Data Governance Lead: Master Data Steward & Standards

Simplot; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Simplot, a family-owned global food and agriculture company based in Boise, Idaho, is seeking a Data Governance Lead to drive data accountability and establish standards and quality metrics for core master data domains. You will partner with business stakeholders, IT data teams, and end-users to improve data assets supporting daily operations and strategic programs.

You will lead governance rule publication, data standard design, and education efforts, while aligning data management strategies

Qualifications

• Ability to facilitate consensus among diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Experience communicating technical topics to broad audiences.
• Ability to query and profile data to extract insights using SQL.

Responsibilities

• Articulate the data governance mission, strategy, and the value of managing data as an asset.
• Lead the set up of data domain groups formed to make enterprise-wide decisions about data.
• Facilitate a consistent and transparent data decision-making process that brings together business and IT data stakeholders.
• Publish and maintain data governance rules and approvals.
• Draft and gain approval for clear, accurate data standards that capture governance rules.
• Lead the design of master data authoring processes.
• Provide data governance education and training on core data concepts, practices, and guidelines.
• Propose and gain approval of metrics to monitor data quality against data standards.
• Ensure data management strategies are implemented and reflected in data standards and practices.
• Coordinate data cleansing efforts and improve data quality.
• Design data quality reporting requirements and collaborate with IT data teams to implement reports.
• Communicate state of data quality with stakeholders and resolve questions.

Skills

SQL

Data governance

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Data profiling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Data quality tools

Enterprise data platforms

Job description

Simplot, a family-owned global food and agriculture company based in Boise, Idaho, is seeking a Data Governance Lead to drive data accountability and establish standards and quality metrics for core master data domains. You will partner with business stakeholders, IT data teams, and end-users to improve data assets supporting daily operations and strategic programs.

You will lead governance rule publication, data standard design, and education efforts, while aligning data management strategies