Chief Data Governance & Stewardship Leader

National Veterinary Associates; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

National Veterinary Associates is seeking a Director of Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance strategy across nearly 1,000 hospitals and corporate functions. This senior role owns standards, policy, and operating model, guiding data quality, lineage, and metadata management.

You will chair the Data Governance Council, partner with Legal and Compliance, and build an organization-wide data literacy and enablement program while ensuring regulatory privacy and risk controls.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive experience in data management or governance.
• 8+ years in a dedicated data governance leadership role in a multi-site enterprise.
• Hands-on experience with governance tools and cloud data platforms.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication to influence senior leaders.
• Ability to translate governance concepts into practical plans for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and mature the enterprise data governance framework, standards, and operating model.
• Build and lead an enterprise-wide network of data stewards and owners.
• Direct integration of governance across the data product lifecycle from ingestion to reporting.
• Establish and maintain business glossary, data dictionary, and metadata management.
• Define data quality metrics, monitor with Purview, drive root-cause with data owners.
• Chair the Data Governance Council and drive enterprise-wide adoption of standards.
• Own data lineage, cataloging, and MDM across source to analytics.
• Ensure regulatory and privacy compliance including state laws; partner with Legal/Compliance.
• Oversee tooling selection and optimization (Purview) and enable governance controls.
• Lead data literacy and enablement to scale governance and educate on metrics.
• Report governance health and roadmap progress to senior leadership.
• Lead the Data Support hub to resolve data questions and automate repeat queries with AI.

Skills

Data governance leadership

Stakeholder management

Data quality management

Policy and standards development

Cloud data platforms

Microsoft Purview

Collibra / Alation

Data cataloging

Regulatory compliance

Data literacy enablement

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Azure Fabric

Snowflake

Job description

National Veterinary Associates is seeking a Director of Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance strategy across nearly 1,000 hospitals and corporate functions. This senior role owns standards, policy, and operating model, guiding data quality, lineage, and metadata management.

You will chair the Data Governance Council, partner with Legal and Compliance, and build an organization-wide data literacy and enablement program while ensuring regulatory privacy and risk controls.