Senior Data Steward & Governance Leader

EXL; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking an experienced Data Steward with 10+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, metadata management, and regulatory compliance. The role bridges business and technology teams to ensure data is accurate, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Strong stakeholder management and the ability to implement governance frameworks across large organizations are required. The position focuses on policy definition, ownership of data domains, data catalog, and governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, MDM, or Data Stewardship.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK.
• Experience with metadata management, data lineage, and data quality processes.
• Excellent business stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and enforce enterprise data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Act as the owner and custodian of critical business data domains.
• Establish data stewardship processes and operating models across business functions.
• Collaborate with Data Owners, Data Custodians, and business stakeholders to improve data management practices.
• Monitor, measure, and improve data quality using predefined KPIs and metrics.
• Identify data quality issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive remediation efforts.
• Define data quality rules, controls, and validation mechanisms.
• Implement continuous monitoring processes for critical data assets.
• Maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, and metadata repositories.
• Ensure proper classification, lineage, and documentation of enterprise data assets.
• Promote adoption of data catalog platforms across business teams.
• Support compliance initiatives related to GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure data privacy, security, and retention policies are followed.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments of data governance processes.
• Partner with business users, data architects, data engineers, analytics teams, and leadership.
• Facilitate governance councils and working groups.
• Drive awareness and training programs related to data governance and stewardship.
• Develop governance dashboards and reports for executive stakeholders.
• Track governance maturity, data quality scores, and stewardship effectiveness.
• Present governance insights and recommendations to leadership teams.

Skills

Data Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

Data Quality

MDM

Data Lineage

Compliance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS/DM

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica Axon

Microsoft Purview

Informatica DQ

Ataccama

Talend DQ

IBM InfoSphere

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

EXL is seeking an experienced Data Steward with 10+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, metadata management, and regulatory compliance. The role bridges business and technology teams to ensure data is accurate, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Strong stakeholder management and the ability to implement governance frameworks across large organizations are required. The position focuses on policy definition, ownership of data domains, data catalog, and governance