Data Steward

Updated:
Mai 19, 2025 - The Data Steward curates and maintains research data sources according to FAIR principles to ensure data is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. This role involves developing a comprehensive data model to meet laboratory needs for data management and quality while serving as the primary contact for Local Master Data with stakeholders. Support is provided to the Master Data Lead and business teams to implement controls and ensure compliance with data management policies.

• Data Quality Assurance:
  Help to resolve data quality problems by providing support through the appropriate choice of error detection and correction.
• Process Improvement:
  Process control and improvement, or process design strategies collaborating with subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Automation Development:
  Develop macros or other automation systems for gathering and updating the portfolio.
• Collaboration:
  
  Obtain information and documentation with other functional data owners.
• Data Quality Management:
  Assist in data management and data quality of portfolio requirements with other functional data owners.
• Data Integrity:
  Ensure functional data integrity is consistent.
• Data Quality Maintenance:
  Ensure data integrity in key systems and maintain the processes to support the data quality.
• Business
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with the business owners to ensure data rules.
• Database Alignment:
  Ensure the portfolio structure aligns with the structure of other functional areas' databases.
• Mass Update Responsibility:
  Take responsibility for performing mass updates.
• Project Participation:
  Participate in projects and initiatives across multiple functional areas and regions.

• Data Management:
  Building a knowledge base of what data is crucial and how data is managed.
• Policy Improvement:
  Improving data policies and procedures to enhance data capture.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Meeting with senior management to represent the department.
• Training and Development:
  Staff training to ensure consistent data entry.
• Quality Assurance:
  Responsible for data quality and continuous improvement of the data.
• Best Practices Review:
  Reviewing and improving data storage best practices.
• Quality Improvement Identification:
  Identify areas for data quality improvements.
• Data Management Oversight:
  Manage data in the Core Integrated Operations Group.
• Data Requirement Definition:
  Identify valuable data sources together with the business and help define data requirements.
• Advanced Analytics:
  Combine data sources and apply advanced analytics techniques to discover trends, patterns, and insights and target/enable omnichannel personalization.
• Actionable Insights Translation:
  Translate key findings into actionable insights that business owners understand.

• Data Stewardship:
  Acting in the capacity of responsible steward of detailed information and data policies and standards, supporting the MOD Data Governance organization.
• Policy Implementation:
  Implementing information and data policies and standards through the data stewardship process.
• Team Contribution:
  Contributing to the Data Services team to support the formulation, evolution, and development of policies, standards, and processes.
• Process Ownership:
  Being the process owner for the Information and Data Stewardship Process.
• Leadership:
  Leading Information and Data Stewardship activities, formulating, organizing, and running such groups and teams.
• Secretariat Role:
  Acting as the secretariat for the Data Governance and Protection Board.
• Business Engagement:
  Managing the interface to the business and engaging with and responding to requests for information.
• Governance Management:
  Take responsibility for managing data governance.
• Staff Development:
  Develop and grow one direct report (Data Analyst).
• Collaboration:
  
  Closely collaborate with business subject matter experts (Scientists/Lab Technicians), IT, digital teams, and internal/external partners.
• Digital Transformation:
  Contribute to the digital transformation of the organization by conveying new ways of working that are…