Senior Master Data Specialist

## Responsibilities - Lead and facilitate Data Governance Council meetings, including agenda preparation, stakeholder coordination, meeting facilitation, documentation of decisions, and tracking of action items. - Develop, maintain, and publish data governance policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines for master data domains. - Establish and manage data stewardship programs across supply chain functions, onboarding and training data stewards. - Maintain the business glossary and data dictionary; ensure metadata is current and accessible. - Monitor compliance with governance policies and escalate issues as needed. - Champion a data-driven culture and advocate for master data quality across the organization. - Collaborate closely with Procurement, Logistics, Warehousing, Planning, DC Ops and Finance teams to understand data needs and resolve data issues. - Support supply chain projects (ERP implementations, system upgrades, migrations) as the master data workstream lead. - Analyze and report on data quality KPIs and governance metrics; present findings to senior leadership. - Identify process improvement opportunities to streamline master data request, approval, and maintenance workflows. ## Requirements - 8-10 years of hands-on experience in master data management, data governance, or data operations within a supply chain environment. - Deep expertise in supply chain master data domains: materials/items, vendors, customers, BOMs, plant/storage, and logistics data. - Proven experience facilitating governance council or data stewardship meetings with cross-functional stakeholders. - Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, Oracle NetSuite, or equivalent); working knowledge of MDM tools (Informatica, SAP MDG, Stibo, Reltio, or similar). - Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DGI, or equivalent) and their practical application. - Experience developing and enforcing data standards, policies, and procedures. - Solid analytical skills with the ability to perform data profiling, quality assessment, and root cause analysis. - Excellent communication and facilitation skills; ability to present complex data concepts to non-technical audiences. ## Nice to Have - CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or equivalent data governance certification. - Experience with data quality tools (Informatica DQ, Talend, Collibra, or similar). - Familiarity with data catalog and metadata management platforms (Collibra, Alation, Atlan). - Exposure to cloud data lake platforms (Snowflake, Azure Data Lake, Databricks). - Experience supporting global supply chain operations in Data Center Build. - Project management experience (PMP or Agile certification a plus). ## Benefits - The role reports to the Head of Supply Chain Data Strategy and is based out of any one of our Hub locations at Sunnyvale, CA, Livingston, NJ or Bellevue, WA.