Data Governance Lead

Fintech; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Fintech is seeking a Senior Data Governance Lead to advance and govern the organization’s data program in Tampa. You will partner with business and technology teams to drive adoption, implement governance frameworks, and ensure data is well‑managed, high‑quality, compliant, and trusted across the enterprise.

This leadership role focuses on enabling governance decision‑making, maturing our data governance practice, and scaling impact across data domains and platforms.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to align governance practices with regulatory requirements
• Participate in governance maturity assessments and contribute to roadmap development

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

Metadata, Lineage & Platform Alignment

• 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