Data Governance Lead

Role Overview

• Establish, implement, and continuously improve a data governance framework (policies, standards, roles, processes, decision rights) for program teams.
• Define governance operating model components such as data ownership, stewardship, and domain/accountability structures.
• Create and manage governance artifacts (e.g., glossary standards, naming conventions, documentation templates, lineage standards).
• Lead program efforts to maintain and expand the Collibra data catalog, including onboarding new datasets, domains, and business terms.
• Configure and promote use of Collibra capabilities such as business glossary, data dictionary/metadata, lineage, workflow, and certification/curation.
• Develop documentation and enablement materials to drive consistent catalog usage by technical and non-technical users.
• Partner with data owners and SMEs to enhance data dictionary, business definitions, and technical metadata.
• Capture and maintain end-to-end data lineage across pipelines and systems to improve transparency, auditability, and trust.
• Establish processes for metadata quality checks and periodic review/certification of critical data assets.
• Design and develop conceptual, logical, and solution data models supporting operational systems and analytics platforms.
• Translate business requirements into robust data structures, relationships, and workflows to support reporting, operational use, and analytics.
• Analyze existing datasets and legacy schemas to guide data migration, rationalization, and application/service modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, DevSecOps engineers, business analysts, and data engineers to ensure governance is embedded in delivery.
• Support solutioning efforts by aligning data modeling and governance practices to delivery roadmaps and release plans.
• Communicate governance decisions, standards, and progress to stakeholders, including leadership audiences.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• Data Governance & Data Management
• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, and/or data stewardship in complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to define and operationalize governance processes (e.g., ownership, stewardship, approvals, issue management).
• Hands-on experience supporting or implementing Collibra (catalog/business glossary/metadata workflows), including onboarding datasets and maintaining documentation.
• Strong understanding of metadata, including business metadata, technical metadata, and lineage concepts.
• Proven experience creating conceptual, logical, and physical/solution data models.
• Strong proficiency with SQL and ability to assess schemas, relationships, and data quality issues.
• Ability to analyze and document legacy data structures to inform modernization and migration strategies.
• Experience producing clear, standardized documentation for both technical and business audiences.
• Ability to facilitate workshops/interviews with SMEs to capture definitions, rules, and lineage.

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance