Data Governance Lead

Insight Global (United States); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Governance Program Manager to coordinate the day-to-day operation of the Data Governance program, develop governance policies, and support enterprise governance requirements. The role involves engaging Data Owners and Stewards, coordinating stewardship activities, and promoting consistent governance practices across the organization.

The position emphasizes collaboration, documentation, and continuous improvement within a large enterprise.

Qualifications

• Coordinate and support the day-to-day operation of the Data Governance program.
• Develop, document, maintain, and improve governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating practices.
• Support implementation and adoption of enterprise data governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Train and facilitate engagement with Data Owners and Data Stewards across the organization.
• Coordinate stewardship meetings, working sessions, and governance reviews.
• Assist business stakeholders in understanding and fulfilling governance responsibilities.
• Promote consistent application of governance processes across the enterprise.
• Develop governance dashboards, scorecards, and reporting materials.

Skills

Data governance

Data ownership

Data quality

Metadata management

Governance meetings

Metrics & reporting

Job description

Job Description

Governance Program Operations

• Coordinate and support the day-to-day operation of the Data Governance program.
• Develop, document, maintain, and improve governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating practices.
• Support implementation and adoption of enterprise data governance requirements.
• Maintain governance documentation, role definitions, operating procedures, and program artifacts.
• Monitor governance activities and identify opportunities for process improvement.

Data Ownership and Stewardship Enablement

• Train and facilitate engagement with Data Owners and Data Stewards across the organization.
• Support establishment and maintenance of stewardship activities within business domains.
• Coordinate stewardship meetings, working sessions, and governance reviews.
• Assist business stakeholders in understanding and fulfilling governance responsibilities.
• Promote consistent application of governance processes across the enterprise.

Data Quality and Issue Management

• Coordinate enterprise information quality initiatives and improvement efforts with information owners and stewards.
• Facilitate issue identification, prioritization, assignment, escalation, and resolution activities.
• Maintain governance issue logs, remediation plans, and status reporting.
• Track progress against information quality and governance improvement.
• Support root cause analysis, risk analysis, and continuous improvement activities.

Metadata and Information Management

• Support the building and maintenance of a comprehensive enterprise data catalog.
• Support business glossary, metadata management, cataloging, classification, and information lifecycle activities.
• Coordinate onboarding of enterprise information assets into governance processes and supporting technologies.
• Assist with documentation of business definitions, critical data elements, lineage information, and governance requirements.
• Support governance reviews associated with information management activities.
• Promote consistency, discoverability, and reuse of enterprise information assets.

Governance Council and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate Information Intelligence Council and subordinate council activities, agendas, communications, meeting materials, action items, and follow-up activities.
• Facilitate governance discussions, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support decision tracking, issue escalation, and governance communications.
• Develop governance dashboards, scorecards, and reporting materials.
• Promote awareness of Information Intelligence Program objectives, initiatives, and outcomes throughout the organization.

Metrics, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain governance metrics, key performance indicators, and maturity measurements.
• Produce governance reporting for leadership, governance bodies, and stakeholders.
• Produce or enable data quality program reporting to provide transparency on data issues and their resolution as well as a scorecard for data quality at the information domain level.
• Track stewardship participation, policy adoption, issue remediation, and governance effectiveness.
• Monitor progress against Information Intelligence Program goals and objectives.
• Recommend improvements to governance processes, standards, and operating practices.

Skills and Requirements

Governance Program Operations

• Coordinate and support the day-to-day operation of the Data Governance program.
• Develop, document, maintain, and improve governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating practices.
• Support implementation and adoption of enterprise data governance requirements.
• Maintain governance documentation, role definitions, operating procedures, and program artifacts.
• Monitor governance activities and identify opportunities for process improvement.

Data Ownership and Stewardship Enablement

• Train and facilitate engagement with Data Owners and Data Stewards across the organization.
• Support establishment and maintenance of stewardship activities within business domains.
• Coordinate stewardship meetings, working sessions, and governance reviews.
• Assist business stakeholders in understanding and fulfilling governance responsibilities.
• Promote consistent application of governance processes across the enterprise.

Data Quality and Issue Management

• Coordinate enterprise information quality initiatives and improvement efforts with information owners and stewards.
• Facilitate issue identification, prioritization, assignment, escalation, and resolution activities.
• Maintain governance issue logs, remediation plans, and status reporting.
• Track progress against information quality and governance improvement.
• Support root cause analysis, risk analysis, and continuous improvement activities.

Metadata and Information Management

• Support the building and maintenance of a comprehensive enterprise data catalog.
• Support business glossary, metadata management, cataloging, classification, and information lifecycle activities.
• Coordinate onboarding of enterprise information assets into governance processes and supporting technologies.
• Assist with documentation of business definitions, critical data elements, lineage information, and governance requirements.
• Support governance reviews associated with information management activities.
• Promote consistency, discoverability, and reuse of enterprise information assets.

Governance Council and Stakeholder Engagement

• Coordinate Information Intelligence Council and subordinate council activities, agendas, communications, meeting materials, action items, and follow-up activities.
• Facilitate governance discussions, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Support decision tracking, issue escalation, and governance communications.
• Develop governance dashboards, scorecards, and reporting materials.
• Promote awareness of Information Intelligence Program objectives, initiatives, and outcomes throughout the organization.

Metrics, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain governance metrics, key performance indicators, and maturity measurements.
• Produce governance reporting for leadership, governance bodies, and stakeholders.
• Produce or enable data quality program reporting to provide transparency on data issues and their resolution as well as a scorecard for data quality at the information domain level.
• Track stewardship participation, policy adoption, issue remediation, and governance effectiveness.
• Monitor progress against Information Intelligence Program goals and objectives.
• Recommend improvements to governance processes, standards, and operating practices.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].