Enterprise Data Steward

C2C Data Governance Contractor

Seeking a C2C candidate located in the specified area.

Contractor Qualifications and Experience:

• A minimum of four years of experience implementing and administering data governance tools, including data profiling, data quality, metadata management / data catalog, and master data management tools.
• A minimum of four years of experience in data management, data governance, or data stewardship roles.
• A minimum of three years of experience writing data-related enterprise level policies.
• A minimum of a four-year college degree in business, public health administration, computer science or analytics. A current data governance certification such as the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) may be considered in lieu of the degree.
• A minimum of three years of experience in root cause analysis and remediation of data quality issues.
• A minimum of three years of experience in verbal and written communications to convey project progress and results of analysis, which includes the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• A minimum of three years of experience creating detailed documentation, including data flow diagrams, guidebooks, training documents, and strategic roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and external stakeholders.
• Strong presentation skills, including the ability to command presence of an audience during trainings and/or presentations is preferred.

Contractor Responsibilities:

• Provide Data Steward Facilitation, collaboration, and training as follows:
• As directed by the Department, conduct an orientation session for Department data stewards to explain their roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
• As directed by the Department develop a Data Steward Guidebook outlining standard practices and procedures. Submit the Data Steward Guidebook within two months of issuance of the Purchase Order to the Department Contract Manager for review and approval.
• As directed by the Department, each quarter conduct data governance training sessions, workshops, and awareness programs for Department employees to foster a data-driven culture and improve data literacy across the organization.
• As directed by the Department, serve as the leader or facilitator of the Department’s Data Steward Community of Practice meetings to provide guidance on standard approaches and ensure that best practices are shared across the group.
• As directed by the Department, assist in creating (i.e. drafting and reviewing) new data governance policies.
• As directed by the Department, collaborate with data stewards, business stakeholders, data owners, and technical data stewards to understand data requirements, resolve data-related issues, and promote data-driven decision-making.
• As directed by the Department, create and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) that showcases the progress, impact, and performance of data governance and data stewards.
• At the direction of the Department, provide Data Governance Tool Configuration and Integration as follows:
• As directed by the Department, collaborate with Department’s information technology (IT) and Data Modernization project teams to ensure the tools support and align with the Department’s data steward operations.
• As directed by the Department, define business rules, workflows, logic, and standards to be incorporated into the tool configuration.
• As directed by the Department, coordinate with Department’s IT and project system implementor to install, configure, test, and deploy the data governance tools in the production environment.
• As directed by the Department, ensure seamless integration with the Department’s existing data systems, including the Enterprise Data and Analytics Platform.
• As directed by the Department, contribute to the data steward dashboard design and maintenance, including service tasks, approvals, data quality scores, and other metrics.
• As directed by the Department, define, populate, and create processes to maintain metadata repositories, ensuring comprehensive data cataloging.
• As directed by the Department, configure the tools to capture and visualize data lineage for Department datasets that are critical to enable the Department’s mission.
• As directed by the Department, ensure master data match/merge logic and data enhancement complies with regulatory and operational requirements.
• At the direction of the Department, provide Innovation and Piloting as follows:
• As directed by the Department, develop a pilot project to test data governance stewardship processes (e.g., data quality improvement, data sharing, in one bureau or division) and submit it to the Department Contract Manager for the Department to review and approve.
• As directed by the Department, launch the approved pilot project.
• As directed by the Department, foster innovation in data stewardship practices through ongoing research of modern practices and tools, and ongoing monitoring of current practices to identify where adjustments and improvements are needed to support evolving business requirements to accelerate data and insights to action.

Required Skills: Data Analysis, Tableau, Data Warehouse, SQL, SQL Server

Basic Qualification:

Additional Skills: Data Architect, Business Intelligence Architect, Big Data

This is a high PRIORITY requisition.