Data Specialist – Institution & People Profiles

S&P Global

Data Steward Lead responsible for managing data ingestion, governance, and automation strategies. Collaborating across teams to ensure compliance and enhance data quality in product deliveries.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Data Steward Lead is an individual contributor role that supports datasets end‑to‑end with strong ownership and alignment to product deliveries and roadmaps.
The role drives the execution of multiple projects, gaining exposure to product deliveries, managing data ingestion activities, overseeing vendor data reviews, and leading user acceptance testing cycles for backend tables and data distribution.
Addresses complex client queries and manages related escalations.
Advances operational excellence by streamlining backend database curation, refining, and enforcing data policies, ensuring compliance, maintaining taxonomy and metadata, and coordinating effectively with Technology and Operations teams.
Leads targeted automation initiatives and supports the adoption of artificial‑intelligence‑enabled stewardship practices to enhance efficiency and data quality.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data management, data governance, or related function.
Demonstrates working proficiency in SQL and basic Python (preferred) to perform data analysis, validation, reconciliation, and issue investigation.
Understands and operates within agile delivery models, participating in sprint-based execution and iterative delivery cycles.
Possesses strong domain and process understanding, enabling effective stewardship decisions across assigned datasets.
Knowledgeable in data governance policies and frameworks, ensuring consistent application across ingestion, validation, and distribution workflows.
Experienced in vendor data management, including review cycles, coordination with external providers, and issue identification or resolution.
Applies structured, analytical problem-solving to diagnose issues, drive root-cause analysis, and propose practical interim and permanent fixes as remediation steps.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data ManagementData GovernanceData AnalysisData ValidationData ReconciliationIssue InvestigationAutomation InitiativesArtificial Intelligence PracticesRoot-Cause AnalysisMetadata Management

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingClient Query ManagementEscalation ManagementCollaboration