Enterprise Data Steward – Master Data Management

Location: Remote Duration: 6-month contract (intention to extend another 6 months w/ potential to convert) Pay: $35.00/Hour Job Description Our global Fortune 500 client, with U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, NC, is a world class food service provider with a strong presence across the nation. Celebrating almost 30 years in North America, this employee-focused company has received honors for diversity and inclusion, innovation, health and wellness, and company culture. CRG has successfully placed over 220 employees within the last 7 years within this organization, known for its continuous growth opportunities, fantastic benefits package, innovative technology, flexible work environment, and collaborative culture. Join our client’s Enterprise Data Stewardship team and support the ongoing quality, consistency, and reliability of enterprise master data. As an Enterprise Data Steward, you will work closely with senior stewards, data engineers, and platform teams to monitor data quality, investigate issues, and execute remediation activities. This role is more technically focused, emphasizing data analysis, systems understanding, and operational execution rather than business ownership. Responsibilities • Monitor enterprise master data for quality issues using defined rules, controls, and dashboards. • Support identification, logging, and tracking of data quality incidents and defects. • Perform data analysis and validation to assist in root cause investigation. • Execute approved remediation steps within MDM platforms and downstream systems. • Apply established data standards, business rules, and governance policies as directed. • Develop working technical knowledge of systems supporting end-to-end master data flows. • Assist with configuration, testing, and validation of data quality rules (matching, merging, survivorship). • Document defects, remediation actions, and data behaviors in accordance with team standards. • Partner primarily with technology and data teams, escalating business questions when needed. • Perform additional duties as required to support data operations and platform stability. Qualifications • 1–3 years of experience in data stewardship, data operations, analytics, or a related technical role. • Exposure to at least one data domain such as Product, Vendor, Client, or Location. • Experience working with data platforms such as MDM solutions, relational databases, data warehouses, or data lakes. • Basic understanding of data quality concepts (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness). • Ability to follow established processes and manage multiple tasks with supervision. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. • Clear written communication skills for documenting technical findings. • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, operational environment. Technical/Developing Skills • Working knowledge of SQL for data querying and validation. • Intermediate Excel skills for analysis and reconciliation. • Familiarity with ticketing or incident management tools (ServiceNow, JIRA, Azure DevOps). • Exposure to Master Data platforms such as Stibo STEP, Informatica MDM, or similar. • Familiarity with reporting or visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau. • Awareness of ERP systems such as SAP S/4HANA. • Exposure to AI-assisted research tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) for productivity support. Differentiators • Hands-on experience executing data corrections in controlled environments. • Experience supporting data quality monitoring or operational data controls. • Comfort working primarily with technical stakeholders (data engineering, platform, analytics teams). Category Code: JN008