Data Governance Lead: Data Quality & Stewardship

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off

Tuition Coverage

Retirement Contributions

Personal Leave

Job summary

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University seeks a Data Governance Lead to implement and advance the university's Data Governance Program. This hands-on, individual-contributor role translates vision into policies, standards, and workflows across Daytona Beach, Prescott, and online campuses.

You will partner with stakeholders to define data domains, custodianship, cataloging, data quality, and governance metrics while building governance forums and training to raise data literacy across the university.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in information systems, analytics, or related field plus 5+ years in data governance or data management.
• Demonstrated experience translating governance concepts into practical policies, standards, and documentation.
• Experience working with sensitive data and ensuring privacy, security, and retention controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead data governance councils, domain working groups, steward communities, and other governance forums.
• Define data domains, custodianship, stewardship responsibilities, and data standards.
• Develop metadata management, data glossary, and data cataloging capabilities.
• Establish data-quality standards, measurements, and issue remediation.
• Create governance communications, training, dashboards, and executive reports.

Skills

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Facilitation

Communication

Project management

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Data Cookbook

Job description

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University seeks a Data Governance Lead to implement and advance the university's Data Governance Program. This hands-on, individual-contributor role translates vision into policies, standards, and workflows across Daytona Beach, Prescott, and online campuses.

You will partner with stakeholders to define data domains, custodianship, cataloging, data quality, and governance metrics while building governance forums and training to raise data literacy across the university.