Job Description:

The Data Governance Manager will lead and manage all organization-wide data governance activities and will have responsibility for improving the quality and managing the protection of sensitive data and information assets. The position will focus on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data policies, standards and practices, both at the department and Business and Functional areas level, to achieve the required level of consistency, quality and protection to meet overall business needs. This person will serve as a point of escalation for governance, data quality and protection issues and will work closely with Business and Functional area leadership to improve the quality and value of core data assets, respond to regulatory protection requirements as well as support the strategic requirements of the department.

What You'll Do:

• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities

• Roll out an enterprise-wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organization behavior policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture

• Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for stewardship of the company’s principal information assets

• Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning

• Develop & maintain inventory of the enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems, owners, data cataloging and lineage

• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the enterprise

• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements

• Lead Senior Management, comprising resources from the Business and Functional areas and IT business and operations functions, to achieve their objectives; resolve issues escalated from Business and Functional areas data governance representatives

• In conjunction with the IT, provide progress reports to Board management and oversee periodic updates to the data governance committee

• Coordinate external data sources to eliminate redundancy and streamline the expense related to those services

• Identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of information assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the marketplace / represent data as a strategic business asset at the Senior Management table

What We're Looking For:

• 4+ years of experience in a major services organization, with large-scale data or project management and oversight experience.

• Knowledge of industry leading data quality and data protection management practices

• Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection

• Knowledge of data related government regulatory requirements and emerging trends and issues

• Demonstrated consulting skills, with change management concepts and strategies, including communication, culture change and performance measurement system design

• Knowledge of risk data architecture and technology solutions

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, MIS, or Information Management, preferred