Data Governance Lead

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Atlanta, GA
Senior level
Food
Reimagining what's possible for food and agriculture
The Role
The Data Governance Lead will implement and manage data governance strategies and processes across the organization. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance data governance maturity, enforce policies, and promote data as a strategic asset. Responsibilities include defining frameworks, maintaining leadership visibility on data governance activities, and leading culture change towards effective data management.
Summary Generated by Built In

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Data Governance Lead will provide strategic leadership to develop, deploy and maintain value-driven governance strategies and processes. In this role, you will collaborate cross-functionally to define and drive data governance practices, create and enforce policies and processes, and establish disciplines across the data supply chain to ensure consistency, security, quality, and reliability.
Key Accountabilities

  • Partner with key stakeholders including data privacy, technology governance, risk & compliance, HR, business data teams and others to bring data governance maturity to how we work, serve as the advocate, thought leader and change agent to bringing teams together.
  • Define & operationalize a federated data governance framework that allows extended teams to reuse frameworks while also providing space for localized prioritization & application to make data management and governance efforts most sustainable.
  • Champion a culture of data as a strategic asset and provide frameworks in the implementation of value driven governance disciplines; lead the definition and solutioning for competency frameworks, proficiency evaluations, and education tracks for upskilling.
  • Maintain visibility with enterprise and senior leadership on the status and progress of data governance activities, increasing understanding of risk exposure and mitigating plans.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of six years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Minimum of five years in a data leadership position
  • Broad knowledge of data, data management, and governance
  • Experience defining and operationalizing data governance and/or security programs
  • Experience with authoring policies and enforcement via auditing
  • Experience leading teams without direct oversight, via influence


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The Company
HQ: Wayzata, MN
155,000 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1865

What We Do

We are a family company providing food, ingredients,
agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish
the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We
connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals
people love. And we connect families with daily essentials—
from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to flooring.
By providing customers with products that are vital for living,
we help businesses grow, communities prosper and consumers
live well in their daily lives.


Why Work With Us

With 160,000 employees across 70 countries, you'll join our global network where we're bringing together the people, ideas and resources that can impact lives across the world. Discover how your work can nourish the world and help you thrive in your career.

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