Data Lead

Data Lead

[Pierre, SD, 57501] |   2024-02-25 13:40:12

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Job Code : MY038

Job Title: Data Lead

Location: Pierre, SD

Duration: Long Term

Job Duties:

• Assists the project team to define the common data model vision, management, and data lifecycle approach.
• Assists the data office to define the standards to use for data modeling and management of data models.
• Partners with business and IT teams to gain consensus, and to establish and implement the solution architecture standards, policies.
• Partners with data governance group, technical architects, and IT leads in the selection of metadata tools
• Provides impact analysis on key data issues to assist with prioritization.
• Ensures the architectural vision, roadmap, and standards for governing, modeling, storing, and delivering data within the enterprise are adhered to.
• Assists the data office to develop and implement data stewardship practices and a shared responsibility model of data governance.
• Ensures solution design addresses the data standards and principles both from a functional and technical requirement perspective.
• Leads data architecture design sessions and drive resolution of design issues as appropriate.
• Leads the design of solutions to enable the external stakeholder community to use data, both Open Data and under Data Sharing Agreements.
• Prepares documentation, including system flow charts and business processes.
• Conducts data architecture reviews and issue resolution.
• Develops reference data models and documentation for the project team to implement.
• Works with Data Stewards to identify Critical Data Elements.
• Lead and/or participate in Data Management initiative across business units as required.
• Define and implement policies and processes for data quality, data security, and governance for the project.
• Develop and implement strategy for Data Mastery and Master Data Management.
• Develop governance process for data stewards to manage Master Data.
• Partners directly with IT development teams and technical architects in the implementation of the logical data models.
• Ensures data quality and integrity; interprets, analyzes, and drives resolution of data problems.
• Tests performance of data-driven products.
• Raises Data Quality issues to the project team and State leadership.
• Attends relevant data meetings where specific knowledge is required.
• Conducts reviews to ensure quality, standards compliance, reusability, and ease of maintenance.
• Other assignments as required to achieve the successful completion of the project.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 9 years of experience as Data Scientist, Data Architect, or similar role, including experience in both the fields of data design/implementation and data use/analysis.
• Must be self-sufficient and provide thought leadership across data capabilities.
• Expert knowledge of data ingestion, modeling, mastery, management, and governance techniques.
• Proven experience in leading data governance work.
• Proven experience in the use of Data Quality tools, and in documenting,
• prioritizing and resolving data quality related issues.
• Proven experience navigating large and complex projects with multiple stakeholders and project teams
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience preparing executive level presentation materials.