Director, Data Enablement & Governance

Kimco Realty Corporation; Jericho (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimco Realty Corporation in Jericho, NY with locations in Houston, TX and Charlotte, NC seeks a Director, Data Enablement to lead data governance, metrics and data-product standards. The role will guide the move to BI reporting and ensure data readiness for AI and automation.

The position sits within Business Enablement, part of Kimco's Office of Innovation & Transformation, collaborating with technology and business leaders to deliver measurable digital value across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in data governance, analytics, data management or BI.
• 3+ years leading data strategy, governance or enablement initiatives.
• Experience building a data governance framework and enterprise metrics.
• Experience defining and managing business-facing data products.
• Hands-on BI with semantic models and governed datasets.
• Experience leading reporting migrations across teams.
• Strong communication and influencing skills in a matrixed org.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute Kimco's data strategy using internal and external data sources.
• Establish and maintain a practical data governance framework with ownership and quality standards.
• Manage the Kimco metric dictionary and align measures across functions.
• Define data products with purpose, users, and business rules.
• Track adoption and impact of data products.
• Lead business readiness for the Power BI migration with models and standards.
• Ensure data for AI, automation and analytics is clean and defined.
• Partner with Tech, Engineering and business teams on requirements.
• Communicate progress to senior leadership in business terms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data governance

Analytics

Data management

Business intelligence

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Power BI

MRI

Salesforce

Workday

Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Kimco Realty Corporation in Jericho, NY with locations in Houston, TX and Charlotte, NC seeks a Director, Data Enablement to lead data governance, metrics and data-product standards. The role will guide the move to BI reporting and ensure data readiness for AI and automation.

The position sits within Business Enablement, part of Kimco's Office of Innovation & Transformation, collaborating with technology and business leaders to deliver measurable digital value across the enterprise.