Data Governance Solution Lead — Platform & Automation

State Street; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive insurance coverage

Paid time off (vacation, sick, short‑/

Employee Assistance Program

Performance-based awards

Tax-advantaged savings plans

Job summary

State Street seeks an execution-oriented Enterprise Data Governance Solution Lead to advance its enterprise Data Governance framework, standards, control capabilities, and technology-enabled solutions. This role sits in the Enterprise Data Governance team within the Chief Data and AI Office and drives implementation of governance policies and operating models in line with regulatory expectations.

You will partner with business units, define workflows, and deliver automation-driven improvements

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data governance disciplines including data architecture, lineage, metadata catalog, data classification, and data quality.
• Ability to translate policy, standards, regulatory, and control requirements into practical processes and technology solutions.
• Experience communicating with governance committees and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise data governance policies, standards, controls, and regulatory requirements into detailed functional and technical solution requirements.
• Partner with Business Unit Data Governance teams and Technology stakeholders to define data governance workflows, operating procedures, controls, and reporting requirements.
• Develop solution designs that improve the effectiveness of data governance processes across the enterprise through automation.
• Serve as SME for the enterprise Data Governance platform.
• Develop and maintain a data governance platform roadmap aligned to strategic objectives and regulatory commitments.
• Define and prioritize platform enhancements, user stories, epics, and feature requirements.
• Collaborate with technology delivery teams throughout design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
• Ensure requirements are clearly articulated and documented through business requirements, process flows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, testing, and release planning.
• Conduct workshops, interviews, and working sessions to elicit business requirements from senior stakeholders across business, operations, risk, compliance, and technology functions.
• Present recommendations, solution options, and implementation strategies to management and governance forums.
• Build strong partnerships with Data Stewards, Data Owners, Technology Teams, and Business Leaders to drive adoption and organizational change.
• Assist in preparation of regulatory responses, remediation plans, governance evidence, and management reporting.
• Define governance metrics, KPIs, KRIs, adoption measures, and executive dashboards.
• Identify opportunities to automate governance processes and reduce manual effort.
• Research industry best practices and emerging trends to continuously improve governance capabilities and platform adoption.
• Develop training materials, communications, user guides, and adoption strategies.
• Conduct demonstrations, workshops, training sessions, and stakeholder outreach activities.

Skills

Data governance

Policy translation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Agile delivery

JIRA/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

State Street seeks an execution-oriented Enterprise Data Governance Solution Lead to advance its enterprise Data Governance framework, standards, control capabilities, and technology-enabled solutions. This role sits in the Enterprise Data Governance team within the Chief Data and AI Office and drives implementation of governance policies and operating models in line with regulatory expectations.

You will partner with business units, define workflows, and deliver automation-driven improvements