Data Strategy and Governance Manager
$160,000–$180,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and develop data governance technology solutions across data quality, data dictionaries, business glossaries, and data policies. Define organizational design, governance processes, policies, roles, responsibilities, and operating models for client data programs. Lead teams to create business cases, resource plans, implementation roadmaps, and enterprise data system assessments. Assess current-state environments to identify pain points and define practical visions for becoming data-driven organizations. Build roadmaps covering technology, culture, governance, processes, skills, competencies, data quality, analytics, and data management maturity. Advise clients as a trusted partner on data governance, data management, cloud transformation, and AI readiness. Manage resources, budgets, project delivery, team development, training, mentoring, and performance assessment. Play an active role in business development by identifying, approaching, attracting, and retaining new clients. This remote role with approximately 50% travel sits within the Data & Analytics practice, serving as both a trusted client advisor and internal delivery leader. Candidates must reside in specified U.S. states or Washington, DC.
Required Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience in data governance, data strategy, and data management consulting
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field
- Experience building roadmaps for data, data management, data governance, data strategy, data quality, and analytics
- Understanding of data governance and data management tools such as Informatica, Collibra, Alation, DataHub, or similar platforms
- Experience designing data governance operating models, including governance organizations, roles and responsibilities, and success metrics
- Understanding of enterprise data concepts such as master data management, enterprise data warehouses, and MDM standards
- Experience with one or more compliance or regulatory areas, such as BCBS 239, CCPA, GDPR, data privacy, or security standards
- Certification or working understanding of DAMA / DMBOK principles for data management
- Experience implementing solutions for monitoring and visualizing metadata for data governance
- Experience developing data remediation and data management processes
- Strong leadership skills, including team building, hiring, mentoring, and developing talent in data governance
- Excellent communication, presentation, and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels of an organization
- Experience designing data governance programs that support AI, advanced analytics, and AI use-case design
- Knowledge of modern data platforms, including cloud-native architectures, data lakes, data mesh, and governance products such as Databricks and Microsoft Purview
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.
- This is a remote role with approximately 50% travel
- To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states or Washington, DC: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, or Washington, DC
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or equivalent advanced experience
- Experience with Collibra, DataHub, Informatica, Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Purview, or similar data governance and data platform technologies
- Experience supporting AI readiness, AI governance, advanced analytics, cloud transformation, or data mesh programs
- Experience developing industry-specific or outcome-specific implementation and assessment methodologies
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