Global ERP Master Data Governance Lead

Spinnaker Search; Horsham (PA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinnaker Search is assisting a global manufacturing and distribution organization in Horsham, PA to locate an Enterprise Master Data Governance Lead. The role focuses on governing master data across ERP systems and supporting enterprise applications, with emphasis on data ownership, quality, security, and compliance.

7+ years of MDG/ERP data governance experience and strong knowledge of item/product/master data domains are required; hands-on skills in Power BI, Excel, and data tools are a plus.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in master data management, master data governance, data quality, or enterprise data stewardship within an ERP-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of enterprise master data domains such as item master, product master, BOMs, routes, vendors, customers, suppliers, finance master data, and related operational data.
• Experience governing master data across ERP and surrounding enterprise applications, ideally including global ERP implementations, ERP operations, data migrations, data transformation, or enterprise data cleanup.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, data lifecycle management, data ownership, data stewardship, data standards, data controls, and governance documentation.
• Ability to create process flows, RACI models, approval workflows, escalation models, data standards, data quality rules, and master data operating procedures.
• Experience working with business stakeholders across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, finance, sales, quality, engineering, compliance, analytics, and IT.
• Ability to influence dotted-line data stewards and regional business users, with strong communication skills and the ability to drive process adoption without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and process improvement skills, with experience using Excel, Power BI, and data integration or data quality tools.
• Understanding of data security, access control, segregation of duties, approval evidence, audit-ready documentation, and compliance concepts.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the enterprise master data governance strategy across global ERP, CRM, PIM, PLM, and related enterprise applications, with a focus on improving global consistency, accuracy, security, and data quality.
• Establish and operationalize data ownership, stewardship, RACI models, workflows, approval processes, escalation paths, naming conventions, standards, and accountability across master data domains.
• Govern end-to-end master data lifecycle processes, including creation, modification, extension, validation, approval, retirement, audit readiness, and change history documentation.
• Partner with regional data stewards and business users to standardize how master data is requested, reviewed, approved, entered, validated, maintained, and measured across global regions.
• Create detailed governance documentation, including data owners, approvers, stewards, validation points, quality checks, workflow models, and compliance requirements.
• Build master data health metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to measure request volume, data quality, completeness, defects, cycle time, and governance effectiveness.
• Assess the current state of master data governance, identify gaps, and create a practical roadmap for short-term improvements and longer-term maturity.
• Support master data governance needs tied to manufacturing, supply chain, production planning, costing, procurement, quality, engineering, finance, sales, analytics, and compliance.
• Ensure master data processes align with regulatory, audit, privacy, access control, segregation of duties, financial reporting, and global compliance expectations.
• Help improve automation around master data request intake, validation, approval, quality checks, and ERP updates where practical.

Skills

Master Data Governance

ERP Governance

Power BI

Excel

Data Quality

Data Lifecycle

Data Ownership

Process Improvement

Stakeholder Engagement

Compliance Awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Management, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Power BI

SQL

Azure

Job description

Spinnaker Search is assisting a global manufacturing and distribution organization in Horsham, PA to locate an Enterprise Master Data Governance Lead. The role focuses on governing master data across ERP systems and supporting enterprise applications, with emphasis on data ownership, quality, security, and compliance.

7+ years of MDG/ERP data governance experience and strong knowledge of item/product/master data domains are required; hands-on skills in Power BI, Excel, and data tools are a plus.