Director, IT Enterprise Data Governance

TreeHouse Foods • Oak Brook, IL

8d • 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 across business operations, enterprise technology, and analytics, this role establishes the standards, processes, and capabilities needed to ensure trusted, consistent, and accessible organizational data.

This collaborative, hands-on leadership role combines strategic direction with practical execution. It influences cross-functional priorities, challenges existing processes, identifies systemic issues, and partners with business and technology teams to implement sustainable improvements. The role establishes governance frameworks and accountability, enabling 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.

The position leads enterprise data governance standards and data quality assurance, supports process optimization and cross-functional coordination, and enables technology solutions in partnership with the teams accountable for business data ownership, operational data management, architecture, platforms, and analytics. Success is measured by improved data quality, less manual effort and rework, greater process efficiency and enterprise connectivity, and increased confidence in reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities.

This position is based at the corporate office in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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.
• 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, including the ability to engage technical teams, operational stakeholders, and senior business leaders.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment, build alignment, challenge established practices, and drive accountability across organizational boundaries.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Working knowledge of ERP environments, enterprise data integration, master data dependencies, and modern analytics architectures.
• SAP experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance standards, policies, processes, and accountability frameworks.
• Partner with business data owners and Shared Services to establish 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 implement corrective actions and sustainable controls.
• Lead cross-functional improvements to business processes that create, maintain, and consume enterprise data.
• Assess workflows, identify inefficiencies and control gaps, and develop solutions to simplify, standardize, and automate processes.
• Translate improvement opportunities into requirements, process designs, and measurable outcomes in partnership with business and technology teams.
• 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 in 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 improvement plans, work with stakeholders to execute solutions, and remove obstacles.
• Establish performance measures, track progress, and communicate results to business and technology leadership.
• Act as a trusted advisor and change leader to influence adoption of improved data practices across the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with eligibility from the first day.
• 401(k) program with a 5% employer match and 100% vesting upon enrollment.
• Four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave, and 11 company holidays, including two floating holidays.
• Paid training, tuition reimbursement, and access to DevelopU, an educational platform with more than 10,000 free courses.
• Career growth support from leaders.
• Inclusive working environment and opportunities to participate in Employee Resource Groups.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Potential eligibility for an annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus, and equity pay.

What This Job Offers

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