Director Data Management and Governance

Job Purpose and Impact

The Data Management Operations Leader will lead the development of the overarching data management strategy for the company leading a global team with a focus to ensure the company's core data is maintained efficiently, effectively and to quality standards. In this role, you will develop and lead the execution of the strategy and provide operational guidance on end-to-end process execution and optimization, operational metrics definition and standardization and compliance in execution. 

Key Accountabilities

• Create the data management framework across the company by leading a diverse global team to execute data operations to ensure service delivery levels and business expectations are met through process optimization, stakeholder influence and automation and improving partner interaction models.  
• Develop corporate guidelines and governance on data management tools throughout the company while being thoughtful of the overall data management ecosystem and execute the strategic roadmap for maintaining operational excellence through process standardization, continuous improvement, and value delivery.  
• Partner with data leaders throughout Cargill to educate for changes to bring greater value and efficiency through technology and processes for data and operations while collaborating with data management software vendors to align product roadmaps with the company's needs.  
• Articulate the business value for data management capabilities and provide operational leadership throughout the organization to ensure accountabilities, processes and systems align with business priorities.  
• Lead the development and improvement for a more agile product model through data management capability transformation.  
• Develop strategic resource and delivery plans to satisfy long term views of demand aligned with the data function.  
• Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching and making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.  
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications 

• 5+ years of professional experience leading operational delivery teams  
• Professional experience in leading transformations globally  
• Experience in agile product delivery models  
• Industry experience with a mixed staffing model using outsourced service providers  
• Experience and knowledge of ITIL processes and operational frameworks