Senior Manager, Data Governance

Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO); Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office at 16 York Street

Job summary

IMCO, located in downtown Toronto, seeks a Senior Manager, Data Governance to define and operationalize the enterprise data governance framework. You will lead with hands-on delivery across investments, analytics, reporting, data products, and AI use cases, partnering with senior leaders to translate strategy into scalable execution.

Reporting to the Director, Data Enablement, you will embed governance by design, establish data standards, ownership, lineage, and quality, and drive adoption

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in data governance or enterprise data roles within financial services or asset management.
• Experience designing or maturing enterprise data governance programs with standard setting and governance councils.
• Leadership experience influencing senior business and technology leaders without direct authority.
• Experience embedding governance into data platforms, analytics delivery, and data products.

Responsibilities

• Define and operationalize IMCO’s enterprise data governance framework across the organization.
• Serve as the enterprise authority on data governance, influencing senior leadership and partnering with business, operations, risk, and technology.
• Establish and enforce data standards, ownership, stewardship, lineage, and quality to drive trust and accountability.
• Stand up and mature core data management capabilities and tooling (metadata, data quality, lineage, cataloging).
• Embed governance by design into initiatives, data products, and AI use cases for reusable, scalable solutions.
• Support evolution of AI governance aligning with risk, compliance, and responsible AI principles.
• Provide hands-on guidance to operationalize data ownership within business teams.
• Provide executive assurance on governance adoption and data health with clear remediation progress.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Regulated environment

Data modeling

AI governance

Tools

Data catalogs

Metadata management

Lineage

Data quality platforms

Job description

At IMCO, our talent is among the best! IMCO offers a uniquely stimulating and rewarding environment where you can help build and drive organizational transformation, all while seeking to challenge yourself, learn, and grow your career.

Our culture is built on collaboration and passion, with a shared commitment to delivering lasting value to the clients we serve. Located in downtown Toronto, our vision is to be the partner of choice for Ontario’s public sector funds and to build a high-performing, value-driven asset management firm.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy. If you are ready to deliver best-in-class service and join a collaborative, motivated and fun team of professionals, IMCO offers the opportunity to do impactful work and broaden your expertise.

If you’re looking to use your expertise to drive strategic outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.

The Senior Manager, Data Governance is a key enterprise role accountable for defining, standing up, and operationalizing IMCO’s enterprise data governance framework. This role balances strong leadership with hands-on execution, ensuring data is consistently defined, trusted, and fit for purpose across investments, analytics, reporting, data products, and AI use cases.

Reporting to the Director, Data Enablement, the role serves as IMCO’s enterprise authority on data governance, with influence at senior leadership forums. The mandate goes beyond policy definition, this role actively partners with business, operations, and technology leaders to translate the approved data strategy into practical standards, scaled capabilities, and embedded execution across initiatives. Success requires bringing real-world delivery experience to help teams implement governance in day-to-day decision-making, not as a parallel process.

As a Member of Our Team, You Will be Responsible For:

• Define and operationalize IMCO’s enterprise data governance framework, balancing leadership with hands-on execution to ensure governance is embedded into day-to-day delivery across the organization.
• Serve as IMCO’s enterprise authority on data governance, influencing senior leadership forums and partnering with business, operations, risk, and technology leaders to translate strategy into practical, scalable execution.
• Establish and enforce enterprise data standards and decision rights, including data definitions, critical data elements, ownership, stewardship, lineage, and quality, to drive consistency, trust, and accountability.
• Stand up and mature core data management capabilities and tooling (metadata, data quality, lineage, issue management, cataloging), ensuring strong adoption and integration into delivery rather than parallel processes.
• Embed governance by design into initiatives, data products, and AI use cases, ensuring quality, controls, lineage, and accountability are implemented upfront to enable reuse and reduce downstream remediation.
• Support the evolution of AI governance practices, including alignment with enterprise risk, compliance, and responsible AI principles, leveraging strong data foundations to enable safe and scalable AI adoption.
• Operationalize data ownership and stewardship within business teams, providing hands-on guidance and support to ensure accountability for data quality, metadata, and issue resolution.
• Provide executive assurance on governance adoption and data health, partnering with Risk and Compliance to surface material data risks, maturity, and remediation progress in a clear, decision-ready manner.

What do you need to succeed?

Required Experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data roles within asset management, wealth management, pension funds, capital markets, or similarly regulated financial services environments.
• Proven track record designing, scaling, or maturing enterprise data governance programs, including standards, councils, stewardship models, and operating frameworks.
• Demonstrated success operating at leadership level, influencing senior business, investment, and technology leaders without direct authority.
• Experience embedding governance into data platforms, analytics delivery, and data product operating models, rather than operating as a standalone compliance function.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise data governance and data management tooling, such as data catalogs, business glossaries, lineage, metadata management, and data quality platforms.

Core Skills And Competencies

• Enterprise mindset: able to balance business value, risk, and scalability.
• Strong stakeholder leadership facilitates consensus across investment, finance, risk, legal, and technology teams.
• Data modeling literacy: conceptual and logical data models, metamodels, and their relationship to physical data assets.
• Data product and AI awareness: understands how governance enables reuse, automation, advanced analytics, and AI safely.
• Comfort in regulated environments: audit-ready, evidence-based, and disciplined without being bureaucratic.
• Change leadership: drives adoption through councils, tooling, standards, and practical enablement.

Nice to Have

• CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) or equivalent data management / governance certification.
• Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK principles and modern enterprise data governance practices
• Familiarity with AI governance or responsible AI frameworks.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our hybrid work model prioritizes an office-first approach, encouraging employees to make the most of our collaborative workspace at 16 York Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5J 0E6. This welcoming environment fosters teamwork, connection, and professional growth. While flexibility remains a key component of our model, we believe that regular in-office engagement enhances productivity and strengthens our culture. Our approach supports a fulfilling lifestyle that balances professional ambition with personal wellbeing.

IMCO is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require support, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used to support parts of our recruitment process, such as screening and assessments. However, all hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team. Candidates being considered for this position will be required to undergo background screening.