Transportation Data Steward: Data Standards Leader

HDR; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to lead data definitions, standards, and governance across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role coordinates SME expertise and technical authorities to ensure consistent data practices across disciplines and service lines, enabling better decision-making and data reuse.

Embedded in the Transportation BG rather than IT, the role focuses on enabling delivery excellence, data-driven insights, and enterprise-wide data alignment,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, data science, business, computer science, or related discipline or equivalent related experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the Resources engineering industry.
• Experience leading diverse teams and managing change.

Responsibilities

• Establish and coordinate a network of SME expertise across the Transportation Business Group to define technical standards, while ensuring alignment to Transportation data practices and enterprise expectations.
• Develop and maintain business-aligned data definitions for key engineering and technical terms that support structured data models, reporting, automation, and AI use cases.
• 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)
• Promote data fluency across the Transportation Business Group
• Coordinate with the Technology Director to align data workflows and initiatives to Transportation BG Strategy
• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of data standards, practices, and tools across the Transportation BG
• Regularly communicate and collaborate with other Data Stewards, Enterprise Data Science Teams, and Enterprise Data Operations staff.
• Ensure new tools identified for implementation within the Transportation BG are aligned to data strategy.

Skills

Data governance

Data standards

Change management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, data science, business, computer science, or related discipline

Job description

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to lead data definitions, standards, and governance across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role coordinates SME expertise and technical authorities to ensure consistent data practices across disciplines and service lines, enabling better decision-making and data reuse.

Embedded in the Transportation BG rather than IT, the role focuses on enabling delivery excellence, data-driven insights, and enterprise-wide data alignment,