Establishing an organizational data (management) strategy.
Aligning data-centric requirements with available IT and business resources.
Establishing data governance standards, policies and procedures.
Providing advice (and perhaps services) to the business for data-dependent initiatives, such as business analytics, Big Data, data quality, and data technologies.
Evangelizing the importance of good information management principles to internal and external business stakeholders.
Oversight of data usage in analytics and Business Intelligence.