Data Steward
Convergint · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $118,000 / year
- United States
Job highlights
- Ensure data accuracy and integrity across systems.
- Enforce data governance and compliance policies.
- Improve data quality through audits and cleansing.
- Provide business insights from data analysis.
- Collaborate across teams for data enhancement.
About the role
Data Steward
Convergint is seeking a Data Steward to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and validity of all master and reference data across its core enterprise technology systems. This role is crucial for maintaining high-quality master data, supporting various business functions with actionable insights, and driving governance and compliance adherence. The Data Steward will collaborate across business, operations, and technology teams to enforce standards, remediate data issues, and continuously improve data processes. By maintaining trusted, standardized, and enriched data, Data Stewards enable consistent reporting, streamlined processes, stronger compliance, and more reliable decision-making across the business.
Governance & Compliance
This role involves enforcing enterprise data governance policies, standards, and naming conventions. Key responsibilities include reviewing, validating, and approving records for activation to ensure compliance. The Data Steward will validate and remediate Salesforce records, ensuring accuracy and completeness of compliance fields according to regulatory requirements, including contractual, customer credit, and trade compliance checks. Managerial courage is needed to actively engage in the remediation of non-compliant requests and escalate repeated or deliberate non-compliance and data-related risks to management.
Data Quality & Integrity
The Data Steward will safeguard data quality by validating accuracy, completeness, and consistency across master data, integrations, and account hierarchies. This includes performing ongoing audits, cleansing, and de-duplication to maintain data integrity and trusted, reliable source records. The role also involves acting as a liaison between technology, administrative, operations, and sales teams to resolve data-related issues and ensure consistent governance practices.
Business Insights & Continuous Improvement
Collaboration with global business teams, vertical markets, local business users, and the data governance council is essential to identify new requirements and improve data management practices. The Data Steward will provide insights from stewardship activities to recommend enhancements to processes, policies, and technology, thereby strengthening data quality and usability. Partnership with Organizational Change Management (OCM) and Learning & Development (L&D) teams will help embed adoption of standards and best practices globally.
Business Enablement & Ongoing Support
This position requires guiding users on proper data entry standards and best practices to promote consistent data integrity, leading to accurate reporting and customer insights. Active participation in data migrations, integrations, and reporting initiatives, including preparing, validating, and reconciling data, is expected to ensure timely and accurate information availability. Maintaining authoritative data dictionaries and metadata for transparency and usability, ensuring consistent application of standard taxonomies, hierarchies, and classifications, is also a key responsibility.
Core Skills & Competencies
- Driving Organizational Accountability: Ensures adherence to governance policies across global and local teams.
- Managerial Courage: Ability to drive remediation and escalate risks or non-compliance to leadership.
- Attention to Detail: Identifies and corrects discrepancies to maintain high data quality standards.
- Reporting & Dashboards: Ability to create and manage reports, dashboards, and list views.
- Analytical Thinking: Skilled at interpreting data, spotting trends, and resolving data-related issues.
- Problem-Solving: Proactive in diagnosing root causes of data issues and recommending solutions.
- Time Management & Prioritization: Capable of handling multiple data requests and stewardship tasks, balancing responsiveness with accuracy.
- Collaboration & Communication: Comfortable working across technology, operations, sales, and business teams, with clear verbal and written communication.
Preferred Skills & Competencies
- Certifications: DAMA Certified Data Management Professional or other MDM Certifications; Salesforce Certified Administrator; Oracle Cloud Certifications; NetSuite Administrator Certification; or similar.
- Global Frameworks: Experience with global data privacy or regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, trade compliance); large global account hierarchies or complex multi-market structures.
- Multilingual skills: Support stewardship across diverse regions.
Education & Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (BS or BBA) in Data Management & Analytics, Information Systems, Business or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Experience: 3 to 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, master data management, or qualitative data analytics in a global enterprise setting.
Technical Skills
- Experience with enterprise systems supporting CRM, CPQ, ERP, FSM, analytics, etc.
- Advanced Excel or SQL skills for validation, analysis, and reconciliation.
- Knowledge of Salesforce, Oracle, NetSuite, master data management (MDM), and data model structures.
Company Benefits
Convergint fosters a supportive, accessible, and inclusive environment. We offer a variety of programs and exceptional benefits, including:
- 10 Company Holidays and Paid Time Off starting at 13 days annually
- Fun & Laughter Day Off
- Medical, Dental & Vision Plan
- Life insurance & Disability Plan
- Wellness Program
- 401K Matching Plan
- Colleague Assistance Program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Competitive salary and compensation plan
- Vehicle reimbursement plan or company vehicle
- Corporate Social Responsibility Day
- Cell phone reimbursement (if applicable)
- Paid parental leave
Convergint is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Visit our Convergint careers site to learn more about the company and the exciting opportunities available.
Compensation
Compensation Range: $76,100-$118,000 base salary. Individual pay rates will vary based on job, department, location, skills, experience, certifications, licenses, and education.
Job Posting Information
This posting is expected to remain open until 5/1/2026.
Key skills/competency
- Data Governance
- Master Data Management
- Data Quality
- Data Stewardship
- Salesforce
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- Data Integrity
- CRM
- ERP
Skills & topics
- Data Steward
- Data Governance
- Master Data Management
- Data Quality
- Data Integrity
- Salesforce
- SQL
- Data Analysis
- CRM
- ERP
- Data Management
- Business Insights
- Compliance
- Convergint
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in data stewardship, governance, and MDM. Quantify achievements in data quality improvements.
- Showcase technical skills: Emphasize proficiency in SQL, advanced Excel, and CRM/ERP systems like Salesforce or Oracle.
- Demonstrate core competencies: Provide examples of attention to detail, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration.
- Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss your approach to data validation, issue resolution, and driving compliance.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are the key responsibilities of a Data Steward at Convergint?
- The Data Steward at Convergint is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and validity of master and reference data across enterprise systems. This includes enforcing data governance policies, maintaining data quality through audits and cleansing, collaborating with various teams to resolve data issues, and providing business insights derived from data analysis.
- What technical skills are essential for the Data Steward role at Convergint?
- Essential technical skills for this role include advanced Excel or SQL for data validation and analysis, and experience with enterprise systems such as CRM (Salesforce), ERP (Oracle, NetSuite), and Master Data Management (MDM) concepts. Familiarity with data model structures is also important.
- What kind of experience is required for the Data Steward position?
- Convergint typically requires 3 to 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, master data management, or qualitative data analytics within a global enterprise setting for this role.
- How does Convergint foster data quality and compliance for its Data Stewards?
- Convergint fosters data quality and compliance by establishing enterprise data governance policies and standards, requiring validation of records, and actively engaging in the remediation of non-compliant data. The role involves close collaboration with business, operations, and technology teams to ensure adherence and continuous improvement.
- What educational background is preferred for a Data Steward at Convergint?
- A Bachelor’s degree (BS or BBA) in Data Management & Analytics, Information Systems, Business, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent experience may also be considered.
- How can I highlight my suitability for the Data Steward role on my resume?
- To highlight your suitability, focus on quantifying your achievements in data quality improvement, data governance implementation, and master data management. Clearly list your experience with relevant technologies like Salesforce, SQL, and Excel, and showcase your analytical and problem-solving skills.
- What is the compensation range for the Data Steward role at Convergint?
- The compensation range for this Data Steward position is between $76,100 and $118,000 base salary. Actual pay may vary based on factors such as location, experience, and specific skills.
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