Process Improvement Specialist

Dexian; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexian in Dallas is seeking a senior Process Improvement Specialist to evaluate workflows within a data engineering organization, design future-state processes, and lead governance and change management during the shift to a platform-support model.

The role focuses on embedding new processes, defining ownership and operating rhythms, and developing dashboards to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement across the data platform.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years of professional experience.
• Extensive experience in the data domain.
• Strong understanding of data organizations, data processes, and Data Engineering environments.
• Ability to analyze current operational environments and team workflows.
• Capable of translating technical delivery realities into effective processes, controls, decision rights, and operating rhythms.
• Proven experience in identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks.
• Ability to drive change management initiatives.
• Experience transitioning process ownership to operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess current processes and workflows to identify areas for improvement.
• Design future-state processes aligned with organizational goals.
• Implement and embed new or revised processes.
• Establish governance and controls as needed to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Define decision rights and operational rhythms that support effective process execution.
• Drive change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption of new processes.
• Support organizational transition to updated operating models.
• Transition ownership of processes to operational teams post-implementation.
• Identify automation opportunities to streamline process management.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to monitor and improve processes.

Skills

Process optimization

Data engineering

Governance frameworks

Change management

Workflow analysis

Dashboards & reporting

Job description

Position Summary

Seeking a senior Process Improvement Specialist to support a data engineering organization. This individual will evaluate current workflows, identify opportunities for enhancement, design and implement new processes, establish governance where necessary, lead change management initiatives, and facilitate the transition of ongoing process ownership to appropriate teams. The organization is evolving from a centralized data team model that fulfills business requests to a platform-support model that enables other teams to achieve their goals with engineering support.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess current processes and workflows to identify areas for improvement.
• Design future-state processes aligned with organizational goals.
• Implement and embed new or revised processes.
• Establish governance and controls as needed to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Define decision rights and operational rhythms that support effective process execution.
• Drive change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption of new processes.
• Support organizational transition to updated operating models.
• Transition ownership of processes to operational teams post-implementation.
• Identify automation opportunities to streamline process management.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to monitor and improve processes.

Required Qualifications

• Approximately 10+ years of professional experience.
• Extensive experience in the data domain.
• Strong understanding of data organizations, data processes, and Data Engineering environments.
• Ability to analyze current operational environments and team workflows.
• Capable of translating technical delivery realities into effective processes, controls, decision rights, and operating rhythms.
• Proven experience in identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Skilled in designing and implementing processes.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks.
• Ability to drive change management initiatives.
• Experience transitioning process ownership to operational teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail industry experience.
• Experience working within a data management environment focused on structured enterprise problem‑solving methodologies.
• Support experience supporting organizational shifts from centralized data teams to platform‑support models.
• Familiarity with automation solutions to enhance process efficiency.
• Experience building dashboards to manage and oversee processes.

Why This Opportunity May Be Appealing

Join a forward-thinking organization at the forefront of evolving data operations, where your expertise will directly influence efficiency, governance, and organizational capability. The role offers the chance to work in a highly dynamic environment, with opportunities to implement meaningful improvements, leverage automation and data visualization tools, and support a transformative shift in data service delivery.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority‑owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting‑edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support. Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory‑changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.