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Data Governance Team Lead - Telematics

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INFull-time2026-11-12
Hybrid

Core

Lead data governance, metadata management, and quality initiatives for Caterpillar's connected products and telematics data to enable engineering, analytics, and AI applications.

Role type

Senior Engineering Team Leader (Data Governance)

Builds

Trusted, standardized, and reusable data products and governance frameworks for connected equipment.

Domain

Industrial IoT, Telematics, Data Governance, Engineering Data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Data governance, metadata management, data quality, data modeling, SQL, Python, cloud data platforms, AI/ML data requirements, cross-functional leadership, stakeholder influence

Preferred skills

Experience with enterprise data catalogs (e.g., Alation), Generative AI data governance, globally distributed team management

Technologies

SQL, Python, Alation, cloud data platforms

Responsibilities

Define data standards and governance policies; improve data quality and lineage; coordinate cross-functional data initiatives; mentor team members; establish data structures for AI/ML applications.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities