Data Steward

About this role

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

McKesson complies with all applicable U.S. immigration laws and regulations. The Company does not provide employer support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment benefit for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a fulltime basis without the need for employer support or sponsorship now or in the future. This includes having the legal right to work in the United States without the need for McKesson support or sponsorship for any immigration related employment authorization (e.g., H1B, O1, E3, H1B1, TN, F1 OPT, F1 STEM OPT, F1 CPT, etc.) now or in the future. If you will require McKesson to provide immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future, you should not apply for this position

The Data Steward supports data quality, data lineage, and governance activities by maintaining lineage documentation, gathering information from stakeholders, and contributing to data quality and governance initiatives. This role is responsible for identifying, capturing, analyzing, and managing data to support McKesson’s data-driven decision-making, planning, and operational processes.  

The analyst supports information governance efforts by helping determine how data can be used to answer business questions, solve problems, and improve decision-making. This includes conducting data analysis, contributing to the conceptualization and modeling of information, and presenting insights that enable key business decisions and processes.  

The position involves manipulating and analyzing data to uncover trends, patterns, and insights; developing dashboard s and views ; and supporting the creation of actionable insights that drive measurable business impact. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, eager to learn, collaborative, and committed to producing high-quality work in a team-oriented environment.  

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to gather, document, and support data governance, reporting, analytics, and data quality requirements.  

• Support the discovery, cataloging, and documentation of enterprise data assets by maintaining data catalogs, metadata repositories, business glossaries, and related governance artifacts.  

• Perform data profiling and analysis of internal and external data sources to assess data structure, completeness, accuracy, consistency, and quality, identifying trends, anomalies, and potential issues.  

• Assist in documenting business definitions, data standards, business rules, and data stewardship requirements to support data governance initiatives and domain onboarding   activities. (   Can be removed if found   repetitive )  

• Develop and maintain source-to-target mapping documentation, data transformation requirements, and data lineage artifacts in partnership with business and technical teams.  

• Execute data quality assessments, data validation activities, and routine monitoring to ensure data integrity, accuracy, completeness, and consistency across critical business data assets.  

• Investigate and analyze data quality issues, perform root cause analysis, document findings, and support remediation efforts in collaboration with business and technology partners.  

• Maintain metadata, data lineage, and documentation to improve data transparency, traceability, discoverability, and usability across the organization.  

• Support the development and enhancement of reports, dashboards, visualizations, and analytical solutions by transforming data into actionable business insights.  

• Conduct exploratory data analysis using techniques such as data aggregation, pivoting, trend analysis, and data quality profiling to support reporting and business decision-making.  

• Deliver ad hoc reporting, data analysis, and data stewardship support while ensuring outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned with business requirements.  

• Support the implementation and adoption of established data governance policies, standards, controls, and best practices that promote data quality, compliance, and effective data management.  

• Prepare and communicate data quality findings, analytical results, and governance-related insights through clear documentation, reports, and presentations for business and technical audiences.  

Minimum Requirement Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

Education Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Critical Skills • Typically requires   4 +   years of relevant professional experience as an Analyst or equivalent, or relevant industry work experience.   

• Experience in data   analysis , data   quality , and   problem solving   for structured datasets.   

• Foundational knowledge of data governance and stewardship.  

• Operates independently on well-defined tasks and supports analytical approaches within project teams for moderate complexity initiatives.  

Additional Skills

• Knowledge of data   lifecycle   and ability to apply basic database design principles.   

• Adept in data governance principles and data stewardship practices, with exposure to data integration and migration activities for structured datasets.  

• Knowledge of   data quality dimensions and automation along with   metadata management practices for maintaining data dictiona

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