Senior Data Steward, Master Data

Senior Data Steward, Master Data

The Senior Data Steward, Master Data plays a key role in managing customer data as a strategic business asset across all Thomson Reuters business units. This position is responsible for gathering information requirements, entering, maintaining, and monitoring core data to ensure alignment with company data governance policies and data quality standards.

In this role, the Senior Data Steward ensures that all master data is accurately loaded and maintained, working closely with business and technical subject matter experts to provide meaningful input to project teams and ensure master data is properly captured and utilized. The steward also supports the broader Master Data Management team in developing procedures for detecting and resolving data quality issues as defined by the Data Governance team.

A significant part of this role involves the ongoing, in-depth evaluation of data quality, identifying anomalies and discrepancies, and applying subject matter expertise to determine root causes and implement effective corrective actions. The Senior Data Steward, Master Data is additionally responsible for building and maintaining deep expertise across one or more data domains, with a strong focus on continuously improving existing data management processes, procedures, and operational protocols.

About the Role:
In this role as a Senior Data Steward, Master Data you will:

• Manages the customer data content on MDM platform via the customer data model

• Monitors, validates, and executes data creation and change requests in data hub in an accurate and timely manner

• Develop and provide expertise on one or more data domains (primarily customer and contact domains)

• Manage and control risks associated with their respective data domains

• Proactively monitor and control data quality

• Support the continuous improvement of master data management processes

• Proactively manages the customer domain metadata within the Enterprise Master Data Catalog

• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures around data attributes

• Ensures new data elements are not duplications of existing core data elements

• Ensures timely inactivation of obsolete data elements

• Works with business and technical process owners to help troubleshoot data issues

• Works with business and technical owners in defining standard operating procedures, process flows and related documentation for all enterprise master data

• Supports the development of projects to ensure master data related items are addressed according to the established standards

• Executes data cleansing, data enrichment and testing cycles for system upgrades and projects

About You:
You’re fit for the role of Senior Data Steward, Master Data if your background includes:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 5+ years in a master data application role and/or business analytics/analysis

• Experience in data management & manipulation

• Experience working with virtual team members in different locations globally

• Demonstrable capabilities in authoring and managing documentation such as Business Requirements Documents

• Experience in translating business requirements to technical specifications

• Familiarity with quality management methodologies (Root Cause Analysis)

• Effective communication skills - In both written and oral forms with a competence in presenting in a professional and influential manner

• Results oriented mindset - Delivering on objectives establishing a reputation for high performance and customer satisfaction

• Relationship management - Proficiency in effectively managing new and existing relationships to meet the financial and business goals of the organization

• Ability to work confidentially and responsibly at all levels within an organization, having access to sensitive information

• Project management/organizational skills - The ability to manage multiple projects with competing demands for limited resources in a dynamic business environment

• Ability to reason and think logically, analyze problems proactively and escalate situations as appropriate while responding to changing demands, priorities, procedures and technology

• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word

• Experience/knowledge of SQL, SAP/S4 HANA, Alteryx, Business Objects, Salesforce, and data warehousing a plus

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.

For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $82,000 USD - $152,200 USD.

Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.


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