Data Management Lead

Guardian Industries; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Industries in Auburn Hills, MI seeks a Data Management Lead to shape the trusted data foundation for our ERP transformation. This role connects business processes to governed data definitions, conversion rules, and quality controls, enabling analytics, reporting, and AI-enabled solutions.

You will lead data product lifecycle, collaborate with data stewards and process owners, and drive standardization across ERP conversion, governance, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in data management, ERP implementation, data conversion, data governance, master data, business analysis, or data-product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement to define master/reference/transaction data for ERP deployment.
• Translate processes into governed data definitions, conversion rules, quality requirements, reconciliation criteria, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate data readiness through profiling, cleansing, testing, refreshes, cutover, production loading, and post-load validation.
• Lead data-product lifecycle from business definition and technical alignment through validation, publication, and ongoing ownership.
• Partner with Data Stewards, process owners, and technology teams to clarify ownership, resolve dependencies, and make data quality and delivery risks visible.
• Validate that data products, semantic views, reports, and related consumption methods reflect approved business meaning and logic.
• Drive standardization, reuse, and continuous improvement across ERP conversion, data governance, and data-product delivery.

Skills

Data management

ERP implementation

Data governance

Master data

Data quality

Tools

Snowflake

SQL

Azure DevOps

Job description

Guardian is seeking a Data Management Lead to join our team in Auburn Hills, MI!

In this role you will help shape the trusted data foundation for our enterprise ERP transformation. You will connect business processes and outcomes to governed data definitions, conversion requirements, quality controls, and reusable data products that support operations, reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.

Our Team

You will work across Guardian business and technology teams, partnering with Global Process Owners, Business Process Owners, Data Stewards, and ERP workstreams. Together, the team is building sustainable data capabilities that support business readiness at go-live and continue creating value after implementation.

What You Will Do

• Lead business and subject-matter engagement to define and validate the master, reference, and transactional data required for ERP deployment.
• Translate business processes and outcomes into governed data definitions, conversion rules, quality requirements, reconciliation criteria, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate data readiness through profiling, cleansing, testing, refreshes, cutover, production loading, and post-load validation.
• Lead assigned domains through the data-product lifecycle, from business definition and technical alignment through validation, publication, and ongoing ownership.
• Partner with Data Stewards, process owners, and technology teams to clarify ownership, resolve dependencies, and make data quality and delivery risks visible.
• Validate that data products, semantic views, reports, and related consumption methods reflect approved business meaning and logic.
• Drive standardization, reuse, and continuous improvement across ERP conversion, data governance, and data-product delivery.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in data management, enterprise resource planning implementation, data conversion, data governance, master data, business analysis, or data-product delivery.
• Experience translating business processes into data definitions, requirements, quality rules, controls, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience supporting enterprise testing, data refreshes, cutover, go-live, or stabilization activities.
• Working knowledge of data governance, metadata, lineage, master data management, data quality, and data stewardship practices.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work among business and technology stakeholders.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with Infor M3 or a comparable global ERP platform, particularly in warehouse, logistics, or quality processes.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Agile delivery methods such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience with Snowflake, SQL, semantic models, business intelligence consumption patterns, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience applying data-product, metadata, lineage, and governed-data concepts in manufacturing, supply chain, operations, finance, commercial, or quality domains.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or at any time in the future. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world's largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You'll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world's most iconic projects.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.