Data Lead - Data Governance/MDG

Job#: 3058864
Job Description:
Information Technology and Applications - Data Analyst
Location: Foster City, California (On-site)
Role Overview
We are seeking a senior data professional to lead the evaluation of our data management practices and define the strategic roadmap for our manufacturing operations data governance. This critical position will partner across Enterprise Data Governance, Business Applications, SAP/PLM systems, and cross-functional business stakeholders to drive enterprise data maturity. The selected candidate will analyze current configurations and design highly scalable models for domain governance, workflow management, and auditability.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead a comprehensive assessment of existing data management processes, tools, workflows, controls, and governance practices.
• Conduct a detailed gap analysis between current master data management capabilities and target enterprise governance models.
• Evaluate enterprise solution capabilities against business needs, current systems architecture, and manufacturing operations requirements.
• Partner with business application teams, SAP functional teams, and product lifecycle management system owners to define the target data governance operating model.
• Support business case development, detailing scope, value drivers, implementation dependencies, risks, and a phased rollout roadmap.
• Define governance requirements across material, production, quality, warehouse, transport, and supplier domains.
• Document data ownership, steward responsibilities, approval workflows, change-control requirements, and governance checkpoints.
• Identify clear opportunities to minimize manual data enrichment, optimize data quality, and standardize approvals.
• Translate business requirements into specific solution requirements for technical and functional implementation.

Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Data Management, Computer Science, or a related field of study.
Experience: Eight to ten years of progressive experience in data management, data governance, enterprise data systems, or related analytical roles.
Technical Skills: Deep expertise in enterprise data governance concepts including stewardship, workflows, data quality, and audit controls, with specific experience evaluating or implementing enterprise-level master data governance platforms.
Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise data governance implementation, configuration, or business ownership.
• Familiarity with S/4HANA data governance, lifecycle management, and PLM-to-SAP data flows.
• Experience working within manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, or high-tech production environments.
• Familiarity with data cataloging, data lineage, metadata management, and advanced data quality tools.

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