Data Governance Lead

Insight Global (United States); Portland (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Data Governance Lead to support a large insurance organization undergoing an enterprise-wide data and analytics transformation. The role focuses on centralizing data, modernizing the data environment, and establishing governance standards and processes.

You will operationalize the Data Governance program and collaborate across business and technical teams, guiding a small analytics team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, delivery controls, program governance, or related quality/process assurance roles.
• Proven experience implementing and operationalizing enterprise data governance programs.
• Strong knowledge of data stewardship, decision rights, escalation frameworks, and governance standards.
• Hands-on Collibra implementation experience, including configuration, workflows, metadata, and/or catalog structuring.
• Strong business-facing experience and ability to drive adoption across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Databricks and Tableau experience.
• Enterprise data centralization or migration experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring data analysts.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize an established Data Governance Charter, including stewardship roles, decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths.
• Translate data governance policies and standards into sustainable business and technical processes.
• Lead hands-on Collibra implementation, including configuration, workflow design, metadata management, and catalog structuring.
• Establish data governance controls and guardrails as data and systems are centralized.
• Partner with business data stewards and domain leaders to establish governance priorities and drive adoption.
• Support business analytics enablement and self-service analytics initiatives.
• Provide leadership and direction to approximately 4–5 data analysts.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing governance processes and frameworks.

Skills

Data governance leadership

Delivery controls

Program governance

Quality/process assurance

Stakeholder management

SAFe Agile experience

Business-facing collaboration

Mentoring data analysts

Enterprise data centralization

Collibra experience

Tools

Collibra

Databricks

Tableau

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Data Governance Lead to support a large insurance organization undergoing an enterprise-wide data and analytics transformation. This initiative is focused on centralizing historically fragmented data, modernizing the organization’s data environment, and establishing consistent governance standards and processes. This individual will be responsible for operationalizing the Data Governance program and supporting a broader data centralization and systems migration initiative. They will work across business and technical teams to establish governance standards, stewardship responsibilities, decision rights, processes, and guardrails around how data is managed and utilized. The environment includes Collibra, Databricks, and Tableau, and this individual will also work closely with and provide leadership to a team of approximately 4–5 data analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Operationalize an established Data Governance Charter, including stewardship roles, decision rights, accountability, and escalation paths.
• Translate data governance policies and standards into sustainable business and technical processes.
• Lead hands-on Collibra implementation, including configuration, workflow design, metadata management, and catalog structuring.
• Establish data governance controls and guardrails as data and systems are centralized.
• Partner with business data stewards and domain leaders to establish governance priorities and drive adoption.
• Support business analytics enablement and self-service analytics initiatives.
• Provide leadership and direction to approximately 4–5 data analysts.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing governance processes and frameworks.

Skills and Requirements

Must-Haves

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, delivery controls, program governance, or related quality/process assurance roles.
• Proven experience implementing and operationalizing enterprise data governance programs.
• Strong knowledge of data stewardship, decision rights, escalation frameworks, and governance standards.
• Hands-on Collibra implementation experience, including configuration, workflows, metadata, and/or catalog structuring.
• Strong business-facing experience and ability to drive adoption across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to provide specific examples of governance standards, frameworks, or processes personally implemented.
• Workers’ compensation experience.
• SAFe Agile experience.
• Databricks and Tableau experience.
• Enterprise data centralization or migration experience.
• Experience leading or mentoring data analysts.

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].