Responsibilities H -E-B is a leading innovator in technology, and our Digital Technology Partners collaborate to design, construct, implement, and support technology solutions to help make us the Greatest Retailing Company. Once you're eligible, you'll become an Owner in the company, so we're looking for commitment, hard work, and focus on quality and Customer service. 'Partner-owned' means our most important resources--People--drive the innovation, growth, and success that make H-E-B The Greatest Omnichannel Retailing Company. Do you have a: HEART FOR PEOPLE... interpersonal skills? HEAD FOR BUSINESS... knowledge to identify / document functional and non-functional requirements? PASSION FOR RESULTS... self-directed? We are seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to work on our Data Solutions Data Governance team as a Senior Data Steward. The ideal candidate has experience creating and managing data governance policies, processes and standards, including data definitions, data quality and usage decisions. The candidate must have a strong background around data. In addition, gathering requirements, collaboration with business and technical teams, analysis, problem solving, and communicating are important skills. What is the work? • Serve as a subject matter expert on data and metrics available within the H-E-B data lake for respective domains to enable business, analytical, and data science use cases. • Implement and enforce data governance policies and procedures, ensuring data is used responsibly and in compliance with regulations. • Promote awareness and educate others on data policies, procedures, standards on metadata, lineage, cataloging, quality, lifecycle, and data modeling. • Create, maintain, and manage metadata. Ensure data assets are defined, catalogued, discoverable, and that source lineage is documented. • Define and maintain data quality requirements and business rules for assigned data attributes. • Assist with the creation of critical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), build dashboards that highlight goals and performance around objectives. • Manage rules and requirements for data access controls. Participate in the validation efforts. • Proactively analyze data for the team, department, and/or yourself, investigating, and communicating which areas need improvement driving a better data governance framework. • Collaborate with Security, Compliance, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Analyst, and Data Infrastructure leaders as key stakeholders/customers, providing insight, recommendations, and solutions that aligns with data governance objectives while maintaining legal and compliance regulations (such as PII, HIPPA, PCI, TDPSA). What is your background? • 5 years of experience in data stewardship, data management, data governance, business intelligence, or a related field. • Proficiency in SQL for data querying and analysis. • Strong experience in data governance principles and practices. • Experience with Data Catalog, Lineage, Metadata, Security and Quality tools. • Ability to gather, analyze, and document business requirements. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagement. • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities. • Knowledge of regulatory compliance related to data management. • Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). • Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery) • Ability to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete information. • Ability to act as a thought leader and mentor team members. • Ability / willingness to learn new technologies as they emerge. • Ability to calmly work under pressure. Can you... - Work collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. - Work extended hours. Licenses/Certifications: Physical Demands & Working Conditions: Work collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Work extended hours. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.