Enterprise Information Steward

Data Governance Leader

We are seeking an experienced professional to join our team as a Senior Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for engaging with business and technology stakeholders to drive data governance, related processes requirements, and improvements to support maturity progression, enterprise content management, assets data, and analytics transformation program.

About Us:

We are a community-focused, purpose-driven organization full of passionate, dedicated, and imaginative people. We're committed to improving our state through essential services, whilst protecting and sustaining the environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for the development of information-based capabilities
• Roll out enterprise-wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to behavior policies and standards, principles, metrics, processes, related tools, and architecture
• Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for the stewardship of principal information assets
• Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data-related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated and well understood, and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning
• Develop & maintain inventory of enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems, owners
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards, and adoption requirements across the enterprise
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data-related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements
• Lead Senior Management, comprising resources from the Business and Functional areas and IT business and operations functions, to achieve their objectives; resolve issues escalated from Business and Functional areas data governance representatives
• In conjunction with the IT, provide progress reports to management and oversee periodic updates to the Department Data Governance Roadmap
• Coordinate external data sources to eliminate redundancy and streamline expense related to those services
• Identify new opportunities for the use of information assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the marketplace / represent data as a strategic business asset at the Senior Management Table

About You:

We are looking for someone who has a passion for data governance, as well as a continuous improvement and collaborative mindset. If you have the following capabilities, get in touch:

• Demonstrated data and/or information management experience
• Experience in developing business and IT-aligned data governance strategies, frameworks, and roadmaps - and communicating these
• Demonstrated experience working directly with business units as a data SME, mapping processes, identifying opportunities, and helping identify and solve data issues
• Ability to influence at the senior management level
• Strong working knowledge of data management and governance practices
• Experience in providing training and support to data owners, data stewards, and data custodians
• Experience in formalizing data and content management policy, process, and procedure development
• Certification preferred in data maturity framework e.g., DCAM, DAMA

Why Work With Us?

This full-time 2-year fixed term role is classified as a Senior Manager. An inclusive culture, that cares deeply about people and their professional growth. Flexibility for real. For us, it starts with trust. We're committed to creating a truly hybrid workforce - where our people are empowered to design their days with their teams, around where they work best.