Enterprise Data Stewardship Lead

Requisition Number: 77589

The company built on breakthroughs. ​  
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Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.  ​  

How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward. ​  

​At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.​   

​ Come break through with us.  

Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with: 

• Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
• Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
• Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
• Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences 
• Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation 
• Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of enterprise data stewardship practices across divisional and functional DMOs
• Define and maintain stewardship standards, procedures, playbooks, and operating expectations
• Establish clear stewardship roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths
• Support the stewardship of business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, critical data elements, and curated data products
• Serve as a subject matter expert for stewardship use of the Alation data catalog
• Configure and maintain Alation templates, workflows, and documentation standards to support stewardship processes
• Partner with business stewards, data product owners, and technical teams to improve metadata quality, lineage visibility, and trust in enterprise data
• Collaborate with data governance, data quality, architecture, security, privacy, and compliance teams to align stewardship practices with enterprise requirements
• Develop and monitor stewardship metrics such as metadata completeness, glossary adoption, ownership coverage, certification progress, and issue resolution
• Facilitate stewardship forums, working sessions, and communities of practice across the organization
• Provide training, guidance, and change management support to business data stewards and DMO teams
• Promote data literacy, shared ownership, and adoption of stewardship best practices across the enterprise

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, metadata management, data quality, or a related field
• Experience supporting a federated data governance or data management model
• Strong understanding of data stewardship principles, including ownership, accountability, metadata, data quality, and issue management
• Hands on experience with enterprise data catalog and metadata management tools, preferably Alation
• Proven ability to configure and maintain templates, workflows, and documentation standards within Alation or similar tools
• Experience stewarding or supporting business glossaries, data dictionaries, critical data elements, and curated data assets or data products
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work effectively across business, functional, and technical teams in a matrixed environment

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to translate enterprise data management requirements into clear, scalable stewardship processes and standards
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain stewardship expectations and metadata concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience providing leadership, guidance, and mentoring to business stewards, DMO teams, or cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make decisions with incomplete information, and build alignment across stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a structured, practical approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities