Data Governance Manager

Marathon Petroleum Corporation • Findlay, OH

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About The Position

Our digital team at MPC is on a mission to create trusted and reusable data products that improve connectivity for our integrated value chains, enable fast and confident decision making, and support our business transformation. We’ve made considerable progress with data products, but our ability to scale is capped due to lagging foundational and embedded data governance structures that formalize data ownership responsibilities. We need an experienced leader to accelerate data governance capability that enables clear data decision rights and escalation paths, simplifies and enables the responsibility for data quality, and improves data stewardship practices at enterprise scale. Success in this role will enable our business transformation by paving the road to true data-driven decision making, at the speed we need, and with quality and confidence the business demands. In this role, you will collaborate with our digital team, business data domain owners, and business data stewards to ensure that data governance is enabling our objectives. Within our Analytics & Innovation organization, you will lead the team that builds the data governance framework, curates the data stewardship user experience of the future, and governs our enterprise data platform. We are focused on governance platform workflows, promoting discoverable and governed use of data products through our data catalog, solving master and reference data challenges, improving data quality of our data products, and ensuring the safe and compliant use of enterprise data within our data platform. This role is ideal for a leader who brings strong stakeholder collaboration skills and a proven track record of building data governance from the ground up. Data governance needs to be embedded, practical, and explainable to the enterprise. You will serve as a bridge between business partners, digital delivery teams, and our data governance team to make this a reality. This role is accountable for business results primarily achieved through the work of others. Manages staff, sets direction, and deploys resources. Has responsibility for employee development, performance reviews, pay reviews, and staffing decisions. Accountable for business, functional or operational areas, processes, or programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
• 10+ years of diversified IT experience required.
• 3+ years of experience leading professional staff required.
• Strategic Outlook - Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios, and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
• Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry, and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
• Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risks, making timely decisions, and holding people accountable for results.
• Authentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
• Energizing the Organization - Creates a purposeful, engaged, optimistic workforce.
• Ongoing Learning & Self-Development - Regularly determines new areas for learning and acquires strategies and best practices for gaining/improving knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
• Selecting and Developing People - Recognizes and selects high caliber talent, accurately assesses abilities and potential, coaches to develop capabilities and builds high- performing teams.
• Adaptability – Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
• Data-Driven Decision Making – Applies data to make informed decisions with a priority on using real-time data, analytics, and insights to optimize operations, improve safety, and enhance the company's competitive edge.
• Digital Awareness – Actively explore, learn, and implement emerging digital tools, technologies, and trends. Involves seeking out new information, asking insightful questions, and testing innovative approaches to understand how digital solutions can create value, improve processes, or enhance experiences. Demonstrates openness to change, continuous learning, and adapting to the evolving digital landscape.
• Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.
• 10+ years of diversified IT experience
• 3+ years of direct or indirect leadership experience
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or relevant field, or 15+ years of field experience

Nice To Haves

• Certified Data Management Professional, preferred

Responsibilities

• Manages daily operations of the team, providing guidance, mentorship, and driving a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Oversees recruitment, development, retention, and performance to build strong talent.
• Plans and leads low- to medium-complexity IT projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and adhere to quality standards.
• Ensures the availability, reliability, and security of technology systems.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and internal groups to identify needs, deliver effective solutions, and support business objectives.
• Aligns and enforces data and data product ownership decision rights, data quality, and metadata management practices, driving standards for cataloging, lineage tracking, and stewardship to ensure trust and compliance.
• Drives superior user experience across data cataloging, lineage, master data management, and data quality platforms for data owners, stewards, and technical personas.
• Consults with enterprise data councils and aligns data governance needs with our platforms and delivery model to support business objectives.
• Contributes to enterprise data stewardship programs that develop skills with awareness and training focusing on cataloging, lineage, master data management, data quality, and the overall data product strategy.
• Influences the design and evolution of scalable, secure enterprise data platforms, that deliver data products that meet enterprise data governance standards.

Benefits

• Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at mympcbenefits.com.
• The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager