Data Governance Lead

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

What you’ll do

In this role, you’ll play a key part in the vision and be responsible for taking a leading role to help to deliver trusted data to the Stripe GTM Data Strategy Team and hundreds of business users through improvements to Data Quality in GTM data systems. A successful team member in this role is passionate about using data to make an impact and is driven to provide the highest quality data for all of our GTM customers and partners. The position requires experience in Data Quality projects, experience analyzing and profiling large and complex data sets, the ability to manage projects end-to-end, and a curious and inquisitive approach to problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Enable GTM teams on best practices for documenting data sets, data lineage, business glossaries, data dictionaries, and other key areas of data management maturity
• Own the creation and maintenance of GTM Data Glossary and Data Standards
• Own data governance strategy and operating model to build trust and capabilities with business partners
• Own communications about data governance projects and roadmap to senior level stakeholders
• Operate cross-functional data governance councils for GTM Org
• Define methods for measuring and monitoring data quality and policy adherence
• Create and maintain backlog of data issues for prioritization with business leaders
• Lead regular prioritization and intake meetings with senior level cross functional stakeholders
• Define and maintain data quality goals,data standards, and data processes documentation
• Work cross-functionally to identify and fix data quality issues using sustainable and best-practice tools and processes
• Work with other business stewards to ensure data rules and standards are being implemented and followed
• Promote ongoing engagement of data stewards across cross functional teams

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Operations, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or equivalent
• 5+ years of leading projects and/or teams to deliver scalable programs across GTM and Sales
• 3+ years of clear, effective verbal and written communication to senior level staff across GTM and Sales Organization
• 3+ years of experience working data sets from 3rd party data providers
• 3+ years of experience in Data Governance/GTM Data Operations roles
• 3+ years of experience in any of Data Governance, Metadata Management, Business Intelligence, Data Quality, or Master Data Management
• 3+ years of experience capturing and documenting complex business and functional requirements
• 3+years of experience interfacing with Salesforce or similar CRM
• Experience solving for data, process, and change management problems in Salesforce.
• Familiarity with Enterprise Data Management including data access, data quality, data ingestion, and data infrastructure
• Ability to actively listen, problem solve, and communicate across technical and business teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working for a SaaS technology or Financial Services company
• Work experience with Data governance, Master Data, or Data Quality software
• Experience developing data glossary and definitions across a large enterprise
• Experience working with ticket-based systems such as JIRA or Salesforce cases
• Experience with Territory data management, sales compensation, metrics, and target setting across Sales Operations
• Strong desire to work in a fast-paced “startup” environment being able to organize and execute on small, medium, and large projects