Enterprise Data Steward

Title: Enterprise Data Steward

Duration: Contract

Location: London, UK : Hybrid : 1-2 Days Onsite

Note: Microsoft Purview experience (Must)

Overview of role

The Data Steward will join a team at clients in ensuring our data strategy operates against industry data best practices and provides an environment on which trust can be built for the integrity of data and the management of data.

The Data Steward is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and quality of client data. This role defines data standards, implements data governance policies, and critically works with all departments to maintain data integrity. A strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a deep understanding of data management principles is a must. Develop and implement data governance policies and standards to ensure data quality and consistency.

Responsibility:

• Define data ownership and accountability across the organization
• Create and manage the enterprise-wide data catalog
• Oversee the creation, maintenance and use of metadata
• Implement and maintain security protocols to protect data from unauthorised access and breaches
• Establish and enforce data governance and policy standards
• Regularly audit data access and usage to ensure compliance with policies and standards
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify data quality issues
• Conduct data profiling and quality assessments to identify data discrepancies and inconsistencies
• Monitor the performance of data cleansing and remediation plans for data integrity
• Provide data training and awareness to employees, improving employee capabilities and competency to understand data and there controls – inclusive of knowledge for data protection laws and regulations such as GDPR
• Stay up-to-date with data management best practices and industry trends
• Support data integration and migration projects
• Participate in data protection and privacy initiatives
• Develop and track key data quality metrics to measure improvements over time
• Establish and manage data lifecycle governance processes, including data creation, storage, use and disposal.
• Define and implement data archiving strategies to preserve data for legal, regulatory and business purposes.

Requirement:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a data role Capability to present and guide expectations aligned to Data Best Practice (DBP) Guidance
• Proficient in documenting data processes, data lineage and data management activities
• Excellent data analysis techniques
• Capable of creating and providing operational design and policy standards
• Good understanding of the client data integration patterns
• Good understanding of business data models for internal and external stakeholders
• Expertise in data profiling, data cleansing and data validation techniques
• Can identify impacts of data (or bad data)
• Exposure a range of visualization and reporting techniques to drive data integrity standards.