Data Governance Lead, Enterprise (Hybrid/Remote)

CBC/Radio-Canada; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking a Senior Specialist, Enterprise Data Governance (T & I) to operationalize the governance framework across the organization. This hybrid role bridges the central Data Governance Office, domain data teams, and business stakeholders to ensure policies, quality programs, and tooling are adopted and tracked effectively.

The role collaborates with data engineers and BI teams to maintain governance dashboards, drive adoption, and support data quality initiatives while

Qualifications

• Experience in program development and using data governance tools and platforms such as Collibra, Microsoft, Databricks, Informatica, or similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of data management concepts, processes, and tools (e.g., Collibra, JIRA, Confluence), with familiarity in SQL and cloud platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Dashboard, reporting and data visualization tool experience an asset (eg: PowerBI, Tableau).

Responsibilities

• Framework & Tool Deployment: Support the rollout of the enterprise data governance program, including frameworks, policies, and the implementation of the enterprise data catalog.
• Manage the activities and artifacts (deliverables, documentations, reports) of the enterprise data governance office.
• Drive the communication and adoption of data governance roles framework across domains, coordinate the activities of cross-domain working groups and communities of practice as needed.
• Guiding and supporting data officers, stewards, and custodians by providing practical tools, templates, and guidance.
• Cross-Domain Facilitation: Manage regular communications and touchpoints with distributed business unit data teams to drive framework adoption, monitor progress, and ensure organizational consistency.
• Roadmap & Milestone Tracking: Partner with data domains to communicate, track, and support the prioritization of data governance milestones within their respective roadmaps and planning cycles.
• Organize and facilitate meetings, workshops, and working groups; take ownership of documenting, communicating, and tracking post-meeting action items to completion.
• Stakeholder Education: Serve as an internal data governance advocate. Simplify complex data compliance, metadata, and role-and-responsibility concepts into clear, accessible language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date repository of data governance documentation, standards, and best practices to ensure a single source of truth for the organization.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and BI teams to develop and maintain automated data governance dashboards and metrics, tracking overall program progress and compliance.
• Support the planning, delivery, and reporting of data quality initiatives, including the definition of quality scores and the formal tracking of data quality issues.
• Develop, synthesize, and deliver clear presentation materials and briefings for executive discussions, stakeholder communications, cross-domain data committees.

Skills

Program development

Data governance tools

SQL

Cloud platforms

PowerBI/Tableau

Education

Undergraduate degree in business/engineering/computer science or quantitative discipline

Tools

Collibra

Microsoft

Databricks

Informatica

JIRA

Confluence

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking a Senior Specialist, Enterprise Data Governance (T & I) to operationalize the governance framework across the organization. This hybrid role bridges the central Data Governance Office, domain data teams, and business stakeholders to ensure policies, quality programs, and tooling are adopted and tracked effectively.

The role collaborates with data engineers and BI teams to maintain governance dashboards, drive adoption, and support data quality initiatives while