Director, Global Operations Data Governance

Waters - Milford, MA

Full-time - Senior

Milford, MA

5,001-10,000 employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Director, Global Operations Data Governance at Waters Corporation is responsible for establishing a new data governance team aimed at enhancing data quality and usage across Global Operations. This role involves engaging with leadership to align on vision and strategy, collaborating with global colleagues to execute improvement roadmaps, and monitoring the impact of these improvements, particularly in relation to Master Data in the ERP system.

Responsibilities

• Establish a data governance framework for Global Operations, aligned with the broader enterprise.
• Mobilize and lead a small, cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from both business and technology backgrounds.
• Create, maintain, and execute a roadmap of pragmatic improvements in roles, processes, policies and tools.
• Enable the organization to drive rapid improvements in Master Data quality to support ongoing ERP transformation activities.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement as it relates to data.
• Collaborate with stakeholders outside of Global Operations to ensure alignment with the overall enterprise, e.g., with respect to master data management, enterprise IT systems, etc.
• Develop and attract best-in-class talent.

Requirements

• 7+ years progressive experience in data governance within supply chain and manufacturing environments.
• 5+ years experience with SAP (e.g., SAP ECC, APO and S/4 Hana) and SAP master data management, including large ERP transformation programs.
• Proven ability to establish data governance from the ground up.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Solid project management skills, experience managing global, multi-functional projects.
• Strong influencing skills, proven ability to work across organizational boundaries motivating change and harmonization across a global organization.
• Results oriented mindset, operates with high sense of urgency.
• Proven track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of schedule.
• Strong written and verbal communication.