and MI/CIQ Doc repository.

Functional Skills

• Enthusiastic about problem solving.
• Advanced troubleshooting and multitasking skills, with a meticulous eye for detail.
• Interest in technology used to visualize, interrogate, and report data.
• A strong track record and demonstrable interest in analyzing data.
• Knowledge of, or interest in, datasets under the reference data domain is desirable.

Behavioral Skills