Data Inventory & Discovery Lead

Peregrine Advisors LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Peregrine Advisors LLC is seeking a Data Inventory Manager to help establish and maintain the organization’s data asset inventory, including ownership assignment, classification, and completeness checks. You will coordinate with data owners, system teams, and governance leaders to ensure the inventory stays current and supports reporting needs.

The role emphasizes enterprise coverage over day-to-day metadata operations, requiring vigilance in testing assumptions, resolving ambiguities, and

Qualifications

• Experience with data inventories, asset management, data catalogs, records, or enterprise information management.
• Ability to design structured discovery, registration, reconciliation, and maintenance processes.
• Working knowledge of ownership, metadata, classification, data quality, and lifecycle concepts.
• Experience using inventory or catalog tools and interpreting system documentation and data flows.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and reporting skills for managing completeness and remediation.

Responsibilities

• The role combines program management, data discovery, and persistent follow-through.
• Inventory Managers work with data owners, system teams, metadata specialists, and governance leaders to close coverage gaps, reconcile duplicate or stale entries, and report whether the inventory remains current enough to support mission questions and required reporting.
• They own enterprise coverage rather than the detailed metadata standard or daily data operations.

Skills

Data inventories

Asset management

Data catalogs

Records

Enterprise information management

Job description

Peregrine Advisors LLC is seeking a Data Inventory Manager to help establish and maintain the organization’s data asset inventory, including ownership assignment, classification, and completeness checks. You will coordinate with data owners, system teams, and governance leaders to ensure the inventory stays current and supports reporting needs.

The role emphasizes enterprise coverage over day-to-day metadata operations, requiring vigilance in testing assumptions, resolving ambiguities, and