Data Steward Partner (Contract) - Melbourne

About the role

Hastha Solutions has an urgent need for a Data Steward Partner in Melbourne on a 6-month contract, with a possible extension. The role owns and manages data governance activities for assigned business domains, defines data standards and works with business and technical teams to keep data accurate and compliant.

Key responsibilities

• Own and manage data governance activities for assigned business domains
• Define, maintain and enforce data standards, business rules and data quality requirements
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data, metadata and data lineage
• Ensure master and reference data are accurate and consistent across systems
• Identify, analyse and resolve data quality issues with business and technical teams
• Support data mapping, transformation and integration initiatives
• Help create and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries and data catalogues
• Take part in data governance forums, councils and working groups
• Monitor data quality metrics, governance KPIs and compliance activities
• Ensure adherence to data privacy, security and regulatory requirements
• Validate data requirements and quality for migration, transformation and reporting projects
• Act as subject matter expert on data governance policies, standards and best practices

Required profile

• Australian or New Zealand citizen or PR holder only
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and principles
• Experience in data quality management and data stewardship
• Knowledge of data modelling, data mapping and system integrations
• Experience with data governance tools, data catalogues and metadata repositories
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills
• Understanding of data privacy, security and regulatory requirements

Required skills

• Data governance tools, data catalogues and metadata repositories
• Good-to-have: Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica or similar
• Good-to-have: Master Data Management (MDM) concepts
• Good-to-have: experience with ERP, TMS, WMS, supply chain or enterprise data initiatives
• Good-to-have: Agile project delivery