About the position
Smartsheet is seeking a Data Steward to manage the governance and quality of data in their source CRM system for the Sales organization. The role involves maintaining data assets and establishing relevant processes to make it easier for Sales reps to find and understand the data they need. The Data Steward will also support the Sales analyst team in scrubbing data and researching inconsistencies in reporting. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree, 2+ years of experience in metadata management, and knowledge of data governance challenges and best practices for data quality and data stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Lead changes and revisions to master data, metadata, and data hierarchies and affiliations within given guidelines
- Ensure that the Sales organization is operating off a single source of truth that can be reliably queried and accessed
- Perform initial data quality checks on extracted data
- Provide recommendations to leadership on needed updates or inputs into data governance policies, practices, and guidelines
Requirements
- Lead changes and revisions to master data, metadata, and data hierarchies and affiliations within given guidelines
- Ensure that the Sales organization is operating off a single source of truth that can be reliably queried and accessed
- Perform initial data quality checks on extracted data
- Provide recommendations to leadership on needed updates or inputs into data governance policies, practices, and guidelines
- Bachelor's degree in related preferred
- 2+ years of experience in metadata management beneficial
- Experience in Cloud and SaaS go-to-market (GTM)
- Knowledge of data governance challenges and best practices for data quality and data stewardship
- A high level of proficiency in Excel (can perform complex functions) and Salesforce.com or equivalent CRM tool
- The ability to serve as a conduit to connect Sales partners with the information they need to support the accounts they manage