Levi Strauss & Company:
Data Governance Lead Job in San Francisco, VT

JOB DESCRIPTION We believe that clothes — and how you make them — can make a difference. Since 1853, we’ve been passionate about innovation to meet people’s needs. We invented the first blue jean. And we reinvented khaki pants. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines for our manufacturing partners. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. A company doesn’t last 160 years by standing still. It endures by reinventing itself, striving to delight its consumers, winning in the marketplace, and by remaining true to its values. We employ more than 17,000 people around the world – supporting great brands, including Levi’s®, Dockers® ?and Denizen®. Our employees are committed to innovation, creativity and collaboration. Key Responsibilities: • Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities • Roll out and maintain an enterprise-wide data governance policy and framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organization behavior policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture. This policy and framework should cover:• Data prioritization • Roles and responsibilities, ensuring clear accountability for stewardship of our principal information assets • Data quality measures and rules for control (spearheaded by data quality lead) • Metadata and data lineage (including associated metadata management tools) • Data retention • Data security and privacy (working closely with the Information Security and Legal teams) • Conduct training sessions with the data stewards on the policy, standards and processes; coordinate with Data Stewards for each domain to achieve defined goals within group data management • Promote communication between teams and technology to ensure that data-related requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated, and well understood and considered as part of operational planning • Develop an inventory of the enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems and owners as part of an enterprise data dictionary • Coordinate external data sources to eliminate redundancies • With IT, identify data retention opportunities and issues • Together with IT, provide progress reports to Data Governance Council and oversee periodic updates to the Data Governance Roadmap Minimum Education Required: • Bachelor of Engineering/Science/Technology degree preferably in Computer Science or other Engineering discipline or equivalent Years and Type of Experience Required: • Minimum of 10 years of experience in a major services organization, with large-scale data or project management and oversight experience. Minimum of 5 years (of the 10) in a major organization • Knowledge of industry-leading data quality and data protection management practices • Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets, and approaches related to data protection • Knowledge of data-related government regulatory requirements and emerging trends and issues • Consulting skills, with change management concepts and strategies, including culture change and performance measurement system design • Knowledge of risk data architecture and technology solutions Skills, and Abilities Required: • Puts the Customer First – anticipates customer needs, advocates for the customer, acts with customers in mind, exceeds customers’ expectations, gains customers’ respect • Achieves results through teamwork – is open to diverse ideas, works inclusively and collaboratively, holds self and others accountable, involves others to accomplish personal and team goals • Leads through positive influence – demonstrates character; builds partnerships; takes responsibility for own development; role models leadership qualities such as motivation, inspiration and passion • Coaches and develops others – develops and cares about associates, builds effective teams, helps people be their best, values and manages diversity, provides candid and constructive feedback. • Leads change – challenges the status quo, embraces technology, puts forward creative ideas, promotes and implements process improvements, gathers the ideas of others, demonstrates good judgment about which ideas will work • Executes with excellence – is action-oriented, drives for results, sets clear expectations and milestones, reviews progress, acts decisively, solves problems, can be counted on to meet goals • Provides clear and strategic direction – plans and organizes well, sets a clear and simple course of action, stays focused on the most important priorities, has the ability to visualize and plan for the future, understands the industry and marketplace We put a lot of thought into our programs to provide you with a benefits package that matters. Whether it is for medical care, taking time off, improving your health or planning for retirement, we've got you covered. Here's a small snapshot: • 401K match: $1.25 for every $1.00 you contribute up to the first 6% of pay you save. • Five hours of paid volunteer time per month with nonprofit organizations • Product discount of 40% off regular-price merchandise Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, marital status, Vietnam era/disabled veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes prohibited by applicable law. Company policy prohibits harassment of applicants or employees on the basis of any protected classes. We have established a continuing Affirmative Action Program to assure equal employment opportunity in all its policy decisions affecting recruitment, selection, assignment, promotion, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. LOCATION1155 Battery St. San Francisco, CA, 94111FULL TIME/PART TIMEFull time