Data Lead - Data Governance/MDG

About the role

The role involves assessing the current data management environment, defining a scalable governance model, and developing a roadmap for implementing stronger master data governance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing data management processes, tools, workflows, controls, and governance practices.
• Conduct a gap analysis between current MDM capabilities and target-state MDG requirements, including workflows, approvals, stewardship, audit trails, data quality, duplicate prevention, and governance controls.
• Evaluate SAP MDG and comparable MDM or MDG platforms against business needs, the existing SAP landscape, and manufacturing operations requirements.
• Partner with Enterprise Data Governance, Business Applications, SAP functional teams, PLM and 3DX owners, data stewards, and process owners to define the target-state governance model.
• Develop the business case and phased roadmap for MDG, including scope, value drivers, dependencies, risks, and implementation priorities.
• Define governance requirements across material master, supplier and vendor, customer and service, and other Manufacturing Operations data domains.
• Document data ownership, stewardship responsibilities, approval workflows, change-control requirements, and governance checkpoints.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual data enrichment, standardize approvals, improve data quality, and strengthen auditability.
• Prioritize MDG use cases based on business impact, data readiness, process maturity, and system dependencies.
• Translate business and process needs into functional and technical requirements for MDG or MDM implementation.
• Define data quality rules, validation checks, duplicate-detection requirements, reporting needs, and exception-management processes.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to align on process design, ownership, governance requirements, and implementation priorities.
• Develop executive-ready recommendations, documentation, and roadmap materials.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data management, data governance, enterprise data governance, SAP data, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of data ownership, stewardship, workflows, approvals, data quality, auditability, and change control.
• Experience supporting or implementing enterprise MDM or MDG platforms; SAP MDG experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SAP data processes across one or more domains, including MM, PP, QM, EWM, TM, FSM, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, quality, or service operations.
• Ability to conduct current-state assessments, gap analyses, capability assessments, and roadmap development.
• Ability to translate business process requirements into data governance and system requirements.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across business, IT, Business Applications, data governance, SAP functional teams, and system owners.
• Experience facilitating workshops, documenting requirements, and developing executive-ready recommendations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with evolving processes and operating models.

Bonus Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with SAP MDG implementation, configuration, process design, or business ownership.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA data governance and data lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with PLM-to-SAP data flows, particularly 3DX, BOM, part, material, and release-governance processes.
• Experience defining data domain models, data quality rules, duplicate-prevention controls, and stewardship models.
• Experience developing business cases for enterprise data platforms or governance capabilities.
• Familiarity with data cataloging, data lineage, metadata management, and data quality tools.

Benefits

• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Employer (HireArt) subsidized healthcare benefits (eligibility begins on the first of the month following 60 days of service)
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs
• HireArt covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401k package