Data Governance and Master Data Management Expert

Lead Data Governance & Master Data Management Expert
Employment Type: Contract
Location: Remote
Travel Required: N/A

About Kaizen
Kaizen Analytix is a global technology consulting firm that helps organizations unlock the full value of their data through advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and modern data platforms. We partner with clients across industries to solve complex business problems, modernize legacy systems, and drive measurable outcomes. At Kaizen, we combine deep technical expertise with a collaborative, people-first culture focused on continuous improvement. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and execution to deliver solutions that make a real impact.

Job Overview
We are seeking a senior-level Data Governance and Master Data Management lead to drive the design, improvement, and ongoing maturity of the enterprise data governance framework. Master data management is delivered through Stibo Systems, and the initial focus of this role is the governance of the MDM workflows that run on that platform, bringing them into the larger enterprise data governance framework. You will establish governance policies, standards, and operating models that ensure data is accurate, consistent, secure, compliant, and fit for business use.

You will work closely with all data stewards to review the current Stibo MDM workflows for key domains such as vendor, product, and customer, and update them so they fit within the broader governance framework. A key early activity is to assess the current state and business processes that ingest master data into the client's ERP landscape, which spans multiple ERP systems, and to understand how master data flows to and is consumed across them. You will map how data is created, enriched, approved, and distributed today, identify gaps, control weaknesses, and manual touchpoints, and redesign these workflows so they are governed consistently and can be automated. Over time, the role extends beyond MDM workflows to the wider governance of enterprise data. You will partner with business and technical stakeholders to define data ownership, stewardship, and decision-rights models, and support trusted reporting and analytics. This position requires strong leadership in identifying data risks, improving data controls, and enabling regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities
• Lead enterprise data governance strategy, roadmap, and execution, starting with the governance of MDM workflows
• Work closely with all data stewards to review the current Stibo MDM workflows for key domains
including vendor, product, and customer
• Assess the current state and business processes that ingest master data into the client's ERP
landscape, spanning multiple ERP systems, and map how master data flows to and is consumed across them
• Update and redesign these MDM workflows, so they fit within the larger enterprise data governance framework and can be governed consistently and automated
• Identify gaps, control weaknesses, manual touchpoints, and inefficiencies in current data creation, enrichment, approval, and distribution processes and drive their improvement
• Define and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and decision-making structures
• Establish and support data stewardship, ownership, and accountability frameworks across domains
• Drive data quality improvement, issue resolution, root cause analysis, and control design
• Manage master data, metadata, business glossary, and reference data practices
• Collaborate with business, IT, compliance, security, and analytics teams to align data priorities and coordinate with the Stibo platform team
• Extend governance coverage beyond MDM workflows to the wider enterprise data landscape over time
• Monitor KPIs and report on governance maturity, data quality trends, and risks to senior stakeholders
• Promote continuous improvement in enterprise data management practices

Qualifications
• Deep experience in data governance, data quality, metadata management, and enterprise data strategy
• Strong understanding of master data management concepts and MDM workflows, and how they are brought under a data governance framework
• Working knowledge of the Stibo Systems MDM platform, sufficient to review and update its workflows so they fit within the larger governance framework
• Strong understanding of the workflows of key data domains such as vendor, product, and customer, and how they are governed
• Proven experience working with data stewards to map current-state workflows and redesign them for governance and automation
• Proven experience defining and operationalizing data governance frameworks, including stewardship models, data quality rules, and approval processes at enterprise scale
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives in a complex organization
• Experience in distribution, retail, or manufacturing environments preferred

Kaizen Analytix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.