Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance & Quality

Sturm Foods, Inc.; Michigan; On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation from day one

401(k) with employer match

Comprehensive PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement and training

Wellness programs and ERGs

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods seeks a Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance, quality, connectivity, and business process improvement across the organization. This hands-on leadership role partners with cross‑functional teams to set standards, policies, and accountability for trusted data.

The role defines governance frameworks, drives data ownership, and enables data‑driven decision making while balancing strategic direction with pragmatic execution in a matrix

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, data management, analytics, or related field.
• 10+ years’ experience in SAP enterprise data governance or related disciplines.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across functions without direct authority.
• Strong data governance, ownership, stewardship, data quality, metadata, and standards.
• Experience driving process simplification, automation, and continuous improvement with measurable outcomes.
• Working knowledge of ERP environments and data integration.
• Hands‑on with root‑cause analysis, requirement development, and practical solutions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and change‑leadership skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data governance standards, policies, and accountability frameworks.
• Partner with data owners to establish clear ownership, stewardship, and consistent practices.
• Facilitate cross‑functional governance decisions and address systemic issues.
• Establish measurable data quality standards, scorecards, and monitoring.
• Investigate data quality issues and drive corrective actions with accountable teams.
• Drive process improvements to create, maintain, and consume enterprise data.
• Define data requirements, standards, and integration principles with IT teams.
• Promote consistent data definitions and reliable information flows across platforms.
• Build partnerships across Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Manufacturing, IT, Shared Services.

Skills

SAP

Data governance

Data quality management

Master data management

Business process transformation

Enterprise applications

Data ownership & stewardship

Data governance frameworks

Automation & continuous improvement

Change leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication & facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology / Data Management / Analytics

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

ERP environments

Enterprise data integration

Analytics architectures

Job description

TreeHouse Foods seeks a Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance, quality, connectivity, and business process improvement across the organization. This hands-on leadership role partners with cross‑functional teams to set standards, policies, and accountability for trusted data.

The role defines governance frameworks, drives data ownership, and enables data‑driven decision making while balancing strategic direction with pragmatic execution in a matrix