Lead Data Steward (w/m/d) Substations

Lead Data Steward (w/m/d) Substations

About the Role

Job ID 305695 Location Germany Bayern Erlangen Remote vs. Office Hybrid (Remote/Office) Company Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG Organization Grid Technologies Business Unit Substations Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Professional / Experienced A Snapshot of Your Day Join us as Lead Data Steward (w/m/d) and become the central coordination point for data governance and data management across the Substations organization. You will connect business stakeholders, country Data Stewards, and Siemens Energy data domains to turn business priorities into governed actions and measurable improvements. Working across functions, countries, and enterprise data domains, you will help align governance activities, improve data quality, and strengthen data management practices. You will enable a global network of Data Stewards while supporting the adoption of enterprise standards, platforms, and best practices. Through governance coordination and scalable rollout activities, you will help drive transparency, consistency, and continuous improvement across the organization.How You’ll Make an Impact

• Lead coordination of data governance activities across business functions, countries, and enterprise data domains, ensuring alignment with enterprise governance standards
• Drive transparency on data ownership, data quality, risks, and governance priorities, while maintaining governance backlogs, decision logs, and escalation paths
• Support data cataloging, metadata management, lineage documentation, and data quality initiatives within the SE Data Catalog
• Collaborate with country Data Stewards to document critical data assets, gather business requirements, and build a connected global stewardship network
• Facilitate pilot implementations, onboarding activities, governance reviews, and management reporting while promoting enterprise standards, platforms, and best practices

What You Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Management, Business Administration, or equivalent
• Many years of professional experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Process Management, or a related discipline
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional initiatives across organizations and countries and translate business requirements into measurable governance improvements
• Understanding of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data catalogs, lineage, and master data concepts
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills, combined with a structured, pragmatic, and execution-oriented approach in international environments
• Fluent in English; additional languages such as German are a plus
• Willingness to collaborate globally and travel occasionally