About the Role
Lead the strategy and execution of data product governance initiatives to ensure enterprise-wide data quality, compliance, and responsible usage. Partner with data engineering, legal, security, and business teams to define policies, controls, and tooling that scale with organizational growth.
Responsibilities
- Define long-term vision for data governance as a product
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data compliance risks
- Design policy enforcement mechanisms within data platforms
- Establish metrics to measure data quality and policy adherence
- Lead discovery efforts to understand regulatory and operational needs
- Translate governance requirements into technical specifications
- Prioritize roadmap for data cataloging, lineage, and access controls
- Work with legal and security teams on data classification standards
- Drive adoption of governance tools across data teams
- Evaluate third-party solutions for integration or replacement
- Ensure scalability of governance practices with data ecosystem growth
- Document data governance frameworks and decision rationales
- Facilitate working groups to align on data policies
- Monitor evolving data privacy regulations for impact
- Balance innovation velocity with risk management
- Champion data stewardship practices company-wide
- Onboard and support data owners and domain leads
- Improve incident response processes for data policy violations
- Integrate governance into data product lifecycle
- Measure effectiveness of controls and iterate on design
- Advocate for user needs in governance tool development
- Maintain clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Drive consistency in metadata standards
- Support audit readiness through transparent tracking
- Foster a culture of data responsibility
Compensation
Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits and equity package
Work Arrangement
Remote
Team
Part of the data and enterprise systems leadership team focused on scalable governance solutions
Why This Role Matters
- As data volumes grow, ensuring trust and compliance becomes critical. This role shapes how organizations manage data responsibly at scale.
- You will bridge technical implementation and business policy, enabling secure innovation across departments.
- The work directly impacts customer trust, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
What You’ll Bring
- A strategic mindset with hands-on experience in data governance tools and frameworks.
- A track record of delivering governance solutions that balance control and agility.
- The ability to lead through influence and build consensus across technical and business units.
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