Enterprise Data Governance Lead Job at Simplot, Boise, ID

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  • Simplot
  • Boise, ID

Job Description

The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.

Summary

The Data Governance Lead will enable the Enterprise Data Governance team to achieve its mission: to bring together cross-functional stakeholders to effectively and efficiently make the best decisions for Simplot's data, emphasizing quality data and managing data proliferation. Specifically, this role will promote data accountability by facilitating data governance teams and creating data standards and quality metrics for several core master data domains. The role will partner closely with business stakeholders, IT data teams, and end-users to improve the core data assets needed to support daily operations and strategic programs. The Data Governance Lead will be instrumental in creating and monitoring adherence to the standards, processes, and data quality metrics required by the business stakeholders to govern Simplot's data for the long term.

Key Responsibilities

  • Articulate the data governance mission, strategy, and the value of managing data as an asset
  • Lead the set up of data domain groups formed to make enterprise-wide decisions about data
  • Facilitate a consistent and transparent data decision-making process that brings together business and IT data stakeholders
  • Publish and maintain data governance rules and approvals
  • Draft and gain approval for clear, accurate, and succinct data standards that capture data governance rules and requirements for the data
  • Lead the design of master data authoring processes
  • Provide data governance education and training on core data concepts, practices, standards, and guidelines
  • Propose and gain approval of metrics to monitor data quality against data standards
  • Ensure that the data management and metadata management strategies are implemented and reflected in data standards and practices
  • Lead discovery and recording of business metadata and ensure that the metadata remains up to date for assigned data assets
  • Coordinate data cleansing efforts by identifying business requirements and collaborating with business, IT, and Enterprise Data teams to improve data quality
  • Design data quality reporting requirements and collaborate with members of the IT Data teams to implement new data quality reports
  • Communicate the state of data quality with data stakeholders and assist with resolving questions and resulting action items

Typical Education

  • Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4-year college or university
  • Master's Degree (M.A or M.S.) is preferred

Other Information

  • Highly skilled at facilitation and building consensus among diverse groups of stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to research, write, and verbally communicate about technical topics for a broad audience
  • Track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, planning and managing multiple projects, and delivering measurable results in a fast-paced environment​ 
  • Experience in coordinating data or process improvement initiatives
  • Demonstrated understanding of data governance concepts 
  • Demonstrated partnering skills with both technical and non-technical partners, including senior leadership
  • Ability to query and profile data to extract insights
  • Willingness to travel up to 10% during safe travel conditions (may include international travel)

Job Requisition ID : 18736

Travel Required : Less than 10%

Location(s) : Simplot Headquarters - Boise 

Country: United States


**The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status. ** #LI-LB1

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