Data Governance Manager

D.R. Horton

Arlington (TX)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Bank

Multiple Voluntary Benefits

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Data Governance Manager to establish and scale a modern governance capability across the enterprise.

You will lead ownership, quality, metadata, policy, and stewardship practices, partnering with business and technology teams to deliver trusted data and responsible AI initiatives. The role supervises Data Governance Leads and Analysts and is accountable for governance outcomes across business units, driving improvements quarter over quarter.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Analytics, or a related field.
7+ years of data governance, data management, data quality, metadata, analytics, or related experience.
Working knowledge of data catalogs, lineage, data quality, stewardship, classification, privacy, and enterprise data definitions.
Experience translating governance policy into usable operating processes.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment.
Ability to build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities.

Responsibilities

Implement data governance standards, stewardship workflows, domain ownership, data quality, metadata, lineage, classification, and issue management.
Partner with business leadership to define critical data elements, business terms, KPIs, quality rules, and accountability.
Set team priorities and workload, delegate ownership of domains and programs, and hold the team accountable for results.
Coordinate governance onboarding for priority data products and enterprise domains.
Manage catalog and governance workflows and drive adoption through practical guidance and enablement.
Track governance metrics, data-quality issues, ownership gaps, and remediation progress.
Represent the function in cross-functional discovery, architecture, governance, operational-readiness, and continuous-improvement activities as appropriate.
Stay current on relevant data, AI, digital, software, and industry practices and apply new capabilities when they create practical business value.
Identify, shape, and pilot new opportunities where data, AI, and digital capabilities can create business value.

Skills

Data governance

Independent work

Clear communication

Owner mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Analytics, or related field

7+ years of data governance or related experience

Knowledge of data catalogs, lineage, quality, stewardship, privacy

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

OpenMetadata

Collate

Power BI/Fabric

Job description

Job Description - Data Governance Manager (2605438)

D.R. Horton, Inc. is currently looking for a Data Governance Manager. As the nation's largest homebuilder by volume, D.R. Horton is transforming how it uses data, AI, and digital solutions for the next generation of homebuilding, and we pair the reach of a national enterprise with a culture built on local ownership, practical innovation, and deep business partnerships. Our teams focus on solutions that work in the field and deliver real results, not technology for its own sake. In this role, you'll have a critical opportunity to shape modern capabilities that will influence how the company operates for years to come.

The Data Governance Manager will help build and scale a modern governance capability that enables trusted data, responsible AI, and confident decision making. This role will establish practical operating practices for ownership, quality, metadata, policy, and stewardship while developing strong partnerships across business and technology teams. The ideal candidate can turn governance principles into repeatable ways of working that enable innovation without creating unnecessary friction. This role owns the governance program, operating model, tooling, and team, including Data Governance Leads and Analysts, and is accountable for enterprise-wide governance outcomes. Success in this role means a governance operating model that is adopted across business units, with ownership, quality, and metadata coverage improving quarter over quarter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Implement data governance standards, stewardship workflows, domain ownership, data quality, metadata, lineage, classification, and issue management
Partner with business leadership to define critical data elements, business terms, KPIs, quality rules, and accountability
Set team priorities and workload, delegate ownership of domains and programs, and hold the team accountable for results
Coordinate governance onboarding for priority data products and enterprise domains
Manage catalog and governance workflows and drive adoption through practical guidance and enablement
Track governance metrics, data-quality issues, ownership gaps, and remediation progress
Represent the function in cross-functional discovery, architecture, governance, operational-readiness, and continuous-improvement activities as appropriate
Stay current on relevant data, AI, digital, software, and industry practices and apply new capabilities when they create practical business value
Identify, shape, and pilot new opportunities where data, AI, and digital capabilities can create business value, operating with an owner's mindset and a bias toward building, testing, and learning quickly
Conduct all business in a professional and ethical manner
Ability to work overtime
Ability to travel overnight

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises 2 or more employees

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
7+ years of data governance, data management, data quality, metadata, analytics, or related experience
Working knowledge of data catalogs, lineage, data quality, stewardship, classification, privacy, and enterprise data definitions
Experience translating governance policy into usable operating processes
Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment
Ability to build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Snowflake, dbt, enterprise catalog and lineage tools (OpenMetadata, Collate, or comparable), data contracts, Power BI/Fabric, or comparable technologies, and familiarity with fair-housing and consumer-privacy data handling requirements, is preferred
Experience in homebuilding, real estate, construction, mortgage, title, land development, sales, purchasing, finance, customer care, or another distributed operating business is a plus
Experience working in a large enterprise with complex enterprise environments is preferred
Experience founding, incubating, or building new products, capabilities, or businesses from the ground up is a plus

Come joina winning team with a Fortune 500 company! We are growing fast and arelooking for enthusiastic attitudes and team players to join our success. We offer an excellent benefits package including: