Enterprise Data Steward

Impactmakers; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans 100% paid-for by the

Job summary

Zoho in Richmond, VA is seeking an Enterprise Data Steward to ensure the quality, integrity, and appropriate use of enterprise data assets. This role partners with business and IT to define, document, and enforce data standards and governance practices supporting trusted data.

The ideal candidate has deep data management knowledge, strong stakeholder relationships across levels, and experience with Collibra or similar platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information management, computer science, business, or related field.
• 5+ years in data management, governance, or related data discipline.
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks, metadata, quality, and lineage.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills across stakeholders.
• Ability to run workshops and governance forums with varied participants.
• Collaborative team player, effective solo contributor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME and primary contact for data governance, quality, and management.
• Establish, document, and maintain data definitions, dictionaries, lineage, metadata.
• Collaborate to identify, assess, and resolve data quality issues; monitor rules.
• Facilitate governance meetings, working groups, cross-functional forums.
• Build trusted relationships with data owners, consumers, and IT teams.
• Administer and maintain Collibra platform including workflows and glossary.
• Support data stewardship activities: access management, triage, escalation.
• Partner with data architects, engineers, and analysts to embed governance in pipelines.
• Provide guidance and training on governance policies and tools.
• Contribute to enterprise data governance strategy and operating model.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data lineage

Metadata management

Collibra

Stakeholder management

Data definitions

Data dictionaries

Workshops facilitation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business, or related field

Tools

Collibra

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Richmond, United States | Posted on 06/25/2026

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Job Description

Enterprise Data Steward |Onsite 2–3 days per week in Richmond

We are a mission-driven management and technology consultingcompany committed to delivering exceptional value for our clients and thebroader community. Our experienced teams help organizations managetransformation across IT, data governance, cloud, and security with a focus ontheir customers and their people.

We utilize an innovative business model to transform thebusiness value of our work into social value for the community—gifting 100% ofour net profits to the community over the life of the company, with annualcommunity contributions that rival companies 100x our size.

Position Summary

The Enterprise Data Steward is responsible for ensuring thequality, integrity, consistency, and appropriate use of enterprise data assets.This position partners with business and technical stakeholders across theorganization to define, document, and enforce data standards, policies, andgovernance practices that support reliable, trusted data.

The ideal candidate possesses deep knowledge of datamanagement fundamentals, brings a self-motivated and collaborative work ethic,and excels at building trusted relationships with stakeholders at every levelof the organization—including non-technical business users. Experience withCollibra or comparable enterprise data governance platforms is a strong asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Serveas a subject matter expert and primary point of contact for enterprise datagovernance, data quality, and data management practices across assigned datadomains.
• Establish,document, and maintain data definitions, data dictionaries, lineage, andmetadata standards within the enterprise data catalog.
• Collaboratewith business and technical teams to identify, assess, and resolve data qualityissues; define and monitor data quality rules and metrics.
• Facilitatedata governance meetings, working groups, and cross-functional forums;communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Buildand maintain trusted relationships with business owners, data consumers, and ITteams to promote data literacy and governance adoption.
• Administerand maintain the enterprise data governance platform (Collibra), includingworkflows, policies, business glossary, and data classification frameworks.
• Supportdata stewardship activities including data access management, data issuetriage, and escalation processes.
• Partnerwith data architects, engineers, and analysts to ensure governance principlesare embedded in data pipeline and product design.
• Provideguidance and training to business stakeholders on data governance policies,standards, and tools.
• Contributeto the development and continuous improvement of the enterprise data governancestrategy and operating model.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’sdegree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business, or a relatedfield (or equivalent experience).
• 5+years of hands-on experience in data management, data governance, data quality,or a related data discipline.
• Strongworking knowledge of data management fundamentals: data governance frameworks,metadata management, data quality management, master data management, and datalineage.
• Demonstratedability to work independently with minimal supervision, manage competingpriorities, and drive tasks to completion.
• Outstandinginterpersonal and communication skills; proven track record of building trustand credibility quickly with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Abilityto facilitate workshops, working sessions, and governance forums withparticipants ranging from executives to front-line business users with notechnical background.
• Collaborativeteam player who is equally effective working autonomously or withincross-functional teams.
• Familiaritywith data governance concepts including data ownership, data classification,data lineage, and data lifecycle management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experiencewith Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, including configuration of workflows,business glossary, data catalog, and policy management.
• Collibracertification (Data Steward, Data Engineer, or equivalent) is a strong plus.
• Familiaritywith DAMA-DMBOK or other recognized data management frameworks.
• Experienceworking in public sector, regulated industries, or large enterpriseenvironments.
• Knowledgeof data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) and their governanceimplications.
• Experiencewith modern data platforms (cloud data warehouses, data lakes) and relatedmetadata tooling.
• Exposureto Agile delivery methodologies and collaborative tools (Jira, Confluence,SharePoint).

Position Impact

This position plays a foundational role in building andsustaining a trusted data ecosystem across the enterprise. The Enterprise DataSteward ensures that data assets are well-understood, fit for purpose, andconsistently governed—enabling confident, data-driven decision-making andlong-term operational excellence.

As a values-based company, taking care of our employees isof the utmost importance and our employee benefits package reflects that. Weoffer:

• Healthcareplans with benefit premiums 100% paid-for by the company
• 401(k)with company matching
• Flexible,dog-friendly work environment in Scott’s Addition
• Company-sponsoredevents and pro bono opportunities
• Aculture where team members work with us, not for us

We provideequal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants foremployment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,disability, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions ofemployment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination,layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.