Lead Data Steward: AI-Ready Data Governance

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health & wellness

Discounts

Work environment

Commuter access

Job summary

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines is seeking an experienced Lead Data Steward to establish and drive data governance across the organization. You will define data quality, metadata, lineage, and access policies to make data usable for AI, analytics, and business operations.

Collaborating with Legal, Security, and IT, you will embed governance into data products and pipelines, leading a steward network and driving compliance across domains.

Qualifications

• Degree in information management, computer science, data management, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in data governance, data management, or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience with data catalogue tools (Collibra, Alation, Purview) and data quality platforms.
• Strong understanding of data management frameworks.
• Experience defining data ownership models and partnering with data stewards.
• Knowledge of GDPR and data privacy regulations and their practical implications.
• Ability to translate technical data concepts into business language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the SAS data governance framework: policies, standards, processes, and ownership model.
• Build and maintain the enterprise data catalogue ensuring metadata, definitions, lineage, and ownership are documented.
• Establish and monitor data quality standards across critical data domains (customer, loyalty, commercial, operations).
• Lead the data stewardship network across business units, ensuring accountability at domain level.
• Collaborate with Legal, Security, and IT to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Drive data classification and access management practices in partnership with IT Security.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data quality

Data lineage

Access policies

Stakeholder management

GDPR knowledge

Education

Degree in information management, computer science, data management, or related field

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Job description

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines is seeking an experienced Lead Data Steward to establish and drive data governance across the organization. You will define data quality, metadata, lineage, and access policies to make data usable for AI, analytics, and business operations.

Collaborating with Legal, Security, and IT, you will embed governance into data products and pipelines, leading a steward network and driving compliance across domains.