Global Customer Data Governance Lead

nVent; Saint Louis Park (MN); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

nVent seeks a senior leader to transform how we manage, govern, and realize value from customer data across all business functions. You will be the SME and change agent for customer data domains, hierarchies, and master data management, enabling data as a strategic asset across global operations.

You will partner with privacy, legal, and IT teams to implement governance, drive data quality, and ensure compliance with privacy regulations and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 7+ years of progressive experience in data management, business analysis, or related roles with increasing responsibility
• 5+ years of direct experience with customer data, master data management, or data governance in enterprise environments

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the complete customer data domain including hierarchies, entity structures, segmentation, and relationship mapping across all enterprise systems
• Establish enterprise-wide customer data standards and drive data quality, accessibility, and business value through proactive issue resolution
• Lead cross-functional project & governance initiatives as the primary authority for customer data decisions, policy development, and strategic direction
• Collaborate with MDM teams to define golden customer records, data quality rules, survivorship logic, and system integrations
• Coordinate with Data Stewards on customer onboarding and validation processes, lineage documentation, and system mappings

Skills

SQL proficiency

MDM platforms

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Informatica MDM

data catalogs

Snowflake

Azure

Job description

nVent seeks a senior leader to transform how we manage, govern, and realize value from customer data across all business functions. You will be the SME and change agent for customer data domains, hierarchies, and master data management, enabling data as a strategic asset across global operations.

You will partner with privacy, legal, and IT teams to implement governance, drive data quality, and ensure compliance with privacy regulations and industry standards.