Data Governance Leader: Strategy, Quality & Compliance

Northwest Bank; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Bank is seeking a Director of Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance strategy, policies, and operating model, ensuring data quality, integrity, and security while aligning with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

You will partner with business leaders, legal, IT, and data stewards to implement frameworks, oversee data catalogs, master data management, and analytics initiatives, and drive responsible AI and data privacy across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to drive stakeholder alignment and data trust councils.
• Ability to translate technical constraints into business implications.
• Experience presenting and communicating complex data concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop the vision and roadmap for organizational information governance, master data management, and data architecture.
• Design and implement data policies, standards, classification schemes, and data lifecycle management practices.
• Establish metrics and incident-management processes to identify and resolve root causes of data errors.
• Partner with data stewards, IT, and legal teams to enforce data privacy, compliance, and responsible AI/analytics practices.
• Lead ideation, implementation, and integration of technical strategies to assure achievement of business strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Fluency

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Information Science / Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Collibra

Job description

Northwest Bank is seeking a Director of Data Governance to lead enterprise data governance strategy, policies, and operating model, ensuring data quality, integrity, and security while aligning with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

You will partner with business leaders, legal, IT, and data stewards to implement frameworks, oversee data catalogs, master data management, and analytics initiatives, and drive responsible AI and data privacy across the organization.