About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):
10
The Role Scope:

The Data Steward Lead is an individual contributor role that supports datasets end-to-end with robust ownership and alignment to product deliveries and roadmaps. The role drives the execution of multiple projects, gaining exposure to product deliveries, managing data ingestion activities, overseeing vendor data reviews, and leading user acceptance testing cycles for backend tables and data distribution. The position also addresses complex client queries and manages related escalations.

The Data Steward Lead advances operational excellence by streamlining backend database curation, refining, and enforcing data policies, ensuring compliance, maintaining taxonomy and metadata, and coordinating effectively with Technology and Operations teams. The role also leads targeted automation initiatives and supports the adoption of artificial-intelligence-enabled stewardship practices to enhance efficiency and data quality.

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

Operational Delivery
- Define validation rules, checkpoints,



and minor policy or process enhancements.
- Manage dataset ingestion, taxonomy governance, and data lineage.
- Contribute to strengthening the data governance framework for assigned datasets by designing, refining, and enforcing robust governance controls that align with enterprise standards and data management standards.
- Execute vendor reviews and coordinate vendor data integration and cost-optimization activities.
- Own parts of user acceptance testing cycles for assigned datasets, including backend database changes, downstream data flows, and risk assessments.
- Govern stewardship tasks and identify process improvements to streamline workflows and remove duplication.
- Expand scope across multiple projects within a domain and begin defining validation and policy standards.
- Balance project execution (approximately 70 percent) with governance and vendor coordination (approximately 30 pe

📌 Senior Data Steward, Data Stewardship, Company (Ahmedabad)
🏢 S&P Global
📍 Ahmedabad