Data Metadata Strategy & Governance Lead

JSR Tech Consulting; New Jersey; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JSR Tech Consulting seeks aSenior metadata governance lead to drive onboarding and domain activation across business units. You will define standards, ownership, stewardship, and governance practices for trusted data use.

You will collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, product teams, and tech partners to build glossaries, adoption plans, and governance playbooks for enterprise-wide metadata initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead metadata onboarding and domain activation across business domains.
• Facilitate workshops with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Product Owners, SMEs, and tech partners to define glossaries, context, data asset scope, metadata requirements, and adoption plans.
• Define and refine metadata standards, cataloging policies, stewardship operating procedures, adoption playbooks, and implementation guidance for enterprise adoption.
• Coordinate with business leadership to prioritize metadata, data products, cataloguing, and marketplace initiatives aligned to strategic outcomes and data risk reduction.
• Serve as primary liaison between domain teams and the Data Management & Governance organization for metadata strategy, onboarding readiness, governance expectations, and catalog adoption.
• Drive enterprise adoption of metadata and catalog capabilities through communications, training, change management, and storytelling to build advocacy for data governance.
• Provide leadership across large-scale metadata initiatives, including roadmap development, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and delivery reporting.
• Analyze complex problems and determine the best path to high-quality outcomes.

Job description

JSR Tech Consulting seeks aSenior metadata governance lead to drive onboarding and domain activation across business units. You will define standards, ownership, stewardship, and governance practices for trusted data use.

You will collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, product teams, and tech partners to build glossaries, adoption plans, and governance playbooks for enterprise-wide metadata initiatives.