Manager, Master Data Governance
IPEX Group of Companies, Canada
Job Description
IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.
We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Manager, Master Data Governance!
This role is based in either our Nuns’ Island (Montreal, QC) or Oakville (Toronto, ON) office, and reports to the Vice-President, IT / IT Business Partner, North America.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!
Job Summary
We are currently looking for a motivated, passionate, and dynamic candidate to lead and setup our Data Governance team. They are responsible for the design, definition, and establishment of data governance company-wide, that is, define and handle the implementation of responsibilities, rules, guidelines, and business processes for publishing, changing, accessing, and using data for business and data analysis across the company.
They contribute to the SAP ecosystem roadmap by planning, executing, and providing expertise on data-related activities. This role is instrumental as IPEX is currently undertaking a large multi-year business transformation program triggered by a greenfield SAP S4/Hana implementation across its group of companies.
The role has a unique opportunity to facilitate the work of, and guide a cross-functional team of business data management and analysis professionals to design and implement data governance frameworks and achieve data quality improvements. This role will as well establish and lead regular assessments of data quality, report on their outcomes to senior management and analysts, and work with these partners to recommend improvements to make, as well as develop and defend business cases for these improvements in order to secure resources for their execution.
To be successful in this role, they will need to balance the long-term vision for data governance and quality, with the short term needs of a fast-growing business that has an expanding, and large product and customer portfolio, and is also currently implementing a greenfield SAP S4/Hana ERP system across its group of companies. They will have to demonstrate competence quickly, and work closely with knowledgeable business and data analysts, Business SMEs, some of whom have developed local data management practices in their respective functions.
As a people manager, they will lead their team members, support an environment that attracts, retains, and grows IT talent to ensure seamless succession and growth for the department.
Principal Responsibilities
- Work to establish the data governance and data quality strategy.
- Define the enterprise data governance operating model, data policies and standards as well as the implementation of clear data management definitions for use across the organization.
- Develop and document governance policies, practices, and standards.
- Coordinate, implement, and complete data governance and data quality strategy.
- Provide guidance and recommendations for process improvement and data quality enhancement.
- Work with the Data Owners to ensure they understand their roles and responsibilities, providing advisory guidance and support to ensure Data Governance accountabilities are understood.
- Implement and support the strategic direction for how the organization uses data internally and externally.
- Recruit, mentor, and grow a team dedicated to maintaining and improving data quality across the company and ensure the adoption of data governance rules and guidelines.
- Ensure enterprise data assets and related systems are managed with leading processes and tools to deliver high business agility and enable the data-driven enterprise.
- Collaborate with the Security team and Data Privacy Officer to protect the enterprise data asset and maintain compliance to evolving regulation.
- Implement a culture centered around data quality, by advocating collaboration with the entire organization.
Requirements
Qualifications amp; Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science, Data Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or quantitative analysis programs.
- Relevant 5+ years of related work experience responsible for an organization’s complete and accurate master data processes and master data metrics.
- Master Data Management experience in the context of SAP programs implementation is required.
- Expertise in business processes within a manufacturing industry is preferred.
- Proven knowledge of most of the key concepts surrounding master data management, data governance, data standards and organizations is required.
- Strong