Data Governance Activation Lead

Colgate; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Colgate-Palmolive Company seeks a Data Governance Activation Manager to bridge policy and daily operations. Lead a data transformation program to instill ownership, stewardship, and governance disciplines, ensuring data is trusted, discoverable, and usable for AI and analytics initiatives.

You will operationalize framework, manage Data Stewards, and drive adoption of data use cases with business value. Collaboration across IT, privacy, and business teams is essential, with a focus on change

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, business, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years in large data transformation programs focusing on governance and data quality.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and engage enterprise leadership.
• Experience with data catalog and governance tools (e.g., Atlan, Collibra).
• CPG industry knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize governance framework into actionable processes and workflows.
• Lead a network of Data Stewards across the organization.
• Drive adoption of data use cases with clear business context and data requirements.
• Oversee data governance tools to ensure data is discoverable, trusted, and secure.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define data standards and quality checks.
• Act as primary advocate for a Data-First culture with training and communication plans.
• Define and track Activation KPIs for data governance initiatives.
• Collaborate with domain, analytics, IT, privacy, legal, and security teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Change management

Business acumen

CPG domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

Atlan

Collibra

Informatica

Talend

SAP

Monte Carlo

DQLabs

BigID

Job description

Colgate-Palmolive Company seeks a Data Governance Activation Manager to bridge policy and daily operations. Lead a data transformation program to instill ownership, stewardship, and governance disciplines, ensuring data is trusted, discoverable, and usable for AI and analytics initiatives.

You will operationalize framework, manage Data Stewards, and drive adoption of data use cases with business value. Collaboration across IT, privacy, and business teams is essential, with a focus on change