Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance

TreeHouse Foods•Oak Brook, IL

9d•$160,100 - $240,100•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance provides enterprise leadership in advancing data governance, quality, connectivity, and business process improvement across TreeHouse Foods. Working at the intersection of business operations, enterprise technology, and analytics, this role establishes the standards, processes, and capabilities needed to ensure trusted, consistent, and accessible data across the organization. This highly collaborative, hands-on leadership role combines strategic direction with practical execution. The Director influences cross-functional priorities, challenges existing processes, identifies systemic issues, and partners with business and technology teams to design and implement sustainable improvements. The position establishes governance frameworks, drives accountability, and enables business data owners and operational teams to improve how data is created, maintained, integrated, and consumed; it does not own enterprise data or perform routine data maintenance. Success is measured by improved data quality, reduced manual effort and rework, greater process efficiency, stronger enterprise connectivity, and increased confidence in business reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities. The role is based at the company’s corporate office in Oak Brook, Illinois, and has an anticipated annual compensation range of $160,100 to $240,100. Depending on the role and other factors, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation, a bonus, and equity pay.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Data Management, Business, Analytics, or a related discipline.
10+ years of experience in SAP enterprise data governance, master data management, business process transformation, enterprise applications, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise initiatives and influence stakeholders across multiple business functions without relying on direct reporting authority.
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data ownership and stewardship, data quality management, metadata, standards, and issue remediation.
Experience driving business process simplification, workflow redesign, automation, and continuous improvement with measurable business outcomes.
Working knowledge of ERP environments, enterprise data integration, master data dependencies, and modern analytics architectures.
Hands-on experience analyzing complex data and process issues, performing root-cause analysis, developing requirements, and partnering with teams to implement practical solutions.
Ability to balance enterprise strategy and standards with pragmatic execution, prioritizing improvements that deliver meaningful business value.
Strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and change leadership skills, with the ability to engage technical teams, operational stakeholders, and senior business leaders.
Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment, building alignment, challenging established practices, and driving accountability across organizational boundaries.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance standards, policies, processes, and accountability frameworks.
Partner with business data owners and Shared Services to establish clear ownership, stewardship, decision rights, and consistent practices across critical data domains.
Facilitate cross-functional governance decisions, resolve competing priorities, and escalate systemic issues requiring business leadership intervention.
Establish measurable data quality standards, scorecards, monitoring practices, and exception management processes.
Investigate data quality issues, identify root causes, and work with accountable teams to develop and implement corrective actions.
Drive sustainable controls and continuous improvement practices that prevent recurring data issues rather than relying on downstream corrections.
Lead cross-functional improvements to business processes that create, maintain, and consume enterprise data.
Assess workflows, identify inefficiencies and control gaps, and develop practical solutions to simplify, standardize, and automate processes.
Work with business and technology teams to translate improvement opportunities into requirements, process designs, and measurable outcomes.
Define enterprise data requirements, standards, and integration principles with IT architecture, enterprise applications, and analytics teams.
Promote consistent data definitions, interoperability, and reliable information flows across SAP, other enterprise platforms, and the modern data foundation.
Identify opportunities to improve how data is structured, shared, and used across business operations, reporting, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Build partnerships across Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, Manufacturing, IT, and Shared Services to align priorities and drive enterprise improvements.
Translate business challenges into actionable improvement plans, execute solutions with stakeholders, and remove obstacles.
Establish performance measures, track progress, and communicate results to business and technology leadership.
Serve as a trusted advisor and change leader, influencing adoption of improved data practices across the organization.
Lead enterprise data governance and enable improvements while maintaining separation from business data ownership and operational data management.
Support investigation, solution design, and improvement execution without assuming transactional data ownership.
Demonstrate progress in data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance; reduced manual corrections, duplicate activities, and recurring issues; improved process efficiency and cycle times; stronger alignment across applications, reporting, and analytics; clear ownership and sustained governance adoption; and business value through process simplification, automation, and improved data reliability.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits program with eligibility from the first day and no waiting period.
401(k) program with a 5% employer match and 100% vesting upon enrollment.
Paid time off, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave, and 11 company holidays, including two floating holidays.
Paid training.
Tuition reimbursement.
DevelopU educational platform with more than 10,000 free courses.
Employee Resource Groups.
Wellness programs.
Employee assistance programs.
The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus, and equity pay.