Data Governance Lead: Drive Quality & Stewardship (Contract)

Vaco Recruiter Services; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Data Governance Consultant to join on a 6‑month contract in Birmingham, AL. The role focuses on expanding an enterprise data governance program, improving data quality, governing processes, and master data across the organization.

The ideal candidate partners with business stakeholders, leads governance discussions, documents standards, and drives adoption of best practices. This is a business-facing, collaborative role requiring onsite presence.

Qualifications

• Experience with Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM), metadata, data catalogs, or data lineage.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience creating governance documentation, standards, or policies.
• Comfortable presenting to leadership and facilitating meetings.
• Ability to influence business teams and drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and IT teams to improve data governance and data quality
• Lead meetings with data owners, stewards, and business stakeholders
• Develop data governance standards, policies, and documentation
• Support data catalog, metadata, and data dictionary initiatives
• Identify recurring data quality issues and recommend long-term solutions
• Help define data ownership, stewardship, and governance processes
• Train and educate business users on governance best practices
• Facilitate governance councils and cross-functional working sessions

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Leadership meetings

Process improvement

Tools

Snowflake

Tableau

Oracle EDM

EDMCS

Job description

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Data Governance Consultant to join on a 6‑month contract in Birmingham, AL. The role focuses on expanding an enterprise data governance program, improving data quality, governing processes, and master data across the organization.

The ideal candidate partners with business stakeholders, leads governance discussions, documents standards, and drives adoption of best practices. This is a business-facing, collaborative role requiring onsite presence.