Lead Data Steward
IHS Markit
- Location
- Gurgaon, India; Hyderabad, India
- Employment
- Full Time
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- Sep 1, 2026
Skills
About this role
About the Role
Grade Level (for internal use): 10 The Team: This Lead Data Stewardship position will be an integral part of S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Organization's (EDO) Corporate Data Stewardship team. The primary objective of this team is to uphold the integrity, quality, governance, and compliance of Business Relationships, and Corporate Relationships. A critical aspect of this role involves fostering collaboration and communication with various stakeholders, including operations teams, product managers, and technology and data transformation teams, to gain insights into data requirements and challenges, as well as to identify enhancements to both data and processes. As a stewards, we are committed to the continuous identification of opportunities for improving data processes and practices, implementing necessary changes to elevate data quality and operational efficiency across the organization. By leveraging a profound understanding of market dynamics, we position ourselves as trusted partners, providing clients with the intelligence required to navigate opportunities and mitigate risks within a competitive landscape. The Impact: As a member of the Data Stewardship Team, you will play a pivotal role in driving and managing key initiatives that support the EDO Data Strategy. You will play a vital role leading Business Relationships dataset and acting as subject matter expert of for the dataset. You will lead efforts to improve data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness through collaboration, innovation, and the execution of ad-hoc projects, with a focus on acquiring and collecting public and private data. What’s in it for you: The selected candidate will work independently, leading and contributing to projects while improving project management, analytical, and multitasking skills. The role involves collaborating with various teams, including data operations, product, technology, legal, risk & compliance, support, and commercial partners, throughout the project lifecycle with specific to profiling dataset. Key Roles and Responsibilities: Serve as the primary contact for datasets under Business Relationship domain such as Supply Chain, Products and Competitors datasets, overseeing project execution and providing guidance to team members to ensure successful project completion. Expertise in the data collection processes, focusing on understanding workflows and collaborating with Tech and Ops teams to establish a robust duplicate identification system. Oversee and assist in the development of a new collection tool designed for the creation and maintenance of company data. Lead and manage content-driven projects from inception to completion, guaranteeing timely delivery, adherence to quality standards, and alignment with business goals. Collaborate on technological capabilities and initiatives pertaining to profiling datasets, particularly through the utilization of SPARK Assist, Copilot, ASTRA and other AI agents as appropriate. Manage the team to efficiently lead the projects and made accountable for the projects and tasks. Identify and explore opportunities internally and assess third-party vendors data to enhance datasets and product offerings. Conduct research and development to support strategic data ingestion and curation projects. Partner with key stakeholders to facilitate the onboarding of Supply Chain dataset from both in-house sources and vendor data through different phases of Relationship Harmonization. Collaborate with the product team to enhance front-end product offerings and commercialize data capabilities. Serve as a Subject Matter Expert on data structures, content collection tools, and client interfaces such as MI, CIQ, Xpressfeed and other products. Engage with clients, facilitated by Relationship Managers, to address research needs. Ensure well-documented workflows, processes, and major releases with comprehensive training materials to support up-to-date knowledge repository. Follow escalation