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data champion

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈtʃæm.pi.ən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A title awarded in lieu of time, headcount, or authority, on the understanding that enthusiasm is a kind of budget.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A volunteer within a team who promotes good data practice and links the central program to local reality.

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See also

center of excellenceThree people, a shared inbox, and a name chosen before the headcount was approved.
data cultureThe thing a poster is bought to fix, on the model of curing a leak by framing a photograph of a dry ceiling.
data stewardThe one person who reads the policy, applied as a layer on top of an existing full-time job.
enablementThe function that hands teams a self-service portal to a decision that still requires three approvals they are not on.