Data Governance Lead

Data Governance Lead

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance lead to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining and implementing the data governance strategy. The role involves establishing metadata standards, defining attribute ownership models, ensuring regulatory compliance, and improving data quality and trust across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance framework
• Own the metadata catalog and ensure consistency across business and technical assets
• Develop and manage KPI registries, data dictionaries, and lineage documentation
• Collaborate with data stewards and domain owners to establish attribute ownership
• Lead efforts around data standardization, quality rules, and classification of sensitive data
• Ensure privacy and compliance (e.g., GDPR, PII, PHI) by enforcing tagging, masking, and access rules
• Define access control rules (purpose-based views, user roles, sensitivity levels)
• Oversee governance for data products and federated data domains
• Support internal audits and external regulatory reviews
• Coordinate with platform, analytics, security, and compliance teams

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in data governance roles
• Experience integrating governance with modern data stacks (e.g.Data
• bricks, Snowflake)
• Strong experience in data governance tools (e.g., Alation, Unity Catalog ,Azure Purview,)
• Proven understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality frameworks
• Experience in implementing federated governance models and data stewardship programs
• Knowledge of compliance requirements (GDPR, HIPAA,PII, etc.)
• Familiarity with data mesh principles and data contract approaches
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Certification in data governance or management frameworks