Data Governance Manager-Data Solutions (Austin, TX)

H-E-B; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

H-E-B is seeking a Data Governance Manager to lead a team responsible for enterprise data governance, data stewardship, and data quality practices that enable trusted, secure, compliant, and highly usable data across the organization.

You will build high-performing teams, drive adoption of standardized governance processes, partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to ensure scalable data solutions that meet regulatory requirements and business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data architecture, or data compliance.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing data governance or analytical teams.
• Strong experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks, operating models, and data catalogs.
• Deep understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance regulations (e.g., TDPSA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA).
• Experience with data governance disciplines including: Data Quality & Observability Metadata Management & Business Glossaries Data Stewardship & Ownership Models Data Security & Access Management Data Lifecycle Management.
• Familiarity with data modeling methodologies (ER, Dimensional, Master Data Management).
• Foundational SQL proficiency to query metadata, audit logs, or perform basic data quality profiling.
• Proven ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across both technical engineering and business organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data stewards, governance analysts, and data modelers and foster accountability and continuous improvement.
• Define and implement enterprise data governance standards, policies, playbooks, and controls.
• Drive adoption of governance processes, artifacts, and roles across the organization.
• Serve as trusted advisor for data management, privacy, security, and architecture initiatives.
• Partner with product, engineering, data science, analytics, security, and compliance to support regulatory requirements.
• Provide observability into adherence to standards and progress through KPIs and dashboards.

Skills

People leadership

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Data quality

Data architecture

SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's degree / equivalent experience

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Responsibilities

As a Data Governance Manager, you will lead a team responsible for advancing enterprise data governance, data stewardship, and data quality practices that enable trusted, secure, compliant, and highly usable data across the organization. You will build and develop high-performing teams while driving the implementation of data governance standards, data architecture alignment, and lifecycle management best practices. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Security, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to ensure scalable data solutions support operational, analytical, and strict regulatory requirements. This role combines leadership, strategic oversight, and process design to establish enterprise data standards, reduce organizational process debt, and ensure data assets are securely managed as strategic business resources. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable leading people, influencing strategy, standardizing governance frameworks, and driving initiatives that improve data trust, privacy, and compliance.

What is the work?

Leadership Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of data stewards, governance analysts, and data modelers. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and customer-focused delivery. Remove organizational roadblocks and enable teams to effectively execute strategic governance priorities. Establish operational objectives, team roadmaps, work plans, and resource allocation strategies. Drive organizational change through the adoption of standardized governance processes, artifacts, and roles. Serve as a trusted advisor for data management, privacy, security, and architecture initiatives.

Data Governance Standards & Process

Define and implement enterprise data governance standards, policies, playbooks, and controls, actively working to reduce organizational process debt. Partner with business and technology leaders to improve data quality, security, stewardship, metadata management, and lifecycle management practices. Establish governance processes that support strict regulatory and compliance requirements including TDPSA, PII, PCI, HIPAA, and other applicable regulations. Drive the adoption of data ownership, stewardship, and accountability across business domains. Develop governance metrics, KPIs, scorecards, and dashboards to measure program effectiveness and data health. Lead enterprise initiatives for data classification, consolidated access management (e.g., schema-level vs. table-level grants), auditing, and continuous monitoring. Collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Privacy teams to identify data risks and implement robust remediation strategies.

Data Modeling & Architecture Alignment

Establish enterprise data modeling standards, governance methodologies, and best practices. Lead the governance and oversight of conceptual and logical data models, ensuring alignment with business needs. Provide observability into adherence to standards and progress.

Data Context Management

Promote consistent data definitions and comprehensive business glossaries across business domains. Champion source-of-truth alignment, data reuse, and the systematic reduction of data duplication. Oversee the publication and maintenance of enterprise data dictionaries and provide strict guidance to engineering teams on modeling standards. Drive the governance aspects of modern data architecture patterns, including Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Mesh, and Master Data Management.

Governance Enablement & Quality Operations

Establish standards for data quality monitoring, metadata integration, and automated access controls. Oversee the implementation and administration of enterprise data catalogs and unified governance platforms. Influence enterprise-wide technology decisions to ensure tools natively support compliance and data lifecycle management requirements. Provide observability into adherence to standards and progress.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Management, or a related field. Equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data architecture, or data compliance.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience managing data governance or analytical teams.
• Strong experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks, operating models, and data catalogs.
• Deep understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance regulations (e.g., TDPSA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA).
• Experience with data governance disciplines including: Data Quality & Observability Metadata Management & Business Glossaries Data Stewardship & Ownership Models Data Security & Access Management Data Lifecycle Management.
• Familiarity with data modeling methodologies (Entity Relationship, Dimensional, Master Data Management).
• Foundational SQL proficiency to query metadata, audit logs, or perform basic data quality profiling.
• Proven ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across both technical engineering and business organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail or large-scale enterprise experience.
• Hands-on experience with modern unified governance platforms (e.g., Databricks Unity Catalog, Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Experience migrating or consolidating data access permissions and roles across enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Advanced degree or certifications in Data Governance, Privacy (CIPP), or Data Management (CDMP).

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 11/01/2024

Last revised: 11/01/2024