Master Data Governance Lead

Dacaro Services; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dacaro Services is seeking an experienced Data Governance Specialist focused on Master Data Management (MDM) to lead enterprise data governance initiatives. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and risk stakeholders to establish standards and improve data quality.

The role emphasizes defining master data domains, data lineage, metadata management, and controls, plus reporting on data quality and remediation progress.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Data Governance or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support development and implementation of enterprise Data Governance and MDM frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Define and maintain master data domains, data ownership, stewardship, business rules, and governance controls.
• Partner with business and technology teams to ensure consistent definitions and management of critical master data.
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, metadata, and data classifications.
• Identify and remediate data quality issues including duplicates and inconsistencies.
• Define and monitor data quality rules, controls, KPIs, and remediation activities.
• Support MDM processes including data matching, cleansing, standardization, deduplication, hierarchy management, survivorship, and golden-record creation.
• Facilitate working sessions with Data Owners, Data Stewards, and other stakeholders to resolve governance issues.
• Support integration of master data across enterprise apps and data warehouses.
• Maintain governance documentation, approvals, issue tracking, and evidence for regulatory/audit requirements.
• Provide reporting on data quality, governance compliance, MDM issues, risks, and remediation progress.

Skills

Data Governance

MDM

Data Quality

Data Stewardship

Data ownership

Metadata management

Data lineage

Stakeholder facilitation

Analytical skills

Documentation

Tools

Informatica MDM

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

SAP MDG

IBM InfoSphere MDM

Job description

Dacaro Services is seeking an experienced Data Governance Specialist focused on Master Data Management (MDM) to lead enterprise data governance initiatives. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and risk stakeholders to establish standards and improve data quality.

The role emphasizes defining master data domains, data lineage, metadata management, and controls, plus reporting on data quality and remediation progress.