Data Governance Lead

Job Description

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE TEAM

The Data Governance Lead will work within the Data Services team at Live Nation. Data Services manages data governance as well as the ingestion, processing, and delivery of data for Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

THE ROLE

As the Data Governance Lead, you will report directly to the VP of Product for Data Services. This role will lead data governance with a focus on data discovery within the company. This individual will evangelize the benefits of a community-based approach to discovering, sharing, and managing our data. You will also work across the business to evaluate data governance-related processes to find opportunities for improvement. You will operationalize Data Governance and support the objectives set out in the company's Data Strategy. Leadership capabilities, multi-functional collaboration, ability to communicate, influence, and persuade, understanding of alignment and accountability, and growth mindset are some of the competencies we look for in this role.

Another key aspect of the role is the roll-out of the Data Catalog across the enterprise and will direct the engineering efforts and roadmap for new features within the application and act as a consolidating force for feedback from the community of both data producers and data consumers. Live Events are back, and the business is growing at a tremendous rate. This role is crucial in enabling the company to use data to take live events to the next level.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Roll-out & manage the enterprise Data Catalog for all Live Nation including new feature rollouts for the various user groups across the company
• Ensure every line of business and product team knows how to contribute to the shared Enterprise Data Model
• Provide a framework and delivery of data governance across data domains
• Stay abreast of technology and practice trends, create proof of concepts, and lead adoption for data discovery
• Understand the live entertainment landscape and Live Nation's business processes, to help enable data discovery for all stakeholders
• Develop, validate and drive implementation of the organization's Data Standards in collaboration with Data Producers and Data Consumers.
• Develop the operationalization of Data Governance capabilities and target operating model to meet the objectives set out in the company's Data Strategy
• Continuously work multi-functionally across the business to evaluate data governance-related processes to find opportunities for improvement
• Promote data-driven culture and good data practices within an organization
• Act as a primary contributor for the Metadata repositories as well as manage the health and wellbeing of the Metadata repositories
• Help with standardization of naming of data elements across data domains
• Actively look for best industry practices through building relationships within the industry, attending webinars, training, conferences.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, MIS, Library Science, or Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in Data Analysis, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Modeling, & Data Quality Management
• Advanced SQL skills with the ability to effectively navigate complex data warehouses
• Background in data mining, efficient in navigating complex data warehouses preferred
• Proven proficiency within a BI platform (e.g. Microsoft Power BI, Oracle BI, Tableau)
• Track record of success working within a matrixed organization and developing deep relationships with key commercial stakeholders at all levels
• Practical experience with Privacy laws such as CCPA, GDPR and Privacy Compliance implementation
• Detail oriented with strong time management and organizational skills
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously, and handle shifting priorities
• Team-oriented, collaborative worker while still being able to work independently
• Experience working in organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments
• Must have understanding of the end-to-end data supply chain from production to consumption.
• COVID-19 vaccination will be required for this position subject to legally valid exemptions

BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time, and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpj3zo-3-16-47-14-42 in your application.