Applicants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan area only, please.

The Data System Administrator II will play a pivotal role within our dynamic IT team, partnering closely with vendors and key business stakeholders. You will partner on efforts to architect, build, and optimize solutions that ensure the seamless integration of high-quality data into our enterprise data management systems. From inception to execution, you will collaborate on all aspects of data manipulation, storage, and the development of robust data quality (DQ) rules, while upholding stringent data governance standards and industry-best data management practices. This role is instrumental in spearheading the implementation and ongoing enhancement of our cutting-edge Master Data Management (MDM) solution, making significant contributions to the organization's data strategy and operational excellence.

Your Mission

Embrace the role of system administrator for Informatica MDM SaaS, with an exciting opportunity to expand into supporting Snowflake, Azure Data Lake, and other essential data management tools. As a technical liaison, you will engage with vendors, harnessing their support to elevate your expertise and drive impactful solutions.  

• Design, innovate, and execute MDM solutions and workflows that uphold data accuracy and uniformity.
• Foster productive partnerships with stakeholders to grasp comprehensive data requirements and refine business rules governing master data elements.
• Establish and enforce data quality protocols and practices, preemptively identifying and resolving data discrepancies.
• Cultivate and maintain data models and schemas for master data entities, ensuring robust organizational data architecture.
• Conduct data profiling and analysis to pinpoint and propose enhancements for data quality, driving continuous improvement.
• Engineer and refine data integration processes and workflows, bolstering support for strategic master data management initiatives.
• Champion data governance efforts, actively contributing to governance forums and ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
• Introduce and optimize data stewardship workflows, orchestrating the lifecycle of master data updates and changes.
• Provide adept technical guidance and support to end-users on master data management tools and processes, ensuring seamless adoption.
• Demonstrate exceptional listening skills, foster trust, and embrace constructive feedback from franchisees, nurturing strong, collaborative relationships.

Your Expertise

The ideal candidate will have experience with data management tools, understand the importance of proper data management to an organization, be able to apply logic and strong problem-solving skills to data quality rules development, and will communicate and work well with technical and non-technical staff. In addition, to land this job you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is preferred.
• 3-5 years in IT positions with a focus on data and data systems; MDM platform experience preferred.
• Expertise to analyze and solve problems, think outside of the box, and grasp technical concepts
• Proven ability to combine information or data to find relationships among seemingly unrelated events
• Motivated self-starter, able to deliver on results
• Ability to diagnose when a system or environment has a problem, issue or fault and resolve
• Ability to create, read, analyze, and interpret technical diagrams and written procedures
• Strong team player who can work across multiple functions
• Commitment to research and ongoing learning, detail oriented
• Moderate proficiency with any combination of SQL, Python, or APIs is preferred

Your Work Environment

Our corporate headquarters are in Bloomington, MN. This is a hybrid position requiring in-office workdays twice weekly, including every Wednesday and another day of your choice (Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday). The remainder of the week can be worked remotely with reliable, secure internet. Our office has lots of natural light, hydraulic desks for standing or sitting and many other amenities, so we are sure you will enjoy your office time as much as working remotely.
 Travel requirement: 5%

Living the Values

We Are Kind

• Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Be humble, act honorably, and express gratitude. Respect and value everyone’s role in our company’s success.

We Exceed Expectations

• Innovate; be curious about what’s possible. Be adaptable and eager to respond to challenges. Collaborate and work together to achieve our goals. Strive for greatness and inspire others by your example. Be proactive. Seek continuous improvement.

We Focus on Execution

• Make decisions with the belief it can be executed in 6,000 salons. Focus on impact of key brand measures. Prioritize on ability to execute quickly.

We Keep it Simple

• Set clear expectations. Make things easy to understand and execute. Stay focused on what’s most important.

We Listen and Earn Trust

• Be respectfully honest; react thoughtfully. Respond quickly – 24 hours or less, and remember that personal contact is always best. Be transparent through open communication and candid conversation. Be willing to admit mistakes and fix them. Listen generously: Seek to understand other’s perspectives. Act with integrity. Always. Even when no one will know.

We Make it Fun

• Smile! Find opportunities to laugh. Celebrate accomplishments and recognize the contributions of others. Approach people and situations with a positive attitude. Build a sense of community where everyone enjoys coming to work every day.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary, health benefits, wellness programs, a company-matching 401K and tuition assistance but some perks that set us apart are:

A focus on your development. We want to know what your dreams and aspirations are and hope to find ways of Great Clips helping you along in your journey. Your personalized development plan will create a path for your growth and promotion potential.

A GREAT culture. One of the most frequent compliments you will hear about Great Clips from employees, franchisees and business partners alike is that Great Clips has a GREAT culture. Our belief is that we are strongest together and therefore find it important to have an inclusive, diverse work culture. Though we embrace our differences, we all share in our 6 core values; we are kind, we listen and earn trust, we keep it simple, we focus on execution, we exceed expectations, and WE MAKE IT FUN.

A spirit of ideas and innovation. Here at Great Clips, we have a competitive lead within our industry. Though we hold a strong position, we never stop pushing ourselves forward and continue to look for new ways of delivering a powerful and enduring brand.

About Great Clips

With more than 4,400 franchised salons throughout the United States and Canada, Great Clips is the world’s largest haircutting salon brand. Our salon owners and corporate staff are dedicated to our salon communities with a focus on philanthropic and volunteer activities. Great Clips, Inc. employees are passionate about what we do and our technology team geeks out in finding ways to use technology to make what we do even better.