Data Architecture & Governance Associate Principal

This role is the responsible data governance leader for the Procurement Hub capability of the Digital Procurement program, ensuring trusted, high-quality and well-governed data for this critical Supply Chain initiatives. This person will drive key governance deliverables -including data assessments, metadata management, data quality standards, and remediation-while partnering with business, Digital, and technical teams to enable scalable analytics and AI outcomes.

• Lead Procurement Hub metadata mgmt. to drive understanding of data, increase EDF Data reusability and enable AI solutions
• Own Procurement Hub data quality mgmt., establishing standards and driving remediation to ensure data is fit for program use
• Ensure compliance with enterprise data security, privacy and retention policies including appropriate access controls, protection, retention, and retrieval for Procurement Hub data
• Partner with IT and business stakeholders to embed stewardship and governance practices into the Procurement Hub capability and Digital Procurement program

• 9+ years of progressive experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or Master Data Management within a global organization, with demonstrated leadership at program or domain level
• Deep expertise in enterprise data management, including data ingestion and integration, governed data usage, data quality management, stewardship operating models, and lifecycle management
• Proven experience working with sourcing, contracts and category mgmt. data and the source to pay processes, including enabling or supporting AI capabilities across planning, operations, or analytics use cases
• Strong understanding of ERP and MDM ecosystems, with preferred experience in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional partnerships with business leaders, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to standardize operational data and drive adoption of enterprise data governance policies and standards
• Experience operating at a program or portfolio level, balancing strategic objectives with execution, risk management, and value realization for digital and analytics initiatives
• Ability to influence without authority and serve as a trusted data steward leader across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Digital teams