Job Title: Enterprise Data Steward
Location: Richmond, VA 23219 (Onsite)
Status: Full-time, Contract
Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, VA, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serving business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.
We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.
YSI is seeking a Enterprise Data Steward. Enterprise Data Steward supports Data Program by partnering with agency data stewards to improve data management practices, data quality, and enterprise data governance. This role facilitates stewardship activities, develops data documentation, and provides training and guidance to strengthen data literacy and stewardship capabilities. The candidate will also serve as the primary liaison between business divisions and the Data Program, ensuring stewardship activities are coordinated and aligned with enterprise data quality objectives. The position also manages client relationships, oversees deliverables, and supports the successful implementation of enterprise data governance initiatives.
Job Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary client-facing representative for assigned divisions, owning the relationship, leading discussions, setting expectations, and ensuring delivery of all required stewardship activities.
- Build effective, trustbased relationships with internal customers by communicating clearly, facilitating conversations with both technical and nontechnical staff, and guiding stewards through complex data-related tasks.
- Lead client interactions with accountability for deliverables, ensuring that stewards understand priorities, timelines, and governance expectations.
- Coordinate and support assigned data stewards by facilitating monthly checkins, guiding the creation of required artifacts (scoping, data dictionaries, business rules), serving as the primary liaison between divisions and the Data Program, and assisting stewards in preparing datasets for data quality measurement within the agency s data governance tool.
- Provide training, coaching, and support on data management, data quality concepts, and data stewardship practices.
- Support agencywide data quality and stewardship by providing subjectarea guidance for defining and measuring data quality, collaborating with system owners and SMEs to resolve complex data issues, promoting data literacy and consistent data management practices, and ensuring stewardship activities follow established standards, frameworks, and governance processes.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong understanding of data management principles, data quality concepts, and stewardship processes.
- Demonstrated experience serving as the primary client contact, responsible for relationship management, stakeholder engagement, and delivery of customerdriven outcomes.
- Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing, facilitate group discussions, and guide non-technical staff in data-related work.
- Experience helping users create or improve data dictionaries, business rules, or similar documentation.
- Ability to coordinate activities across divisions, manage priorities, and maintain organized documentation.
- Experience working in data governance, data stewardship, or a similar business-facing data role.
- Tools & Additional Skills: Familiarity with Collibra (preferred but not required; training can be provided). Proficiency with standard productivity tools (Excel, SharePoint, Teams, etc.).
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