Transportation Data Steward: Lead Data Governance

HDR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Detailed benefits package

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to shape how data is defined, shared, and reused across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role coordinates SME input to establish standards and enable data-driven decision making across projects.

Embedded in the Transportation BG, not IT, this role focuses on enabling effective data use, driving adoption of data practices, and supporting delivery excellence across HDR’s transportation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in the Resources engineering industry.
• Experience building and leading diverse teams and managing change.
• Ability to work with senior leaders, managers and technical directors.

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

Strategic leadership

Change management

Data-centric solutions

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

HDR is seeking a Transportation Data Steward to shape how data is defined, shared, and reused across the Transportation Business Group. This leadership role coordinates SME input to establish standards and enable data-driven decision making across projects.

Embedded in the Transportation BG, not IT, this role focuses on enabling effective data use, driving adoption of data practices, and supporting delivery excellence across HDR’s transportation initiatives.