Data Governance Lead: Databricks, Metadata & Quality

Valiant Technologies LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Dallas seeks a senior data governance leader to own the enterprise governance program across cloud and analytics platforms. You will shape policies, standards, metadata strategy, and data stewardship processes to improve trust and usability.

You will work with Databricks and Unity Catalog as primary platforms, implement metadata management, lineage, and data quality controls, and drive cross-functional alignment on privacy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data governance, data management, or enterprise data architecture.
• Hands-on with Databricks and Unity Catalog as primary platform.
• Experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Redshift, IAM).
• Knowledge of MDM, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience governing data across fragmented systems and multi-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations (PII, HIPAA, GDPR).

Responsibilities

• Develop and own the enterprise data governance framework.
• Lead governance across cloud and analytics platforms.
• Define catalog structure, tagging, and access rules.
• Implement metadata management and lineage tracking.
• Drive data unification across systems with scalable models.
• Partner with teams to ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee data access controls and policy enforcement.
• Mentor data stewards and support adoption of standards.
• Support platform modernization enabling analytics and AI.

Skills

Databricks

Unity Catalog

AWS data services

MDM

Metadata management

Data quality

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC in Dallas seeks a senior data governance leader to own the enterprise governance program across cloud and analytics platforms. You will shape policies, standards, metadata strategy, and data stewardship processes to improve trust and usability.

You will work with Databricks and Unity Catalog as primary platforms, implement metadata management, lineage, and data quality controls, and drive cross-functional alignment on privacy and regulatory requirements.