Team Roles and Responsibilities

SMDS governance and operations rely on clearly defined roles. This page describes the key roles involved in master data management within Maersk.

Role Overview

Role	Responsibility	Typical Activities
Data Steward	Data quality and governance	Golden record maintenance, validation rules, data quality monitoring
Business Owner	Domain ownership and commercial decisions	Requirements, approval workflows, business rules
Consumer	Integration and consumption of master data	API access, EMP subscription, read replica usage
Integration Approver	Access and design approval	Review integration requests, platform approval

Data Steward

• Scope: Ensures data quality, consistency, and compliance across master data domains
• Key activities:
  • Maintain golden records and resolve duplicates
  • Define and enforce validation rules
  • Monitor data quality metrics
  • Support MDM Operations (MDM OH)
• Contact: MDM OH Teamsite — MDM OH Team

Business Owner

• Scope: Owns business requirements and approval for domain-specific changes
• Examples by domain:
  • Customer: Commercial and Sales teams
  • Vendor: Procurement, AP
  • Geography: Trade, Regulatory
  • Facility: Terminal Operations, Logistics
  • Vessel: Fleet Management, Operations
  • Commodity: Cargo, HS/IMDG classification
• Key activities: Define business rules, approve workflows, prioritize enhancements

Consumer

• Scope: Systems and applications that consume SMDS data via API, EMP, database read replica, or datalake
• Requirements: Must comply with Integration Access Guide — design doc, platform approval, contacts, and governance

Integration Approver

• Scope: Reviews and approves integration requests (API, EMP, DB, Datalake)
• Key activities: Validate design, confirm ownership, approve access, ensure compliance (GDPR, data residency)

Resources

• Integration Access Guide — Requirements for consuming SMDS data
• GDASMDS Confluence — Collaboration and documentation
• MDM OH Teamsite — MDM Operations