Strategic Resources Data Steward – Power & Waste

HDR; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

HDR seeks a strategic-minded Resources Business Group Data Steward to define, share, and reuse data across Business Classes and Practices. This leadership role improves data clarity, consistency, and governance to enable better decisions and delivery excellence throughout HDR.

You will report to the Resources Business Group Technology Director with a dotted line to the Digital Design Lead, partnering with HDR Data Operations and the Technology Leadership Team to advance analytics, automation,

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of strategic leadership experience focused on growing, developing, and leading teams in change management and business data.
• Minimum 15 years of overall experience providing diverse data-focused solutions and services to an organization and the industry.
• Experience within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
• Previous experience in the power, industrial and/or waste sectors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work as the RBG data point of contact and leverage SME expertise from our Business Classes and Practices.
• Develop and maintain specific data glossary(ies) for key engineering and technical terms with business context.
• Use your technical network to build alignment and consensus around data processes, priority, and expected use.
• Promote consistent, responsible use of technical data, including access, data quality, best practice for format, and reuse.
• Support governance of externally sourced datasets (access, approvals, inventory awareness, storage, and lifecycle considerations).
• Work with Enterprise Data Operations to help lead a RBG SME network to align practices and share lessons learned across our business classes and practices.
• Promote data fluency across the RBG.
• Regularly communicate and collaborate with other BG Data Stewards, BG and Enterprise Data Science Teams, and Enterprise Data Operations staff.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data governance

Change management

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant field

Job description

HDR seeks a strategic-minded Resources Business Group Data Steward to define, share, and reuse data across Business Classes and Practices. This leadership role improves data clarity, consistency, and governance to enable better decisions and delivery excellence throughout HDR.

You will report to the Resources Business Group Technology Director with a dotted line to the Digital Design Lead, partnering with HDR Data Operations and the Technology Leadership Team to advance analytics, automation,