Data Steward

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• The Data Steward is tasked with ensuring the quality, integrity, and proper utilization of data throughout the organization. This position is crucial in advancing enterprise data governance efforts by carrying out daily stewardship activities, which may encompass master data, transactional data, and reference data. The Data Steward works in conjunction with both business and technical teams to guarantee that reliable and well-governed data assets are accessible for essential decision-making.

• **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

• Review and validate enterprise data to confirm completeness, accuracy, and conformity with established data standards.

• Identify, investigate, and rectify data quality concerns, including duplicates, inconsistencies, and absent or invalid values.

• Collaborate with business users and data analysts to clarify data requirements and uphold data standards.

• Participate in data quality assessments and assist in implementing corrective and preventive measures.

• Manage stewardship workflows for data quality exceptions, including tasks associated with matching, merging, or enrichment.

• Support the onboarding and validation of new data sources across transactional and reference systems.

• Partner with the data governance council to uphold and enforce policies regarding data access, lineage, classification, and quality.

• Document business metadata, data definitions, and stewardship procedures.

• Assist with data profiling and root cause analysis across operational and analytical datasets.

• Utilize tools such as Excel, SQL, and MDM or data quality platforms (e.g., Reltio) to monitor and manage data quality.

• Provide support for data audits, regulatory reporting, or operational processes that depend on high-quality data.

• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to address data issues and collect feedback.

• Stay updated on best practices in data governance and stewardship, particularly in regulated sectors like healthcare.

• Perform additional related tasks as assigned by management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Education:

• o 5+ years of pertinent experience with enterprise data, evaluating data quality, and collaborating with business users on data workflows.

• o Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Health Informatics, or a similar field; or equivalent work experience.

• Technical Skills:

• o Familiarity with data quality, stewardship, or MDM tools (e.g., Reltio, Informatica, Talend).

• o Basic understanding of data matching, normalization, and cleansing processes.

• o Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; a working knowledge of SQL or business intelligence tools is advantageous.

• Other Skills:

• o Strong attention to detail and a process-oriented approach.

• o Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• o Capacity to interpret business requirements and convert them into data rules or checks.

• o Comfortable collaborating across departments in a fast-paced environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Supportive, progressive, fast-paced environment.

• Competitive pay structure.

• Matching 401(k) with immediate vesting.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term disability insurance.