Job Details
The Technical Data Steward is the custodian of the data within their business unit and is responsible for ensuring the data within their business unit is well-managed and fit for intended use. They understand how the data is created, manipulated, stored, and moved in technical system. Drives the operationalization of data governance across their business unit and is empowered to make decisions on behalf of the Business Data Owner.
Drive the operationalization of data governance for their business unit
Act as a point of contact for the Business Data Owner and Technical Data Steward for governance related questions/concerns
Ensure all data governance workstreams are implemented for their business unit (Program management; Policies, Standards, and Procedures; Metadata Management; Data Quality; Information Lifecycle Management) to ensure a streamlined data governance model is in place
Engage with Change Management to conduct onboarding and training for data governance adoption in their business unit
Identify downstream consumers / uses of data, and act as point of contact to answer questions and address issues related to the data within their business unit
On behalf of Data Owner and in partnership with Information Security, approve transfers of their business unit's data
May serve as a liaison as necessary with EDG&P office and Business Data Stewards in other business units to ensure consistency of data governance operationalization across all business unit
Provide and approve definitions, allowable values, and calculation/derivation logic for data attributes
Ensure business data is identified and inventoried with complete, accurate, and quality metadata
Work in lockstep with the Technical Data Steward to perform root cause analysis & resolve issues - act as point of resolution prior to Data Owner, EDG&P, and EDGC involvement
Define and monitor performance metrics, determine gaps in performance, and recommend/implement changes to improve operations related to data governance and risk mitigation