.Media help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.Kantar Media is a wholly owned but operationally independent part of the Kantar Group.Job DetailsKantar Media is a global leader in media research, including audience measurement, consumer profiling, and in-depth advertising intelligence. Our versatility, scale, technology and expertise enable our teams to understand the changing media landscape and drive growth for our clients.Kantar Media is seeking a Data Steward to join our technology function. The role could be based globally.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:The data steward will take ownership of data within the organisation, working with cross-functional teams to create best practices and policies on data management and governance. The data steward needs to understand the contractual framework and requirements our business operates in. Data governance policies will define how data is stored, classified, labelled, and curated.Classify – multi-layer classification depending on the type of data, stage in the data processing workflow, etc.Label (tag) – Make data assets discoverable and searchable.Curate – describe how to make use of the data. Enable self-serviced analytics.Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams ensuring data is used effectively and efficiently.The data steward will be in charge of introducing a 'Data First' strategy, promoting the use of Data throughout the company, enabling 'smart solutions' or 'self-serve platform'. The data steward will drive the change required to democratize access, knowledge and understanding of data.The data steward will:Maintain quality, usability, and availability of master and meta data on a daily basis. Ensure data security and implement practical rules according to the company's security principles.Maintain data profiles and business metadata, tag and label data elements in business semantics, create data vocabularies across the organisation.Define data categories and their associated rules, label each category in unique keywords.Understand technical metadata, ensuring compliance with organizational data governance rules.Own and lead data retention and data resilience services, working together with technology to develop necessary tooling.Support the wider team in 3rd party assessments, internal and external audits.Demonstrate a passion for learning new data-focused technologies, including data science, cloud storage, A.I., and other future paradigms for managing large volumes of data.The data steward role sits at the intersection between business and technology, understanding both business problems and company solutions, as well as the data assets involved
