Senior Data Steward, Material

**Overview**
Join our Data Governance team that will to be the custodian of the processes, policies, rules and standards by which the Company will define its most critical data. Enabling this program will define ownership and accountability of our critical data assets to ensure they are effectively managed and maintain integrity throughout. The aim of PepsiCo’s systems is to leverage data as a strategic enterprise asset enabling data-based decision analytics and to Improve productivity and efficiency of daily business operations.

**Responsibilities** Your mission**

You as a Data Steward will be responsible for working within the global data governance team and with their local businesses to maintain alignment to the Enterprise Data Governance's (EDG) processes, rules and standards set to ensure data is fit for purpose.

This will be achieved through you, EDG Data Steward, operating as the single point of contact for those creating and consuming data within their respected data domain(s). Additionally, you will be driving the team to interact directly with key domain and project stakeholders, the EDG Lead, Governance Council, other data stewards across the organization and relevant SMEs throughout the organization as necessary. You will collaborate / advise with PepsiCo's Governance Council, of which they are accountable for the success of PepsiCo’s EDG program.

**Your day to day with us**:

- Promote data accuracy and adherence to PepsiCo defined global governance practices, as well as driving acceptance of PepsiCo's enterprise data standards and policies across the various business segments.
- Maintain and advise relevant stakeholders on data governance-related matters in specific domain (Customer, Material, Vendor, Finance, Consumer) with a focus on the business use of the data
- Provide recommendations and supporting documentation for new or proposed data standards, business rules and policy (in conjunction with the Governance Council as appropriate).
- Advise on various projects and initiatives to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated and managed to ensure adherence with the Enterprise Data Governance established standards.
- Represent market specific needs in Sector data councils and above, ensuring locals user needs are heard/met/addressed; Voice opinions around why proposals will or will not work for the market you represent and provide alternative solutions
- Coordinate across the Sector (with fellow Market Data Stewards and the EDG Steward; strategic initiatives, Digital Use Cases and the federated data network) in order to maintain consistency of PepsiCo's critical enterprise, digital, operational and analytical data.
- Accountable for ensuring that data-centric activities are aligned with the EDG program and leverage applicable data standards, governance processes, and overall best practices.

**Data Governance Business Standards**:

- Ensures alignment of the data governance processes and standards with applicable enterprise, business segment, and local data support models.
- Champions the single set of Enterprise-level data standards & repository of key elements pertaining to their in-scope data domain (e.g Customer, Material, Vendor, Finance, Consumer) and promoting their use throughout the PepsiCo organization.
- Owns one or multiple domain perspectives in defining and continually evolving the roadmap for enterprise data governance based upon strategic business objectives, existing capabilities/programs, cultural considerations and a general understanding of emerging technologies and governance models/techniques.
- Advise on various projects and initiatives to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated and managed to ensure adherence with the Enterprise Data Governance established standards.

**Data Domain Coordination and Collaboration**:

- Responsible for helping identify the need for sector-level data standards (and above) based on strategic business objectives and the evolution of enterprise-level capabilities and analytical requirements.
- Collaborates across the organization to ensure consistent and effective execution of data governance and management principles across PepsiCo's enterprise and analytical systems and data domains.
- Accountable for driving organizational acceptance of EDG established data standards, policies, and definitions and process standards for critical / related enterprise data.
- Promotes and champions PepsiCo's Enterprise Data Governance Capability and data management program across the organization.

**Qualifications**
**What you will bring**:

- 5+ years of experience working in Data Governance or Data Management within a global CPG (Consumer Packaged Good) company; Strong data management background who understands data, how to ingest data, proper data use / consumption, data quality, and stewardship
- 5+ years of experience working with data in the Material domain, a