Director - Data Steward / Governance - Irving, United States - Michaels Stores

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    **Director - Data Steward / Governance**

    locationsIrving-Irving Corporate Office-3939 West John Carpenter Freeway time typeFull time posted onPosted Today job requisition idR Support Center - Irving**We're here for the Makers Come be a part of the team where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world**

    **Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all Makers to create, innovate and be better together.**

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    The Director Data Steward / Governance manages a team of business Data Scientists responsible for establishing standards, improving data quality and ensuring that Michaels analytics team has the necessary data and tools to allow incremental and transformational performance across the organization.

    This role is positioned to support teams across the entire organization and ensures team members have the technology capabilities required to conduct modeling, SQL-based querying, and advanced dashboarding with automation where applicable.**Major Activities**

    **Data Stewardship:**

    Drive the evolution of the Customer Data Platform to continue to broaden the landscape of analytics capabilities for Michaels

    Responsible for ensuring data availability, accuracy, and fidelity are behind all data platforms, including the Customer Data Platform, for Michaels team member use

    Establish a knowledge repository for our analysts to share best practices and build capabilities

    Act as point of escalation when unexpected issues and/or new requirements are surfaced, and guide those issues to resolution

    Evaluate data quality and establish a data quality score for key metrics

    Conduct cross organizational training as required

    Ensure Michaels teams have the best tools/resources available and proactively evaluate opportunities for new and different approaches to company challenges

    **Cross-Team Collaboration:**

    Act as the key contact and business owner to our CDP vendor and other customer data vendors

    Partner with IT to enable accurate and reliable data analytics across multiple platforms

    Evaluate, plan, and execute analytics projects as-needed to serve leaders across the organization (including marketing, merchandising, store operations and others)

    Present data and insights to business leaders in a clear and concise manner

    **Team Leadership:**

    Hire, retain, and develop outstanding and diverse staff through ownership of our data science hiring processes, brand, and functional leadership of data scientists

    Lead and develop a team of data scientists. Invest in your teams skills, tools, and processes to improve their velocity

    **Other duties as assigned**

    **Minimum Education**

    Bachelors Degree in quantitative field, Masters preferred

    **Minimum Special Certifications or Technical Skills**

    Fluent in data fundamentals: SQL, data manipulation using a procedural language (R, Python), statistics, experimentation, and modeling

    **Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires**

    A minimum of 5-10 years of relevant work experience in data science for a consumer product or retail company

    3+ years of experience managing data scientists

    Proven experience partnering with executive staff on data topics

    Professional experience as a data science leader, setting the vision for how to most effectively use data in your organization.

    **Other**

    Excellent written and verbal communication skills on quantitative topics for a variety of audiences: product managers, designers, engineers, and business leaders

    Proven track record of using data to provide actionable business results

    **Applicants in the U.S. and Canada must satisfy federal, state, provincial and local legal requirements of the job.**