What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Governance Director position at sonataOne?
Sonata Software Overview
Sonata is a global technology company specializing in platform-based digital transformation, supporting businesses to become connected, open, intelligent and scalable. Sonata’s Platformation™ methodology brings together industry expertise, platform technology excellence, design innovation and strategic engagement models to deliver sustained value to customers. A trusted partner of world leaders in the retail, manufacturing, distribution, travel, services and software industries, Sonata’s software portfolio includes the Brick & Click Retail Platform©, Modern Distribution Platform©, Rezopia Digital Travel Platform©, Kartopia E-commerce Platform©, Halosys enterprise development automation Platform©, CTRM Commodity Trading and Risk Management Platform© and KODO - AI Powered Customer Experience (CX) Platform. Sonata’s Platformation approach ensures services built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Cloud Engineering and Managed Services deliver on the Platformation promise. As world leaders in digital technologies including IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Chatbots, Block Chain and Cyber Security, Sonata’s people and systems are nurtured to deliver on our commitment to excellence in business technology solutions.
Role: Data Governance Director
Location: Nashville, TN
Job type: Full Time
In this role, you will work to understand existing enterprise data and data governance processes in order to find knowledge, quality, and/or process gaps and remediate them by participating in working groups. The mission of Data Governance is to successfully manage and maintain data resources, ensuring the integrity, reliability, availability, and compliance of organizational data and information. This position will also be responsible for collaborating with development team to assist with documentation, research, and development in MDM platform.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of Alation data governance platform
- Develop control structures within a simple environment to ensure the accuracy and quality of data through all upstream and downstream data channels.
- Work with business partners to gather and understand functional requirements, develop complex queries, and provide reports.
- Manage and maintain artifacts such as business glossary, data catalog, and data management policies.
- Ensure controls are in place over applications to ensure the data integrity by performing data integrity gap analysis.
- Train, educate, and create awareness of data governance ensuring adoption and proper usage of tools and technologies.
- Create training and education tools as related to governance platform.
- Approach changes in a positive manner, motivate peers to work as a team, accept constructive criticism and learn from it.
- Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
- Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
- Must always be alert; pay close attention to details.
Requirement:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional work experience.
- 10 Years of Related Experience including:
- Advanced understanding of Data Governance frameworks and industry standard Data Governance and MDM platforms
- Data analysis, data profiling, data transformation, and data reconciliation techniques
- Data Quality Management: Establish data quality standards, monitor compliance with data quality guidelines, and ensure data is accurate, reliable, and consistent.
- Collaboration with Stakeholders: Work closely with business units, IT teams, and other stakeholders to ensure data governance processes align with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Data Stewardship: Designate data stewards and coordinate their activities to maintain data governance standards across departments.
- Knowledge of data structures such as columnar, unstructured data, APIs, data virtualization, data warehousing, data visualization and analytical models
- Master Data Management
- Expertise in implementing and managing MDM tools, with a strong preference for proficiency in Profisee.
- high level proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL).
Why join Sonata Software?
At Sonata, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you will not be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
Sonata Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristics protected by law.
