Job description

Data Steward

Company / Location Information

Water technology is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. As a leading global water technology company, A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) is at the center of the trend. We are a $3.5 billion company with over 140 years of history and 12,000+ employees. Our emphasis is on hot water and clean water; we are one of the world’s largest manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment as well as a supplier of water purification products in a number of emerging countries.

With manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, India, and Europe, we have the reach to serve customers worldwide.

A.O. Smith is committed to continuous improvement and maintaining a culture that values and respects our employees. Recognized by The Tennessean as one of the top Nashville area Workplaces, we have programs in place to help our team members achieve their potential. When you join our team, you will receive rewards and recognition for your contributions, training and professional development opportunities, as well as a variety of benefits to support you and your family's health, well-being, and financial future. If you are inspired to learn, take risks, and succeed as a team, you can build an amazing career at A. O. Smith.

This role is located in our modern Nashville Metro Center office, located just minutes from downtown with easy interstate access and free parking.

This role is eligible for a remote work schedule of up to two days remote work per week. New employees are eligible to apply after successfully completing their initial 90 days of employment and training.

Primary Function

The Data Steward is responsible for ensuring adherence to data governance policies, standards, practices, and procedures. The Data Steward will play an integral role in defining data governance in support of business and data strategy initiatives. The incumbent will work closely with process teams, systems integrators, and developers to identify requirements and define governance solutions for all data areas.

This role is eligible for a remote work schedule of up to two days remote work per week. New employees are eligible to apply after successfully completing their initial 90 days of employment and training.

Scope of Responsibility

This role will be part of a cross-functional team for data governance spanning metadata management, regulatory compliance, data quality, and data security initiatives to help implement governance processes across our data ecosystem. You will directly contribute to the success of our data strategy by working cross-functionally with data, legal, marketing, engineering, information security, operations, back-end services, and front-end technology teams to drive our governance strategy across our global footprint ensuring quality data that is both secure and compliant with internal and external guidelines.

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Support metadata management processes and standards across all data domains to ensure data integrity and standardization
• Promote a culture of data governance by developing partnerships with data owners and stewards to promote data governance best practices
• Represent the team in discussions with technical and business stakeholders globally as a subject matter expert on our toolkit and roadmap for data protection and consent management.
• Understand business requirements, translating them into actionable specifications including how data should be governed
• Help implement data governance performance and standards, while developing and implementing operating plans to achieve those standards via audits, automation and processes
• Work with lines of business to identify and solve data integrity and quality issues, recommend data quality improvement opportunities, and establish metrics for tracking performance of critical data elements
• Build Frameworks for Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Stewardship efforts
• Provide data management and governance guidance and best practices for Modern technologies like Big Data and Cloud technologies.
• Represent the team in discussions with technical and business stakeholders globally as a subject matter expert.
• Help implement data governance performance and standards.
• Work with lines of business to identify and solve data integrity and quality issues and recommend data quality improvement opportunities.
• Provide data management and governance guidance and best.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related degree with IT Experience.
• 5+ years of total Data Governance and Business experience in manufacturing environment
• 3+ years managing an enterprise-wide data quality program
• Strong sense of ownership over deliverables, as this role will have end-to-end responsibilities for certain data products
• Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proven ability to lead through influence.
• Strong understanding of data, data flows and how data supports various business processes in a manufacturing/supply chain environment
• Understanding of data quality and data risk management, including understanding of standards, methods, processes, tools, and controls

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology Management or Related Field

Years of Experience

Minimum of 5 years related work experience

We Offer

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.

This role is eligible for a remote work schedule of up to two days remote work per week. New employees are eligible to apply after successfully completing their initial 90 days of employment and training.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Nashville, TN 37228: Reliably commute or willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Nashville, TN 37228

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