Director, Data Governance, Data Stewardship

**Our Purpose**
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._

**Title and Summary**

Director, Data Governance, Data Stewardship

Overview:
Mastercard is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Data Stewardship to join our Data Governance Team. In this role, you will be responsible for promoting and ensuring data stewardship, ensuring data quality, driving consistent use of data, and understanding of our policy and standards across the organization.
You will partner closely with data owners, business units, and technology teams to define data standards, steward critical data assets, and enable data-driven decision-making.
This role will report to the Vice President, Data Governance.

Role:

- Continue to develop and refine our data stewardship strategy aligned to domains ensuring it aligns with Mastercard’s data governance framework.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and enforce data standards, policies, and procedures.
- Lead team meetings with data stewards, providing guidance and support in their day-to-day functions while promoting a culture of collaboration and accountability.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure stewardship effectiveness.
- Conduct regular assessments of data management practices, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes.
- Facilitate/participate in training and awareness programs to foster a strong data stewardship culture across the organization.
- Serve as a data-driven change agent and advocate, persuading and influencing the organization at the grassroots level on the importance of governance.

All about You:

- Proven track record of leadership in data governance, data management, or a related discipline, with demonstrated success driving enterprise-wide data initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of data quality management, metadata, master data management (MDM), and data cataloging.
- Experience with data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK) and tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Alation, etc.).
- Strong grasp of data management methodologies and compliance requirements related to data privacy and protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
- Proven ability to lead enterprise data initiatives and cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge and understanding of “driving organization change” for data governance.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; capable of understanding complex data ecosystems and translating technical constructs into actionable business strategies.
- Strategic thinker, able to operate at both a high-level vision and detailed implementation level to deliver measurable outcomes under tight timelines.
- Exceptional communicator, skilled at tailoring messages for executive, technical, and operational audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to foster a data-driven culture across the organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field. Equivalent experience will also be considered.

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**Corporate Security Responsibility**

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.