Lead Enterprise Data Steward

Penske•Cumru Township, PA

About The Position

The Lead Enterprise Data Steward is responsible for coordinating and operationalizing Penske's Enterprise Data Governance Program through stewardship leadership, business metadata management, governance process execution, enterprise data catalog administration, and data quality enablement. This role serves as the primary liaison between Data Owners, Business Data Stewards, Technical Data Stewards, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture, Analytics, and Master Data Management teams. The Lead Enterprise Data Steward promotes the consistent definition, management, quality, protection, and governance of enterprise data assets while driving adoption of governance processes and technologies. The role will serve as the primary administrator and champion of Penske's enterprise data catalog and metadata management capabilities and will partner closely with the MDM Platform Owner to support governance and stewardship requirements for enterprise master data domains including Location, Vehicle, Customer, and future master data initiatives.

Requirements

Experience with data governance principles and practices.
Experience with metadata management and data cataloging tools (e.g., Alation).
Experience with data quality management concepts and tools.
Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) concepts and domains.
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and methodologies.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to facilitate meetings and drive consensus among diverse stakeholders.
Proficiency in data governance reporting and metrics development.
Experience working with Data Owners, Business Data Stewards, and Technical Data Stewards.
Knowledge of data security, privacy, risk, and compliance requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the transportation or logistics industry.
Experience with specific master data domains such as Location, Vehicle, and Customer.
Familiarity with data lineage and data catalog expansion initiatives.
Experience with governance automation and workflow-based capabilities.

Responsibilities

Coordinate enterprise data stewardship activities across business and technology domains.
Establish and promote stewardship processes, responsibilities, and accountability models.
Facilitate stewardship forums, working groups, and governance meetings.
Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to maintain consistency in data definitions, ownership, and governance practices.
Serve as an escalation point for stewardship and data definition disputes.
Promote adoption of enterprise governance policies, standards, and procedures.
Serve as primary administrator for Alation and related metadata management platforms.
Manage business glossary content, data definitions, ownership assignments, certifications, and stewardship workflows.
Coordinate metadata onboarding and catalog expansion initiatives.
Support documentation and maintenance of data lineage, classifications, and metadata standards.
Ensure metadata quality, completeness, and consistency across enterprise domains.
Promote enterprise adoption and utilization of data catalog capabilities.
Support implementation and operationalization of Penske's Data Governance Program.
Facilitate governance working groups and stakeholder meetings.
Track governance issues, remediation plans, and stewardship activities.
Support development and maintenance of governance standards, procedures, and controls.
Assist with governance maturity assessments and continuous improvement initiatives.
Help embed governance requirements within projects, applications, and enterprise data initiatives.
Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define data quality requirements, metrics, thresholds, and controls.
Coordinate identification, prioritization, and resolution of enterprise data quality issues.
Support root cause analysis and remediation activities.
Monitor data quality metrics and stewardship performance measures.
Promote accountability for quality management across governed data assets.
Partner with Data Engineering teams to support metadata integration, data lineage, and governance automation capabilities.
Collaborate with the MDM Platform Owner to support governance requirements for master data domains.
Partner with Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure governance practices support organizational and regulatory requirements.
Facilitate alignment of governance practices across operational, analytical, and master data assets.
Promote data ownership and accountability across business functions.
Develop governance scorecards and stewardship performance reporting.
Track governance adoption, metadata completeness, stewardship participation, and data quality improvements.
Produce executive reporting on governance activities and program progress.
Monitor governance KPIs and recommend corrective actions as needed.
Identify opportunities to improve governance effectiveness and stewardship efficiency.
Research industry best practices related to Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Master Data Management.
Recommend process improvements and governance automation opportunities.
Support implementation of workflow-based governance capabilities and metadata-driven controls.
Other projects and tasks as assigned.