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Data Management Lead

Lincoln, NE, USFull-time$120k2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Establishes and maintains standards for consistent, trusted master data across the organization, defining entity resolution, matching, and survivorship practices.

Role type

Senior IC data management lead (master data governance)

Builds

Master data standards, canonical identifiers, and governance rules for key data domains

Domain

Higher education payment technology and education services

Required skills

Entity resolution, matching logic, survivorship rules, data quality thresholds, SQL, technical documentation, cross-functional leadership

Preferred skills

Master data management (MDM), match-and-merge, data catalog, CRM, cloud data warehouse platforms

Technologies

SQL, data platforms, integrations

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain matching, threshold, survivorship, and golden-record standards; Define canonical identifiers and attribute-level governance rules; Establish repeatable entity-resolution practices; Partner with technical teams to validate solutions against standards; Lead remediation of duplicate and conflicting master records; Embed master data requirements into system designs; Evaluate vendor approaches for master data alignment; Maintain version control and traceability for data rules; Facilitate cross-functional decisions and report on data quality progress