Christensen Farms ยท 2 hours ago
Lead Data Steward (Hybrid: Sleepy Eye, MN)
Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, and they are seeking a Lead Data Steward to enhance data governance across the enterprise. This role involves mentoring data stewards, driving governance policy development, and ensuring data quality and compliance with governance policies.
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor data stewards, drive governance policy development, oversee enterprise-wide data quality initiatives, consolidate metrics, report to leadership, and promote data-driven culture
Assess the current state of data reliability, security, privacy, and retention within their scope of responsibility
Oversee and implement actions to meet data reliability goals and ensure compliance with all data governance policies. Including management of confidential and restricted data
Work with our Decision Science, IT, and/or Financial Analyst teams to recommend optimal approaches for resolving data quality or consistency issues to achieve goals
Collaborate within and outside their immediate team to drive changes that support the adoption of data governance policies
Monitor and track ongoing data reliability levels and other metrics that assess the adherence of data and people to data governance policies
Report into the data governance council either via the lead data steward, or as a team (a data stewards' group, for example, where the need for data stewardship spans data domains and business functions), or individually (per their direct responsibility)
Actively correct data quality issues that cannot be addressed fully by automated means
Participate in regular data governance committee meetings
Provide input into the data and analytics governance committee for improvements in the work of governance and stewardship
Research tools, disciplines and industry trends and recommend improvements for team or company consideration
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Statistics, or related field
Five years' experience in data governance, data quality management, or business process improvement
Strong communication, strategic thinking, and leadership skills
Strong understanding of data governance principles and practices
Clear, concise, and precise written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with people of various backgrounds including non-technical audiences
Analytical thinking, problem-solving capabilities, attention to detail and ability to monitor compliance metrics
Familiarity with data privacy and security standards
Ability to influence adoption of governance policies across diverse teams
Computer skills required: Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
Strict adherence to company confidentiality and ethical standards
Preferred
Intermediate knowledge of data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, SQL) and enterprise software systems (e.g., ERP, CRM)
Experience working in an agricultural business, particularly in the swine industry
Benefits
Health
Dental
Vision
A flexible spending account (FSA)
Life insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
A 401(k) plan
Paid holidays
Paid time off bank
An employee assistance program (EAP)
And more
Company
Christensen Farms
CHRISTENSEN FARMS is a pork producer in the United States.
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