Data Steward (Hybrid)

Selective Insurance Company of America; Short Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 101,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Selective Insurance seeks a Data Steward to ensure data within their business domain is clearly defined, trusted, governed, and fit for business and regulatory needs. You will collaborate with stakeholders, IT, and the Data Governance Office to promote a data-driven culture and ensure the quality, integrity, and reliability of data assets.

The role focuses on implementing governance policies, defining data quality rules, building a data catalog, and maintaining metadata including KDEs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Business Management, Information Technology or equivalent field.
• 4+ years’ work experience with data management, data analytics, data engineering, or related field.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, data management and data quality processes across the data lifecycle.
• Experience working with Data Governance and Data Quality platforms.
• Insurance industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implements data governance policies and standards within the business domain, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Defines data quality expectations and rules, monitors quality, performs root cause analysis, and collaborates with IT to resolve issues and develop scorecards.
• Builds, manages and curates a data catalog of the enterprise’s data to enable stakeholders to discover assets; documents and maintains metadata including ownership, definitions, taxonomies, standards, and reference data.
• Consults on projects, enhancements and changes from a Data Governance perspective.
• Defines, creates, validates, and maintains metadata for data assets within the domain, including KDEs.
• Develops and delivers training and data literacy programs to increase understanding of data management across the organization.
• Evangelizes Data Governance to elevate the organization’s commitment to clean, reliable data.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data analytics

Data management

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in MIS/Business/IT

Tools

Data Governance tools

Job description

About Us

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years.

Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2025 and certification as a Great Place to Work® in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.

Overview

The Data Steward ensures that data within their business domain is clearly defined, trusted, properly governed, and suitable for both business and regulatory needs. The Data Steward collaborates closely with business stakeholders, IT professionals, and the Data Governance Office to align data management practices with organizational objectives. The Data Steward is responsible for promoting a data-driven culture by ensuring the quality, integrity, and reliability of data assets within their business domain. All responsibilities must be performed in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Implements data governance policies and standards within their business domain, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements as necessary.


• Defines data quality expectations and rules, performs data quality monitoring, root cause analysis, partners with IT to resolve issues and develop scorecards.


• Builds, manages and curates a data catalog of the enterprise’s data to enable stakeholders to discover data assets. Document and maintain metadata for data including ownership, definitions, taxonomies, standards, and reference data through proactive discovery, recurring SME engagement, and evaluation of current and future initiatives and capabilities.


• Consults on projects, enhancements and other changes to the data and provides input from a Data Governance perspective.


• Defines, creates, validates, and maintains metadata for data assets within their domain, including managing Key Data Elements (KDEs).


• Develop and deliver training and data literacy programs for stakeholders to increase understanding of data management processes and drive adoption throughout their business domain and the organization.


• Evangelize Data Governance within the assigned business domain to contribute to the collective vision to elevate the organizations’ commitment to clean, reliable, and accurate business data.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Requirements

• Knowledgeable on Data Governance best practices, processes, and techniques


• Strong analytical, data management and problem solving skills.


• Motivated self-starter, driven for results, effective at prioritizing and multitasking and working independently as well as in a team environment


• Awareness of the security, privacy, and quality requirements for critical data.


• Experience analyzing data and identifying data issues or inconsistencies, able to perform root cause analysis.


• Analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand business and technical functions, processes and information quickly


• Ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders.


• Ability to quickly pick up knowledge on Data Governance tools.


• Exercise independent judgment and attempts to address issues prior to seeking guidance from senior staff members.


• Able to communicate effectively and concisely with individuals at all levels of the organization.


• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and business units.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Business Management, Information Technology or equivalent field


• 4+ years’ work experience with data management, data analytics, data engineering, or a related field, with demonstrated experience in data governance initiatives.


• Knowledge of Data Governance, data management and data quality processes across the data lifecycle, from data capture through data retirement.


• Experience working with Data Governance and Data Quality platforms.


• Insurance industry experience preferred.


• Data modeling experience is beneficial.

Total Rewards

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and 20 days of paid time off. Additional details about our total rewards package can be found by visiting our benefits page.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.

Pay Range

USD $101,000.00 - USD $131,000.00 /Yr.

Additional Information

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual’s unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences – and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.

For Massachusetts Applicants

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.