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Post Holdings Inc. Sr. Data Governance Analyst in Saint Louis, Missouri
Brand: Post Holdings Inc.
Categories: Information Technology
Locations: Saint Louis, Missouri
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Remote Eligible: No
Req ID: 26763
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans Farms, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, Ronzoni Pasta and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores. Our offices and manufacturing sites are in 62 locations in five countries, and we have 11,500+ employees. Over the past 10 years, Post has made 22+ acquisitions and reached $7 billion in net sales in fiscal 2023. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries. Post Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference. Responsibilities The Decision Science team helps our operating companies solve their most challenging problems and drives decisions with data. As a Senior Data Governance Analyst at POST, you are passionate about working with data and partnering with business and technical stakeholders to enable data driven decision making. You will champion a data driven culture by leveraging your expertise in implementing analytic data governance framework and leading the adoption of data catalog. As a subject matter expert for technical and functional aspects of the tool, you will create and maintain a robust and sustainable framework for cataloging that supports data growth. You think and act like an owner, by championing continuous improvement, fostering catalog tool adoption, mentoring the rollout of the catalog tool and the analytic governance framework across the organization. KEY RESPONSIBLITIES The Senior Data Governance Analyst will lead the development, deployment, and maintenance of analytic data governance framework and processes relative to sourcing, management, development, and consumption of critical analytic data assets. Lead the implementation, maintenance, and propagation of the power of a data catalog platform in helping keep up with the data growth. Work with stakeholders to define and develop analytic data governance framework for a federated architecture. Take responsibility for the end-to-end ownership of implementing the data catalog and analytic data governance framework. Lead the design and implementation of a data catalog framework that is adaptable for various lines of business in the organization, expandable for acquisitions, flexible for data separation and content sharing. Be the subject matter expert in defining processes and framework across various features in the catalog tool and develop solutions that the operating companies can lean on to take forward and adapt. Work closely with the Enterprise analytics owners to support them in the implementation of their use case by building the required metadata framework, actionable insights etc. to achieve a great end user experience. Design and manage the technical aspects of the tool such as automated metadata ingestion, user access management, new feature rollouts etc. Develop and maintain metrics and KPI’s tracking the health of data from the perspective of quality, availability, usability, and other factors relevant to business interests. Support in the implementation of effective internal control structure in accordance with prescribed governance, data privacy risk and compliance requirements. Evangelize data catalog, enable adoption to enable data driven decisions across the Post Holdings network through strategic leadership and guidance. Cultivate and champion a process to make cataloging an integral part of the project lifecycle. Work closely with the data consumers across the enterprise to integrate data quality, discoverability, and accessibility practices that drive data transparency across the organization. Champion analytic data governance across the enterprise, engaging and setting objectives for Data Owners, Stewards, and Custodians. Develop and maintain metrics and KPI’s tracking the health of data from the perspective of quality, availability, usability, and other factors relevant to business interests. Contribute to roadmap development, business cases and plans to improve data governance, quality, and use. Lead delivery and production responsibilities so that people have the right information, in the right context, on the right delivery channel when they need it. Foster innovation by keeping abreast of new tools and technologies introduced in the platform, which can be integrated to the data catalog tool to showcase complete data lifecycle. Innovate new processes to effectively manage data quality and observability from the data catalog platform. Implement and setup connectors for new data sources in coordination with tool vendor and the internal security team. Coordinate with the tool vendor for updates to the collector and its implementation. Seek to simplify process, architecture and tool selection over time with elegant design. Be a problem finder, mitigate bottlenecks and improve business adoption of Data catalog and governance practices. Promote development best practices, coach, mentor and develop team members to ‘raise their game’ every day. Recommend a roadmap of the capabilities needed on the team to reach strategic objectives and effectively match people, their interest and ability levels to drive them to achieve their personal best. Champion continuous improvement initiatives to elevate the game and operational maturity of the team. Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS 5 - 7 years of experience in data governance or quality management with significant influence on overall direction of data governance management. 3+ years of experience leading, instituting and evangelizing framework, technology and/or process in the data governance space. Strong experience in data catalog tools such as Alation, Data.world, Collibra etc. – as an enabler, with a sound understanding of underlying architecture, processes and framework across various features in the tool. Proven record of accomplishment in instituting and/or being an integral part of a data governance practice. Strong understanding of data structures, metadata management, and data governance principles. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to translate complex concepts and situations into plain language & ability to speak both business and technical language. Technical know-how to understand how to create and debug scripts for automated metadata collection. Intermediate to advanced knowledge of data analysis methods, ability to analyze and resolve data related issues. Familiarity with the concepts and strategies of change management. Working knowledge in SQL. Sound understanding of database structures, data models and/ or BI tools. Hands on experience in a database tool. Prior experience with CPG, Manufacturing landscape – a plus. Experience working with/integrating APIs – a plus. Strong people skills, cooperative and assertive in coordinating with various stakeholders across the organization. Provocative thinker who is courageous to share his or her thoughts regardless of the level of the audience. Outstanding leadership skills: ability to use influence to build consensus between both leaders and peers. Self-motivated individual who can identify issues/opportunities for improvement and be proactive in addressing them. Able to wear many hats and multitask as priorities evolve and change. Demonstrates ownership of project outcomes and decisions. Great attention to detail. Intellectual curiosity, passion for problem-solving, a test-and-learn mentality and thrives in ambiguity. Bring a sense of fun, passion, and positive attitude to every day. Communicate in a succinct, friendly manner that promotes directness and respect. Voracious hunger for learning and desire to win. Maturity and discipline to thrive and deliver results in a remote work environment. Must be able to manage priorities effectively and efficiently for teams with competing priorities and ensure follow-through on committed deliverables using team-based project management with both Agile and Waterfall approaches.
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