Data Governance & Analytics Manager

Accountabilities

• Define, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise-wide data governance standards, policies, procedures, and operating practices.

• Establish and manage the enterprise data dictionary and business glossary, creating a trusted single source of truth for key business terms, metrics, and definitions.

• Partner with Finance, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, IT, and other stakeholders to define and standardize KPIs, business metrics, and reporting requirements.

• Ensure consistent data definitions and business logic across ERP, CRM, data warehouse, and other enterprise environments.

• Collaborate with IT teams and third-party implementation partners to validate data models, mappings, transformation rules, and system structures.

• Monitor data quality across business systems, identify inconsistencies and gaps, and coordinate remediation initiatives.

• Support the design, implementation, and adoption of enterprise reporting and analytics solutions.

• Facilitate data governance forums, working sessions, and cross-functional alignment meetings to establish common standards and resolve data-related issues.

• Embed governance practices into new system implementations, enhancements, integrations, and transformation initiatives.

• Document data lineage and traceability from source systems through transformations to reporting and analytics outputs.

• Promote data literacy, adoption, and effective use of analytics and self-service reporting capabilities across business teams.

• Partner with Data Architecture and Integration teams to maintain consistency across data pipelines, structures, and enterprise information flows.

• Support compliance, audit, and data privacy requirements related to enterprise data management.

• Drive continuous improvement in data accuracy, completeness, consistency, usability, and accessibility.

• Manage multiple priorities and initiatives while maintaining strong documentation, stakeholder communication, and governance discipline.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, business analytics, data management, computer science, or a related discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in data governance, analytics, business intelligence, enterprise data management, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience defining and standardizing KPIs, business metrics, and enterprise reporting structures.

• Experience working with ERP platforms such as SAP, JD Edwards, Dynamics, or comparable enterprise systems.

• Strong knowledge of data governance principles, data quality management, metadata management, and enterprise data practices.

• Ability to translate business requirements into structured data definitions, governance standards, reporting logic, and measurable KPIs.

• Familiarity with data warehouse concepts, dimensional modeling, ETL processes, and data integration principles.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a high level of attention to data accuracy and consistency.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong documentation and organizational skills, particularly for maintaining data dictionaries, governance frameworks, lineage documentation, and other governance artifacts.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment.

• Strong judgment and practical problem-solving skills, including the ability to address issues involving multiple variables within standardized business processes.

• Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks, such as DAMA-DMBOK, is preferred.

• Experience supporting data warehouse or analytics platform implementations is preferred.

• Familiarity with BI and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau is preferred.

• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or multi-site operational environments is preferred.

• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure Data Platform, Snowflake, or AWS analytics technologies is preferred.

• Experience supporting large-scale ERP or data warehouse transformation programs is preferred.

• Familiarity with manufacturing KPIs, supply chain metrics, and operational reporting structures is preferred.

• Experience working with third-party implementation partners in hybrid delivery environments is preferred.

• Certifications in data governance, analytics, or business intelligence, such as CDMP or Microsoft Data Analyst Associate, are preferred.

• Experience driving enterprise adoption of analytics and self-service reporting capabilities is preferred.

Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Opportunity to influence enterprise-wide data governance and analytics strategy.

• Broad cross-functional exposure across Finance, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, IT, and other business functions.

• Opportunity to work on enterprise transformation initiatives involving ERP, CRM, data warehousing, analytics, and cloud data technologies.

• Collaborative environment connecting business stakeholders, technology teams, and external implementation partners.

• Opportunity to contribute to improved data quality, reporting consistency, and data-driven decision-making across a multi-site organization.

• Equal employment opportunity and a workplace committed to considering qualified applicants without discrimination.

• Additional employment benefits may be available based on the applicable employment package and eligibility.