Senior Manager, Data Management

At Ball, integrity and trust are the foundation of who we are. Guided by our core values—"We Care. We Work. We Win.”—we create a culture where every voice matters and every idea drives progress. Together with our global employees, customers, and partners, we’re turning bold sustainability goals into reality and shaping a future we can all be proud of. Create a new future. Apply Today. Primary Purpose of this Position:The Senior Manager, Data Management leads the enterprise Data Management function encompassing Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, and Data Governance operations. This role is the enterprise accountability layer for data trust — owning the stewardship model, governance controls, data quality standards, and data security policy design that ensure enterprise data is accurate, defined, classified, and reliably governed.Essential Responsible Areas:Data Governance COE:Define and operate the enterprise data stewardship and ownership model — ensuring every critical data domain has a named business owner and active stewardMaintain the business glossary, enterprise data definitions, and ownership registry as living, governed artifacts — not static documentationRun governance forums, decision rights frameworks, and escalation paths — resolving data definition disputes, ownership conflicts, and cross-domain data issuesOwn data classification taxonomy and access policy design — defining RBAC policy tiers aligned to data sensitivity and regulatory requirements (policy design only; technical implementation owned by Data Platforms)Own business metadata completeness and definition quality in the enterprise catalog (Microsoft Purview / Unity Catalog), ensuring Gold-layer assets are documented to enterprise standardsServe as the policy interface to enterprise InfoSec for compliance validation, audit readiness, and regulatory data controls — operating as the data-side partner in incident response and access reviewsMaster Data Operations:Oversee master and reference data workflows across SAP S/4HANA and JD Edwards — governing the creation, change, and maintenance processes for Customer, Product, Supplier, Site, and Cost Center master dataAccountable for accuracy and timeliness of master data — owning MDM SLAs as measurable commitments, not targetsOwn preventive controls at data creation points — ensuring governance rules are embedded in the data request and approval workflow before bad data enters the systemDrive reduction of downstream rework caused by MDM defects — quantifying the operational and financial impact of master data failures and reporting improvement to the CDO and business leadersManage MDM release cycles, change control, and SLAs — coordinating MDM updates across SAP and JDE in alignment with ERP release schedules and Data Architecture standardsData Quality:Define and own enterprise data quality rules and acceptance criteria — establishing the quality standards that analytics products and downstream systems must meet before data is certified for useProduce enterprise DQ scorecards and trend reporting — publishing domain-level quality scores, issue aging, and improvement trajectories to the CDO and business data owners on a recurring cadenceOperate systemic escalation for recurring quality issues — routing persistent DQ failures to data owners, engineering teams, or MDM operations with clear accountability and resolution timelinesAccountable for measurable improvement in critical data domains — quality improvement targets are defined at the start of each year and tracked as a performance commitmentWhat we are looking for: Bachelor's degree required in Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field preferred. Master's degree in a quantitative or information management discipline preferred. 8+ years in data management, data governance, or MDM roles within large enterprise environments3+ years leading teams — direct or matrixed — with accountability for governance, quality, or MDM outcomesExperience operating data governance frameworks at enterprise scale: stewardship models, ownership registries, governance forums, and escalation processesHands-on experience with MDM platforms and ERP master data processes — SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred; JD Edwards a differentiatorFamiliarity with data quality tooling, scorecard development, and DQ rule design across critical data domainsExperience defining data classification frameworks and access policy design (RBAC policy, not technical implementation)Strong stakeholder management across business and IT — able to drive accountability without direct authorityManufacturing or industrial sector experience — familiarity with Customer, Product, Supplier, and Site master data complexityExperience with Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, or equivalent metadata and catalog platformsDMBOK or CDMP certification — signals structured data management methodologyExperience supporting Finance, Supply Chain, or Commercial data domains at an enterprise levelBackground operating in a product-based or federated data operating model — able to work within a CDO org with defined role boundariesRequired Knowledge Areas:Policy-Layer Leadership — Operates effectively at the governance and standards layer without owning technical enforcement; understands where their authority ends and platform ownership beginsAccountability Architecture — Skilled at building accountability frameworks and stewardship models that drive behavior through ownership and incentive, not bureaucracyGovernance Facilitation — Effective at running governance forums, decision rights processes, and escalation paths that resolve disputes and produce durable decisionsExecutive Communication — Translates data governance concepts, quality metrics, and policy decisions into business value language for CIO, CFO, and functional leader audiencesStructural Ambiguity Tolerance — Comfortable establishing governance structure in maturing organizations; can operate without perfect tooling or complete data inventories while building toward the target stateCompensation & Benefits: Expected Hiring Salary Range:  $115,000 - $164,300 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.) This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan. Please visit our "Total Rewards" page to learn more about Ball’s comprehensive benefits structure. The preferred location for this role is our Westminster, CO campus; but we will consider a remote candidate, dependent on experience, qualifications and willingness to engage in regular travel to the Colorado campus. Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: If based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). Travel and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. 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