Master Data Management Lead — Hybrid

Nelnet; Lincoln (NE); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA and FSA

401K/student loan repayment

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., seeks a Data Management Lead to establish and maintain master data standards across the organization. You will define entity resolution, survivorship, and authoritative sources while guiding remediation and embedding requirements into new systems.

This is a leadership role focused on governance and data quality rather than people management. The position offers a hybrid work option and requires a Bachelor's degree with 5+ years in data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, data analytics, computer science, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Professional certification in data management, data governance, or master data management is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in master data management, data quality, data governance, data engineering, or a related data discipline.
• Experience defining match rules, thresholds, survivorship logic, identity resolution, or golden-record practices for one or more master data domains.
• Experience working across multiple source systems and operational or analytical data platforms, including SQL-based data profiling and validation.
• Experience creating governance and technical documentation that enables business and technical stakeholders to implement and verify standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain matching, threshold, survivorship, and golden-record standards for master data domains.
• Define canonical identifiers, authoritative sources, data ownership, and attribute-level governance rules across systems.
• Establish repeatable entity-resolution practices that support consistent recognition of the same entity across multiple sources.
• Partner with technical teams to translate approved master data standards into solutions and independently validate results against defined requirements.
• Set data quality thresholds and monitoring practices, including exception review and stewardship processes for records requiring manual resolution.
• Lead remediation of duplicate, conflicting, incomplete, and orphaned master records in coordination with data quality and system stakeholders.
• Embed master data requirements into system, data platform, integration, and implementation designs, including identifier assignment and data acceptance criteria.
• Evaluate vendor and partner approaches affecting master data, clarify scope boundaries, and assess alignment with approved standards.
• Maintain version control, change history, approvals, and traceability for master data rules and decisions.
• Facilitate cross-functional decisions, communicate recommendations, and report on master data quality, coverage, matching, and remediation progress.

Skills

Data Fluency

Critical Thinking

Cross-Functional Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Technical Writing & Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional certification in data management

Job description

Nelnet Business Services (NBS), a division of Nelnet, Inc., seeks a Data Management Lead to establish and maintain master data standards across the organization. You will define entity resolution, survivorship, and authoritative sources while guiding remediation and embedding requirements into new systems.

This is a leadership role focused on governance and data quality rather than people management. The position offers a hybrid work option and requires a Bachelor's degree with 5+ years in data