Principal Data Steward
Principal Data Steward
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Job Description
How Will Your Role Impact First Command
The role of the Data Steward provides day to day expertise and coordination required in defining the data we need to operate as well as the business rules that define data quality. As part of the Enterprise Data & Analytics Team the Data Stewards will have the opportunity to influence the data culture at First Command driving stewardship & quality engineering behaviors. This role reports into the Director Data Management.
The Data Stewards will use our business intelligence platform industry best practices for data governance critical thinking and problem-solving skills to partner with the First Command lines of business to rationalize data needs that are critical to our path to business agility.
The ideal candidate is outcome-focused and has a collaborative style that fosters teamwork. They will be required to work across multiple groups and initiatives to establish alignment.
What Will You Be Doing
Champion a business-driven approach to Data Governance by collaborating with business stakeholders to develop an understanding of their critical data elements reports and KPIs;
Establish technical data stewardship by defining the technical assets critical to our business processes establish lineage and define workflows to manage our data;
Assess data quality baselines and manage a data quality action plan to remediate issues with our critical data elements;
Integrate our core systems with our governance & quality tools to catalog & profile data;
Define success measures & operational metrics to uncover data quality opportunities & communicate progress;
Facilitate training & adoption activities for business intelligence solutions to deliver business value to business stewards & leadership team;
Fostering stewardship of data in our business and technology teams;
Provide thought leadership for our Agile Release Trains & Product Management team to design agile products with built-in data quality & stewardship.
What Skills/Qualifications Do You Need
Education
BA required or equivalent experience may be considered; MBA or MS or equivalent a plus.
7 years of applied experience in Data Governance or comparable positions that handle data definitions requirements gathering and fostering business partner relationships
Strong understanding of Data Governance and Data Quality
Strong understanding of industry best practices for Data Governance & familiarity with data privacy
Strong understanding of methods to document data mapping and data lineage
Strong understanding in metadata management and data quality methodology
Strong data analysis skills with proficiency in SQL with knowledge of T-SQL and PL/SQL
Applied experience with cloud data solutions; Microsoft Azure a plus
Strong understanding of data management and data architecture practices
Applied experience with Data Governance and Quality tools (e.g. Collibra Informatica Purview Talend)
Applied experience with Agile frameworks; SAFe KANBAN or SCRUM a plus
Applied experience documenting business definitions of technical assets and how data is organized within an organization
Applied experience transforming manual processes to industry standards
Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to generate innovative solutions
Ability to be a self-starter and take initiative to achieve tangible results from a conceptual strategy
Preferred Qualifications
Financial services industry experience or other highly regulated industry experience a plus
Certifications related to Data Governance Microsoft Azure and/or Agile frameworks a plus
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Employment Type
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