Data Governance Lead

RiskRiskFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

District of Columbia + 1 moreAll locations: District of Columbia, Washington

Posted

10 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishSQL

Job Description

• Establish, implement, and continuously improve a data governance framework (policies, standards, roles, processes, decision rights) for program teams. • Define governance operating model components such as data ownership, stewardship, and domain/accountability structures. • Create and manage governance artifacts (e.g., glossary standards, naming conventions, documentation templates, lineage standards). • Lead program efforts to maintain and expand the Collibra data catalog, including onboarding new datasets, domains, and business terms. • Configure and promote use of Collibra capabilities such as business glossary, data dictionary/metadata, lineage, workflow, and certification/curation. • Develop documentation and enablement materials to drive consistent catalog usage by technical and non-technical users. • Partner with data owners and SMEs to enhance data dictionary, business definitions, and technical metadata. • Capture and maintain end-to-end data lineage across pipelines and systems to improve transparency, auditability, and trust. • Establish processes for metadata quality checks and periodic review/certification of critical data assets. • Design and develop conceptual, logical, and solution data models supporting operational systems and analytics platforms. • Translate business requirements into robust data structures, relationships, and workflows to support reporting, operational use, and analytics. • Analyze existing datasets and legacy schemas to guide data migration, rationalization, and application/service modernization efforts. • Collaborate with product owners, developers, DevSecOps engineers, business analysts, and data engineers to ensure governance is embedded in delivery. • Support solutioning efforts by aligning data modeling and governance practices to delivery roadmaps and release plans. • Communicate governance decisions, standards, and progress to stakeholders, including leadership audiences.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Data Governance & Data Management
  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, and/or data stewardship in complex organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to define and operationalize governance processes (e.g., ownership, stewardship, approvals, issue management).
  • Hands-on experience supporting or implementing Collibra (catalog/business glossary/metadata workflows), including onboarding datasets and maintaining documentation.
  • Strong understanding of metadata, including business metadata, technical metadata, and lineage concepts.
  • Proven experience creating conceptual, logical, and physical/solution data models.
  • Strong proficiency with SQL and ability to assess schemas, relationships, and data quality issues.
  • Ability to analyze and document legacy data structures to inform modernization and migration strategies.
  • Experience producing clear, standardized documentation for both technical and business audiences.
  • Ability to facilitate workshops/interviews with SMEs to capture definitions, rules, and lineage.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • AD&D
  • STD
  • LTD
  • Company paid Life Insurance
  • 401k with employer contribution
  • Paid Time Off
  • Pet Insurance

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