Product Data Stewardship Manager

$115,000 - $163,000/Yr

Edwards Lifesciences

Full-time - Manager

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Manager of Product Data Stewardship at Edwards Lifesciences is responsible for leading the management, governance, and improvement of product master data across the organization. This role involves collaboration with various business stakeholders to ensure high-quality product data in systems such as JDE, EPAC, Windchill, and MES. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in data issue resolution and cross-functional communication, facilitating effective data governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end management of product master data, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to establish and enforce product data standards.
• Define and document data governance policies, procedures, and workflows for product master data.
• Partner with business stakeholders across regions and functions to identify and resolve product data issues.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business users to bridge data needs and requirements.
• Drive alignment on data governance decisions during Product Data Council meetings.
• Proactively monitor, identify, and resolve product data issues, ensuring root causes are addressed to prevent recurrence.
• Develop and implement processes to escalate and resolve critical data challenges efficiently.
• Partner with regional teams to ensure timely resolution of issues impacting downstream processes.
• Prepare and lead monthly Product Data Council meetings, presenting data metrics, governance updates, and issue resolutions.
• Foster data stewardship accountability across business functions by highlighting data quality trends and opportunities.
• Utilize and optimize systems such as JDE, EPAC, Windchill, and MES to support master data governance and management processes.
• Identify opportunities for system enhancements or process automation to improve product data quality.
• Analyze data quality KPIs and implement improvement initiatives to enhance product data accuracy and governance.
• Drive adoption of best practices for product master data management across the organization.
• Provide training and guidance to regional teams and stakeholders on data governance processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• 8 years of experience in data management and with DQ tools with business insights.
• Experience with MDM tools and Data Catalogue.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel and related systems.
• Proven successful project management skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills.
• Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Extensive understanding of related aspects of business systems processes and/or systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Performance-based incentives
• Wide variety of benefits programs to address diverse individual needs of employees and their families