Water Data Steward & Governance Lead

HDR; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, an employee-owned company, is seeking a senior Data Steward for the Water Business Group in the United States (Nebraska – Omaha) to define and enable Water data across service lines. You will establish repeatable data practices, maintain a Water service line data glossary, and train staff on data definitions to support reliable models and AI tools.

Role emphasizes collaboration with Enterprise Data teams, governance of external datasets, and driving adoption of data standards across HDR’s

Qualifications

• 10+ years of strategic leadership experience focused on growing, developing and leading teams in change management and working with data.
• 15+ years of overall experience providing diverse data-centric solutions and services to an organization and the industry.

Responsibilities

• Establish and coordinate a network of SME expertise across the Water Business Group to define technical standards, while ensuring alignment to Water 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 Water Business Group.
• Coordinate with the Technology Director to align data workflows and initiatives to Water BG Strategy.
• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of data standards, practices, and tools across the Water 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 Water BG are aligned to data strategy.

Skills

Data governance

Leadership

Change management

Water industry knowledge

Strategic planning

Education

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

Job description

HDR, an employee-owned company, is seeking a senior Data Steward for the Water Business Group in the United States (Nebraska – Omaha) to define and enable Water data across service lines. You will establish repeatable data practices, maintain a Water service line data glossary, and train staff on data definitions to support reliable models and AI tools.

Role emphasizes collaboration with Enterprise Data teams, governance of external datasets, and driving adoption of data standards across HDR’s