Transportation Data Steward Lead

HDR; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to shape how data is defined, shared, and used across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role focuses on enabling data reuse and informed decision-making rather than IT tasks, embedding data standards across disciplines and service lines.

The role requires extensive leadership in data strategy, governance, and change management, with the aim of helping HDR turn data into reliable business insights and scalable analytics solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, data science, business, computer science, or related discipline or equivalent related experience.
• 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.
• Experience in resources engineering and leading data governance initiatives.

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.
• Use your technical network to build alignment and consensus around data processes and priorities.
• Promote consistent, responsible use of technical data, including access, data quality, and reuse.
• Support governance of externally sourced datasets 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.
• Regularly communicate with other Data Stewards and Enterprise teams.
• Ensure new tools align to data strategy within the Transportation BG.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Change management

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Team development

Communication

Education

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

Job description

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to shape how data is defined, shared, and used across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role focuses on enabling data reuse and informed decision-making rather than IT tasks, embedding data standards across disciplines and service lines.

The role requires extensive leadership in data strategy, governance, and change management, with the aim of helping HDR turn data into reliable business insights and scalable analytics solutions.