Data Catalog Delivery Lead
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States or Columbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Own the execution governance model for the Design & Delivery team, ensuring adherence to defined operating processes, standards, and agile practices. Drive audit-ready execution with traceability from requirements through design, development, testing, and release, while managing release processes aligned to enterprise change freeze calendars. Review and challenge design decisions to ensure scalability, governance, and integration, and validate testing strategies against functionality and enterprise standards. Own Alation platform capability, including configuration, adoption, integration, and vendor engagement, while resolving cross-functional conflicts between Product, Metadata Governance, and Data Safeguarding teams. Maintain delivery momentum by identifying operational gaps and driving continuous improvement in team performance and platform scalability.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
- 7+ years of experience implementing data governance frameworks (e.g., data policies, standards, and controls)
- experience developing and/or implementing data governance policy and standards
- experience working with IT and/or business segments on the analysis of complex business processes and data governance needs
- Proven experience in data governance, data privacy, and data protection
- 2+ years hands-on experience with Alation required, including configuration of workflows, stewardship models, metadata ingestion, and platform integration processes for data catalog governance
Desired Qualifications
- Proven experience in data governance, data privacy, and data protection
- Demonstrated experience implementing and enforcing structured operating models, delivery patterns, or execution frameworks across teams
- Strong understanding of testing strategies, quality assurance processes, and release management practices
- Ability to challenge decisions, drive alignment, and resolve cross-functional conflicts to maintain delivery momentum
- Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or compliance-driven delivery environments with a focus on documentation, controls, and evidence
- Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage dependencies across product, design, and engineering functions
- Familiarity with metadata integration, data lineage, and governance processes in modern data ecosystems
- Experience working with vendor platforms, including managing support, enhancements, and technical coordination
- Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence execution discipline without direct authority
- Ability to identify operational gaps and drive continuous improvement in delivery processes and team performance
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term platform scalability and maturity
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