Data Governance Lead

Financial Information Technologies LLC; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Information Technologies LLC is seeking a Senior Data Governance Lead to advance the enterprise data governance program, ensuring data is well‑managed, high‑quality, compliant, and trusted across the business. The role leads enablement, framework implementation, and collaboration with data teams to drive adoption.

This position is ideal for a data governance professional with hands‑on experience aiming to step into broader leadership and influence.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering with governance exposure.
• Hands-on governance involvement in councils or stewardship programs.
• Familiarity with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Kafka, cloud-native databases.
• Knowledge of metadata management, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate meetings of the Data Governance Council with senior leadership.
• Prepare governance proposals and impact assessments for review.
• Support prioritization of governance initiatives and translate decisions into policies.
• Drive governance adoption through collaboration, influence, and education.
• Implement and evolve the enterprise governance framework aligned to DAMA DMBOK principles.
• Develop data policies, standards on quality, access, retention, classification, and lineage.
• Define data ownership and stewardship models across priority domains.
• Create governance playbooks, procedures, and training materials.
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics to implement metadata management.
• Support data lineage visibility across Databricks, Kafka, and cloud databases.
• Govern streaming and event-driven data pipelines governance.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Data quality

Metadata management

Data catalogs

Data lineage

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelors degree

Tools

Databricks

Kafka

Cloud-native databases

Job description

This role supports and advances the organization’s enterprise data governance program, ensuring data is well‑managed, high‑quality, compliant, and trusted across the business. The Senior Data Governance Lead plays a key role in facilitating governance decision‑making, implementing governance frameworks, and partnering with business and technology teams to drive adoption.
This position is ideal for a data governance professional who has strong hands‑on experience and is looking to step into a broader leadership and influence role.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance Enablement & Facilitation

• Facilitate meetings of the Data Governance Council in partnership with senior data leadership
• Prepare governance proposals, recommendations, and impact assessments for council review
• Support prioritization of governance initiatives and help translate decisions into actionable policies
• Drive governance adoption through collaboration, influence, and education

Governance Framework Implementation

• Implement and evolve the enterprise data governance framework aligned to DAMA DMBOK principles
• Develop data policies and standards related to data quality, access, retention, classification, and lineage
• Define and support data ownership and stewardship models across priority data domains
• Create practical governance playbooks, procedures, and training materials
• Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to implement metadata management practices
• Support documentation and visibility of data lineage across modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud databases)
• Collaborate on governance of streaming and event‑driven data pipelines

Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to align governance practices with regulatory requirements
• Participate in governance maturity assessments and contribute to roadmap development
• Identify process improvements and scaling opportunities as the governance program matures

Qualifications

Required

• 5–7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering, with meaningful exposure to data governance
• Hands‑on experience contributing to data governance initiatives, councils, or stewardship programs
• Familiarity with modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud‑native databases)
• Working knowledge of metadata management, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Preferred

• DAMA CDMP or similar certification
• Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries
• Exposure to Open Metadata or similar tools
• Experience governing data in streaming or event‑driven architectures
• Interest in career progression toward people or program leadership roles

Equal Opportunity Employer

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