Data Governance Lead - Regulatory & AI Stewardship

Empower Retirement, LLC; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 125,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Empower Retirement, LLC seeks a Lead Analyst to drive enterprise data governance and knowledge management, partnering with business, technology, risk, and legal teams to implement governance frameworks and ensure audit-ready controls across structured and unstructured data. You will advance metadata, lineage, and data quality initiatives while supporting regulatory compliance and responsible AI efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration, governance policy implementation in data product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 7 to 10 years of experience in data governance, data management, or related disciplines.
• Experience with metadata management, data cataloging, and lineage tools (e.g., Collibra).
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks, observability tools, and issue management.
• Understanding of taxonomy and unstructured data governance.

Responsibilities

• Execute and operationalize enterprise data governance and knowledge management frameworks aligned with policies and models (DCAM/DAMA).
• Support data stewardship activities and coordinate data owners/stewards.
• Maintain metadata, catalog, and lineage capabilities (Collibra, glossaries, data element lifecycle).
• Monitor data quality metrics, SLAs, and observability processes.
• Coordinate data quality issue identification, escalation, and remediation tracking.
• Assist in governance controls within data product lifecycles (privacy, lineage).
• Support regulatory compliance (CCPA, GLBA, ERISA, SEC/FINRA) with documentation and artifacts.
• Contribute to governance of unstructured data and knowledge assets (taxonomy, ontology).
• Partner with Risk, Legal, and Tech to support data usage controls and responsible AI initiatives.
• Prepare governance reporting, scorecards, and KPI dashboards.

Skills

Data governance

SQL

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Data lineage

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Collibra

Data catalogs

Snowflake

Job description

Empower Retirement, LLC seeks a Lead Analyst to drive enterprise data governance and knowledge management, partnering with business, technology, risk, and legal teams to implement governance frameworks and ensure audit-ready controls across structured and unstructured data. You will advance metadata, lineage, and data quality initiatives while supporting regulatory compliance and responsible AI efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration, governance policy implementation in data product