Transportation Data Steward — Define & Unify Data

HDR; North Dakota; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Medical, Dental, Vision

Retirement savings plan with employer

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time away

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to lead data governance across the Transportation Business Group, shaping how data is defined, shared, and reused for better project delivery. This leadership role coordinates subject matter experts and technical authorities to establish consistent data practices across disciplines and service lines.

The position is in-office at HDR offices nationwide. It emphasizes enablement, collaboration, and measurable improvements in data quality, reuse, and

Qualifications

• Ten years of strategic leadership experience focused on growing, developing and leading teams in change management and working with data.
• Fifteen years of overall experience providing diverse data centric solutions and services to an organization and the industry.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related experience in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Establish and coordinate a network of SME expertise across the Transportation Business Group to define technical standards.
• 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

Leadership

Data governance

Change management

Data strategy

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 governance across the Transportation Business Group, shaping how data is defined, shared, and reused for better project delivery. This leadership role coordinates subject matter experts and technical authorities to establish consistent data practices across disciplines and service lines.

The position is in-office at HDR offices nationwide. It emphasizes enablement, collaboration, and measurable improvements in data quality, reuse, and