Job Title: Senior Manager Data Governance & Value Realization

Location: Remote USA

Position Overview: The Senior Manager Data Governance & Value Realization is responsible for establishing enterprise-wide data governance, stewardship, quality, compliance, and value realization practices across Bollinger Shipyards. This role ensures enterprise data is trusted, secure, consistently defined, and aligned to measurable business outcomes.

The position partners across IT and business functions to implement practical governance processes that support operational efficiency, compliance obligations, analytics enablement, and enterprise decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the enterprise data governance framework, operating model, and governance roadmap
• Establish policies, standards, and processes for data quality, stewardship, ownership, metadata, and lifecycle management
• Define and operationalize data ownership and stewardship responsibilities across business domains
• Lead enterprise data quality initiatives, including monitoring, remediation, and issue management processes
• Oversee implementation of data cataloging, metadata management, and business glossary capabilities
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, contractual, and cybersecurity requirements including ITAR, NIST, and applicable data protection standards
• Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Analytics, and AI teams to embed governance standards into enterprise solutions
• Establish governance metrics and reporting to monitor adoption, compliance, and business value
• Drive measurable value realization for data initiatives through adoption tracking, ROI analysis, and operational impact measurement
• Facilitate governance councils, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional alignment
• Support change management and organizational adoption of governance practices
• Lead and develop governance and data stewardship resources as the function mature
• Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in data governance, data management, information management, or related disciplines
• 3+ years of leadership experience
• Proven experience implementing enterprise data governance programs at scale
• Strong understanding of data quality, metadata management, master data, and stewardship practices

Skills and Abilities:
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, defense, or highly regulated environments
• Experience with data catalog and governance platforms
• Familiarity with Azure data and analytics ecosystems
• Experience measuring ROI and operational impact of technology or data initiatives
• Relevant governance or data management certifications
• Master's degree in Information Management, Business Administration, or related discipline