Director of Data Governance

Job Summary

To drive effective data governance initiatives, the full-time remote Director of Data Governance will manage the Databricks Unity Catalog and Atlan, oversee continuous scoring of certified data, and provide executive intelligence reporting on data trustworthiness across various business domains.

Key responsibilities

• Run Databricks Unity Catalog and Atlan as the backbone of data certification across domains
• Establish continuous, agent-driven scoring for certified data to maintain a live trust score
• Align business domain and data owners on defined governance standards and practices

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, data science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise data governance or data management
• Hands-on experience with enterprise data governance programs, including setting and enforcing standards
• Working knowledge of Databricks Unity Catalog and business-facing catalog layers like Atlan
• Experience using AI agents such as Claude in daily operations and establishing usage guidelines