Data Governance Manager

Description

• Establish and lead a data stewardship network across business units — onboarding, enablement, accountability, and engagement
• Manage the Data Governance Office, provide guidance on issue resolution and risk reporting, and define corporate process flows and key data attributes to ensure alignment with governance standards
• Provide regular updates to senior leadership on governance effectiveness, compliance status, and data quality improvements
• Ensure data management practices comply with relevant laws and regulations and support audit activities
• Identify and mitigate risks related to data privacy, security, and usage
• Approve, maintain, and enforce data standards and models by creating frameworks for relational data flows, defining and tracking reporting KPIs, implementing data quality rules, and managing business glossaries, certified datasets, and data catalogs
• Project management and leading governance initiatives and cross-functional projects
• Manage data quality, metadata, and master data processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability
• Lead development of the data governance framework; create and update policies, rules, standards, retention guidelines, and procedures for effective data management across the organization; and select, implement, and manage data governance tools
• Collaborate with the learning and development team to deliver training that promotes data literacy and compliance, while driving organization-wide adoption through communication, education, and change-management initiatives
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, while planning and supervising assigned work
• Policy development, drafting, and enforcing governance policies and procedures
• Supervises others
• Work closely with business units, IT, compliance, and legal teams to communicate data governance objectives and ensure alignment with organizational goals

Requirements

• Project Management experience is an asset
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business, or related field with 5+ years in data management, governance, or analytics roles
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and maturing data governance programs
• Deep understanding of data governance frameworks (DAMA DMBoK, DCAM, CMMI, etc.)
• Experience with data management technologies and tools
• Solid understanding of enterprise data architecture, master data, analytics, and reporting ecosystems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to build, mentor, and develop governance teams or stewardship networks
• Proven experience leading and mentoring teams
• Understanding of regulatory compliance requirements
• Hands-on experience with data catalog, lineage, metadata, and data quality tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Atlan, Alation, Purview)

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance