Data Governance Program Lead: Alation & Policy Expert

STAFFWORXS; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffworxs is seeking a DG Program Lead to run the Data Governance Office operations, coordinating domain onboarding, policy workflows, and Alation governance configuration. You will bridge governance best practices with hands‑on process management across data domains and stakeholders.

The role combines program management, governance expertise, and internal consulting, driving a 24‑month roadmap while delivering repeatable onboarding playbooks and strong executive communications.

Qualifications

• CDMP and DAMA DMBOK2 proficiency required; enterprise governance experience.
• 7+ years in data management, governance, or enterprise programs.
• Hands-on with data catalogs (Alation preferred; Collibra/Informatica acceptable).
• Experience running governance programs across multiple domains.
• Strong written communication for policies, governance playbooks, and briefs.
• Workshop facilitation with business and technical stakeholders; DQ workshop experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the program plan: maintain Jira board, track milestones against a 24‑month roadmap.
• Prepare monthly Council scorecard, draft narrative, identify escalations, present.
• Coordinate monthly DG Council: agenda, pre-reads, domain escalations, actions.
• Own the program communications calendar: kickoff, domain workshops, onboarding.
• Lead Data domain pilot end-to-end: owner designation, onboarding, Alation orientation.
• Build onboarding playbooks from pilots for scalable future domains.
• Drive Data Owner designation across domains; manage forms in Jira; track 30‑day commitments.
• Onboard Data Stewards to Alation; run orientation; track 6‑week curation ramp.
• Manage data issue intake: own P1/P2/P3 queues; ensure SLA adherence; escalations.

Skills

CDMP

DMBOK2

Alation

Jira

Data Governance

Stakeholder Facilitation

Data Quality

Education

CDMP Certification

Tools

Alation

Jira

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

Staffworxs is seeking a DG Program Lead to run the Data Governance Office operations, coordinating domain onboarding, policy workflows, and Alation governance configuration. You will bridge governance best practices with hands‑on process management across data domains and stakeholders.

The role combines program management, governance expertise, and internal consulting, driving a 24‑month roadmap while delivering repeatable onboarding playbooks and strong executive communications.