Water Data Steward & Governance Lead

HDR; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HDR employee ownership culture

Job summary

HDR is seeking a senior Data Steward to shape how Water data is defined, shared, and used across HDR’s Water Business Group. This embedded, enablement‑focused role partners with leaders to drive data standards and governance in project delivery.

You will lead a network of experts, promote data quality, and align tools and practices with HDR’s data strategy, supporting AI use cases and scalable data workflows.

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 Water engineering industry.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• Active participation in HDR’s employee‑owned culture is a must.

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

10+ years leadership

15+ years data solutions

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 senior Data Steward to shape how Water data is defined, shared, and used across HDR’s Water Business Group. This embedded, enablement‑focused role partners with leaders to drive data standards and governance in project delivery.

You will lead a network of experts, promote data quality, and align tools and practices with HDR’s data strategy, supporting AI use cases and scalable data workflows.