Vice President Customer Master

Medline • Northfield, MN

9h • $203,000 - $305,000

About The Position

This role acts as the primary process owner for all data-related activities within a functional area, setting strategy and ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives. The VP is accountable for the end-to-end management of data processes, driving operational excellence and compliance while enabling innovation and growth. This position influences senior leadership, oversees large-scale governance and process initiatives, and ensures that data processes deliver quality, timeliness, and business value. This role will set the vision and strategy for data governance within a specific functional area, establishing policies and frameworks that enable secure, consistent, and value-driven use of data. This role is accountable for influencing senior leadership within the functional area, positioning governance as a core capability, and ensuring data integrity to support innovation and growth. This position drives cross-functional alignment within the area, oversees large-scale governance initiatives, and champions a culture of data accountability to meet strategic objectives and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, Data Management or related field.
• 12+ years of experience managing cross-functional teams and driving organizational change.
• 10 years of direct management experience.
• Strategic thinking and vision
• Results-oriented leadership
• Collaboration and influence
• Strong facilitation skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Project management capability
• Adaptability in fast-paced environments

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Master’s degree in technology or related field

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional area process owner, with authority over all data lifecycle activities.
• Translate enterprise governance standards into actionable process frameworks for the functional area.
• Set the strategy for data governance within the functional area, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and champion policies, standards, and frameworks that elevate performance maturity and enable secure, value-driven data use among functional leaders and teams.
• Influence senior leadership and functional executives to embed data processes and governance as a strategic capability and drive accountability for data quality.
• Direct operational decision-making for data processes, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and alignment with strategic goals.
• Oversee execution and optimization of data processes, including remediation of issues and continuous improvement.
• Direct large-scale initiatives to improve data quality, integrity, and usability, enabling informed decision-making and innovation.
• Oversee governance-related technology adoption and ensure integration with enterprise platforms.
• Drive cultural transformation toward data-driven decision-making through executive engagement, communication strategies, and change management.
• Oversee and champion implementation and utilization of data governance tools, metadata management, and cataloging solutions within the functional area.
• Ensure comprehensive risk management and compliance controls for sensitive and critical data assets.
• Monitor and report on process and governance performance leveraging metrics to demonstrate impact, drive enhancements, and continuous improvement.
• Set the vision and strategy for data governance within the functional area, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and regulatory requirements.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees