Strategic Data Governance Lead | Data Quality & Compliance

Boeing; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Study assistance

Salary packaging

Employee Incentive Program

Global opportunities

Job summary

Boeing Defence Australia is hiring a Data Governance Lead in Brisbane to establish and mature a BDA-wide data governance program. You will foster a culture of data quality, security and value, manage governance frameworks, and lead forums across business and IT to maximize data utility.

The role blends policy, training, and stakeholder engagement, with hybrid work model and occasional travel to sites. You will influence senior audiences and drive governance metrics and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in data governance, data management, data quality or related roles.
• Strong understanding of data governance concepts: metadata management, data lineage, data quality, master data management, data privacy and data lifecycle management.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or related field.
• Experience with governance enabling technologies and tools (data catalog, metadata repository, data quality tools, MDM platforms) and ability to define tool requirements and vendor selection criteria.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills; ability to work across senior business, legal/compliance, and IT audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience defining governance metrics and KPIs.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; experience creating policies, playbooks, training material and executive presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead defining and refining of BDA's data governance framework.
• Establish, maintain and continuously improve BDA-level data governance policies, standards, procedures and frameworks.
• Lead integration and alignment between data governance & business and technical disciplines, including architecture.
• Facilitate recognition and engagement of data owners and data stewards across departments.
• Lead and manage data governance forums, workshops and training sessions, ensuring participation and promoting data governance literacy.
• Coordinate and monitor progress of the data strategy implementation.
• Lead coordination of and provide advice on data risks, issues and escalated matters.
• Monitor data governance implementation progress and periodically assess BDA data maturity and capability uplift while overseeing reporting.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or related field

Tools

Data catalog

Metadata repository

Data quality tools

MDM platforms

Job description

Boeing Defence Australia is hiring a Data Governance Lead in Brisbane to establish and mature a BDA-wide data governance program. You will foster a culture of data quality, security and value, manage governance frameworks, and lead forums across business and IT to maximize data utility.

The role blends policy, training, and stakeholder engagement, with hybrid work model and occasional travel to sites. You will influence senior audiences and drive governance metrics and KPIs.