Director, Master Data Governance

Director, Master Data Governance

Job Category:
Logistics & Distribution

Location:

Emeryville, CA 94608, USA

About Grocery Outlet:

• Our Mission: Touching lives for the better
• Our Vision: Touching lives by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the U.S.
• Our Values & Behaviors: Achievement, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Family, Fun, Integrity & Service

About the Team:

Our Supply Chain and Logistics team mission is to provide top notch service to our stores and purchasing teams- contributing to the goal to make Grocery Outlet the first choice for bargain minded customers while touching lives for the better. Our team oversees the successful movement of products from our vendors to our stores and is self-motivated, passionate, and dedicated.

About the Role:

As the Director, Data Governance, you will lead Grocery Outlet's master data governance program — the people, processes, and standards that ensure our vendor, item, cost, retail, and purchase order data is accurate, consistent, and trusted from the moment it is created through to the point it reaches the store shelf. This is a hands-on, build-from-the-ground-up role. You will start by defining the data fields and standards required to correctly set up a vendor, set up an item, and write a purchase order.

You will then establish the right way to create and maintain that data natively within SAP — working with the system rather than around it — and lead two connected bodies of work: remediating the existing bad data created through years of workarounds, and standing up the intake processes and controls that keep all new data clean as it flows through our end-to-end systems.

Critically, this role protects the speed of our buying process. Grocery Outlet's success depends on moving quickly on opportunistic deals, so you will balance doing it right at the front end with cleaning it up at the back end — building governance that enables the buy, never blocks it. You will operate as a cross-functional leader, partnering closely with Merchandising, Finance/FP&A, IT/Business Technology, and Store Operations to establish clear ownership, enforce standards, and embed governance into day-to-day workflows.

This role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on execution to build and sustain a scalable governance model that supports our growing business. The Director, Data Governance will report to the VP of Supply Chain Systems, Data and Engineering and will lead a team, including a direct-report Manager who oversees a team of four.

Responsibilities Include:

• Master Data Definition & SAP Design
• Data Remediation & Quality
• Process, Controls & New Data Intake
• End-to-End Data Flow & Store-Level Accuracy
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment
• Team Leadership & Culture
• Technology & Enablement

About The Pay:

• Base Salary Range: $175,000 -$195,000 Annual
• Annual Bonus Program
• Equity
• 401(k) Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental, Vision & More!
• Final compensation will be determined based upon experience and skills and may vary based on location.

About You:

• 8+ years of experience in master data management, data governance, data/process management, or related fields
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced start up like environment
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations
• Hands-on functional SAP master data experience (e.g., vendor master, material/item master, purchasing); SAP MDG experience strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of how master data is created, maintained, and flows across enterprise systems end-to-end — and how data quality issues manifest downstream at the store level
• Experience defining data standards, designing data entry and validation processes, and leading large-scale data remediation efforts
• Ability to operate as a cross-functional influencer in a complex, matrixed organization, often without direct authority
• Proven people-leadership experience, including managing managers, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams
• A business-facing leader who understands operational and financial impact — functionally deep in SAP master data, but not an IT/data-engineering or coding role; strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a relentless focus on business impact
• Retail, grocery, or consumer industry experience strongly preferred