Data Governance Lead

Job Summary

As an individual contributor, the remote Lead, Data Governance will manage the development and implementation of data governance and security programs, establish data classification standards, and oversee access controls while collaborating closely with Data Engineering and Data Science teams.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain data governance policies, classification standards, and ownership models in compliance with security and privacy requirements
• Own data access governance for the lakehouse and analytics stack, including entitlement standards and periodic access reviews
• Set data quality standards and maintain current documentation for compliance and audit purposes

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in data governance, data security, GRC, privacy engineering, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience with modern data platforms such as lakehouse/warehouse and SQL engines
• Solid understanding of data governance frameworks like DAMA-DMBOK or NIST
• Experience building or managing data classification and access control programs
• Familiarity with privacy and regulatory requirements in financial services, including GDPR and CCPA