Data Steward

## Data Steward Apply locations:
Toronto, ONtime type:
Full time posted on:
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The Data Steward plays a foundational role in advancing an organization’s data governance and management capabilities by ensuring that data is accurate, consistently defined, and easily accessible across the enterprise. This role works collaboratively with both business and technical stakeholders to maintain metadata, enhance data quality, and document data lineage, enabling better trust and usability of data assets. Responsibilities include managing business glossaries and data catalogs, supporting the identification and resolution of data quality issues, and helping track and monitor quality metrics.

The Data Steward also contributes to governance initiatives by assisting with data classification, implementing access controls, and supporting compliance with data retention and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the role extends to governing unstructured data, improving organization and discoverability across platforms while reducing risk. Through active participation in governance tools and processes, the Data Steward helps reinforce policies, standards, and best practices.

The position requires hands-on data experience, including proficiency in SQL and familiarity with data platforms, along with strong analytical, documentation, and collaboration skills. Overall, this role is ideal for individuals early in their data governance career who are eager to build expertise and drive improved data reliability and literacy across the organization.

The Data Steward plays a key role in supporting the organization’s data governance and data management practices. This role focuses on ensuring that data is accurate and uniformly documented and defined for use across the business. Working closely with business and technical teams, the Data Steward helps maintain metadata, support data quality initiatives, document data lineage, and promote consistent data definitions.

The ideal candidate has experience working hands-on with data, is comfortable using SQL to understand and profile datasets, and is eager to deepen their knowledge of data governance, data quality, and metadata management. This role is well-suited for individuals earlier in their data governance journey who want to grow into more senior roles.
** WHAT YOU WILL DO
**** Metadata & Documentation
*** Maintain and update metadata in the business glossary and data catalog.
* Work with business stakeholders to document clear and consistent data definitions.
* Support the organization in improving accessibility and understanding of key data assets.
** Data Lineage Support
*** Assist in documenting data lineage by reviewing SQL, dashboards, and data flows.
* Investigate how data moves across systems and support the validation of lineage diagrams.
** Data Quality Support
*** Work with Data Engineering and business teams to highlight and track data quality concerns.
* Assist in monitoring and reporting on data quality metrics.
** Data Classification & Data Access Support
*** Help maintain data classification tags within the catalog.
* Support the implementation of data access rules and assist teams in understanding access processes.
** Data Retention & Disposition
*** Support implementation and monitoring of data retention and disposition policies aligned with regulatory and business requirements.
* Assist in identifying and tagging data for retention schedules and track compliance or exceptions to ensure secure data lifecycle and disposal practices and support audits.
** Unstructured Data Governance
*** Support classification, organization, and governance of unstructured data across platforms (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, shared drives).
* Promote consistent tagging, access controls, and best practices to improve…