Enterprise Data Stewardship Lead

Requisition Number: 75622

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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

Job Summary

The Enterprise Data Stewardship Lead is a key member of the Enterprise Data Management Office and will lead data stewardship across the organization. This role partners with divisional and functional Data Management Offices (DMOs) to establish consistent processes, strengthen accountability, and build trust in critical enterprise data.

This position helps define stewardship in a federated model, focusing on business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, critical data elements, and curated data products. The role also requires an AI-first mindset with hands on experience with the enterprise data catalog, Alation, including configuring templates and supporting stewardship workflows.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in data stewardship, metadata management, and governance, and can work across business and technical teams to drive adoption and standardization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of enterprise data stewardship practices across divisional and functional DMOs
• Define and maintain stewardship standards, procedures, playbooks, and operating expectations
• Establish clear stewardship roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths
• Support the stewardship of business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, critical data elements, and curated data products
• Serve as a subject matter expert for stewardship use of the Alation data catalog
• Configure and maintain Alation templates, workflows, and documentation standards to support stewardship processes
• Partner with business stewards, data product owners, and technical teams to improve metadata quality, lineage visibility, and trust in enterprise data
• Collaborate with data governance, data quality, architecture, security, privacy, and compliance teams to align stewardship practices with enterprise requirements
• Develop and monitor stewardship metrics such as metadata completeness, glossary adoption, ownership coverage, certification progress, and issue resolution
• Facilitate stewardship forums, working sessions, and communities of practice across the organization
• Provide training, guidance, and change management support to business data stewards and DMO teams
• Promote data literacy, shared ownership, and adoption of stewardship best practices across the enterprise

Qualifications - Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, metadata management, data quality, or a related field
• Experience supporting a federated data governance or data management model
• Strong understanding of data stewardship principles, including ownership, accountability, metadata, data quality, and issue management
• Hands on experience with enterprise data catalog and metadata management tools, preferably Alation
• Proven ability to configure and maintain templates, workflows, and documentation standards within Alation or similar tools
• Experience stewarding or supporting business glossaries, data dictionaries, critical data elements, and curated data assets or data products
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively across business, functional, and technical teams in a matrixed environment

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to translate enterprise data management requirements into clear, scalable stewardship processes and standards
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain stewardship expectations and metadata concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience providing leadership, guidance, and mentoring to business stewards, DMO teams, or cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and build alignment across stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a structured, practical approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities