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Director, Data Management & Governance

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

A career at Rockstar Games means being part of a team working to create the entertainment industry’s most rewarding and ambitious projects. You would be welcomed in a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn and collaborate with the industry’s most talented people.

Rockstar is seeking an experienced Director, Data Management & Governance to join our growing Analytics Team. This full-time position can be based out of Rockstar’s game development studio in the heart of downtown Manhattan or our San Diego studio in sunny Carlsbad, CA.

Responsibilities

• Partner with members of the Development, Game, SocialClub, Publishing, and Live Ops teams to establish data governance best practices at Rockstar Games.
• Drive the roll out of an enterprise-wide data governance technology platform, with focuses on improving data quality and protecting sensitive data.
• Modify organization behavior policies and standards.
• Develop data principles, governance metrics, processes, and tools relating to data architecture.
• Develop and monitor work processes, identifying opportunities to automate, minimize error and maximize productivity.
• Develop data governance tools to remain globally compliant.
• Enable teams to efficiently input and analyze data received from internal and external sources, ensuring the most accurate and validated data is available for decision making.
• Own and lead the development of a taxonomy across the Game Team.
• Establishes best practices around metadata management and data quality.
• Drive constant improvements in data quality, governance and knowledge discoverability via a non-invasive strategy.
• Own several data tools and programs, including Tableau (BI), data quality, and Alation.
• Execute, assess and adapt a data governance program on a quarterly basis.
• Stay informed about new technologies and trends in the data space
• Build and develop a global team of data governance professionals.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of work experience in data strategy, management, and acquisition
• 5+ years data modeling and architecture experience
• 10+ years in leadership and management
• Bachelor's Degree is a related field is preferred
• Demonstrated thought leadership with data governance, quality, stewardship, ontologies, taxonomies, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with GDPR, CCPA, VCDPA and other customer protection and privacy policies applicable in the e-commerce industries.
• Passion for driving business value through the use of high-quality data and advocating for the value of data as an asset.
• Exceptional ability to communicate at all levels, including technical communication.
• Experience with Big Data Technologies on prem and in the cloud such as Tableau, Hadoop, Snowflake, Spark and Hive.
• Experience in developing and implementing a data governance strategy for managing high quality structured, semi structured, and unstructured data (images, videos) across on-prem and public cloud deployments.
• Experience in an agile fast-paced video game, e-commerce, or technology environment

Desired

• Professional experience with Alation and Collibra
• MBA or other related graduate-level degree is desired
• Experience establishing a successful, non-invasive data governance strategy
• Game industry experience strongly desired.
• Passion for video games, especially Rockstar titles!

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with resume and cover-letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If selected, a Rockstar Talent Acquisition Specialist will reach out to guide you through the process.

Rockstar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or race.