Data Management Leader

Your Job

We are looking for a Data Management Leader to join our Data and Analytics team.

The ideal candidate is someone who shows the ability lead a dedicated team of individuals to advance our data stewardship initiative, accelerate the value created by our data management platforms, and bring creativity to solve the challenge of converging manufacturing equipment data from diverse applications.

This person will report to the CIO at Guardian Industries

What You Will Do



* Partner with operations to build and enhance proactive monitoring and observability to insure scalable and secure data pipelines


* Lead the implementation of Data Stewardship program and Data Catalog tool with a focus on awareness and optimization of data assets across Koch Inc to be applied at Guardian


* Lead and mentor a cross-capability team of functional, project, and technical resources to deliver and capture value from Data Governance, Data Management, and Data Quality efforts.


* Guide the team in value capture from our data with people, processes, and technologies.


* Connect the team to a shared vision and clear priorities, motivate and develop team members through regular feedback and coaching.


* Collaborate with other IT and business teams to bring value to Guardian by executing on our data and digital transformation vision.


* Collaborate with data stewards, leaders, and stakeholders to implement profitable data governance standards and processes, around Master Data management.


* Develop and update simplifying frameworks to improve decision making around investments in data management


* Establish metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of data management initiatives.

Review and report on the progress and value created by data management efforts.


* Support the effort to bring together manufacturing equipment data from diverse applications for use in machine learning opportunities.


* Collaborate with leaders and subject matter experts across Koch Industries to leverage shared knowledge and best practices.


* Partner with audit and data privacy and compliance experts within the organization to lead incident response and to profitably manage risks including data breach prevention

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* Experience in an IT, data management, decision analytics or related role


* Ability to break down complexity and chart a course through ambiguity and influence others.


* Proven ability to solve challenging problems and manage projects through to value creation.


* Proven ability to lead a team.


* Understanding of the importance of data in advancing digital transformation.

What Will Put You Ahead



* Hands-on experience with Data Governance, Master Data Management, and Enterprise Data Quality platform such as Atacama & Tibco EBX.


* Knowledge of and experience with Data Catalog tools like Alation, Atlan, Ataccama, etc.


* Bachelor's degree in IT, Business...