About The Role

The Lead Enterprise Data Steward is responsible for coordinating and operationalizing Penske's Enterprise Data Governance Program through stewardship leadership, business metadata management, governance process execution, enterprise data catalog administration, and data quality enablement.

This role serves as the primary liaison between Data Owners, Business Data Stewards, Technical Data Stewards, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture, Analytics, and Master Data Management teams. The Lead Enterprise Data Steward promotes the consistent definition, management, quality, protection, and governance of enterprise data assets while driving adoption of governance processes and technologies.

The role will serve as the primary administrator and champion of Penske's enterprise data catalog and metadata management capabilities and will partner closely with the MDM Platform Owner to support governance and stewardship requirements for enterprise master data domains including Location, Vehicle, Customer, and future master data initiatives.

Major Responsibilities

Data Stewardship Leadership

Coordinate enterprise data stewardship activities across business and technology domains.
Establish and promote stewardship processes, responsibilities, and accountability models.
Facilitate stewardship forums, working groups, and governance meetings.
Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to maintain consistency in data definitions, ownership, and governance practices.
Serve as an escalation point for stewardship and data definition disputes.
Promote adoption of enterprise governance policies, standards, and procedures.

Metadata & Data Catalog Management

Serve as primary administrator for Alation and related metadata management platforms.
Manage business glossary content, data definitions, ownership assignments, certifications, and stewardship workflows.
Coordinate metadata onboarding and catalog expansion initiatives.
Support documentation and maintenance of data lineage, classifications, and metadata standards.
Ensure metadata quality, completeness, and consistency across enterprise domains.
Promote enterprise adoption and utilization of data catalog capabilities.

Governance Program Support

Support implementation and operationalization of Penske's Data Governance Program.
Facilitate governance working groups and stakeholder meetings.
Track governance issues, remediation plans, and stewardship activities.
Support development and maintenance of governance standards, procedures, and controls.
Assist with governance maturity assessments and continuous improvement initiatives.
Help embed governance requirements within projects, applications, and enterprise data initiatives.

Data Quality Management

Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define data quality requirements, metrics, thresholds, and controls.
Coordinate identification, prioritization, and resolution of enterprise data quality issues.
Support root cause analysis and remediation activities.
Monitor data quality metrics and stewardship performance measures.
Promote accountability for quality management across governed data assets.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with Data Engineering teams to support metadata integration, data lineage, and governance automation capabilities.
Collaborate with the MDM Platform Owner to support governance requirements for master data domains.
Partner with Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, and Legal teams to ensure governance practices support organizational and regulatory requirements.
Facilitate alignment of governance practices across operational, analytical, and master data assets.
Promote data ownership and accountability across business functions.

Governance Reporting & Metrics

Develop governance scorecards and stewardship performance reporting.
Track governance adoption, metadata completeness, stewardship participation, and data quality improvements.
Produce executive reporting on governance activities and program progress.
Monitor governance KPIs and recommend corrective actions as needed.

Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to improve governance effectiveness and stewardship efficiency.
Research industry best practices related to Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and Master Data Management.
Recommend process improvements and governance automation opportunities.
Support implementation of workflow-based governance capabilities and metadata-driven controls.

Other projects and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Data Management, Computer Science, or related field.
Minimum 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Intelligence, Analytics, Master Data Management, or related disciplines.
Experience facilitating collaboration between business and technical stakeholders.
Experience working with metadata, data catalog, or governance technologies.
Experience supporting cross-functional governance initiatives.
Experience supporting MDM implementations.
Experience with Collibra, Purview, Informatica, or similar governance platforms.
Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) certification.
Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or fleet management environments.
Experience developing governance metrics and stewardship programs.
Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence without direct authority.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with both business and technical audiences.
Strong understanding of:

o Data Governance
o Data Stewardship
o Data Quality Management
o Metadata Management
o Business Glossaries
o Data Lineage
o Master Data concepts

Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Physical Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer