Data Transformation & Governance Lead

Grant Thornton (US); Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Data Transformation & Governance Manager to lead governance, quality, stewardship, and compliance across data transformation initiatives during acquisitions and enterprise analytics enablement.

The role emphasizes embedding governance into migration, archival, and modernization activities, including unstructured content like mailboxes, file storage, and collaboration data. Hybrid work model with in-office presence required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in data governance, data transformation, data management or related roles
• Experience governing unstructured content alongside structured data
• Familiarity with retention, legal holds, and compliance requirements
• Experience supporting merger/acquired-entity data integration preferred
• Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills

Responsibilities

• Apply and extend data governance frameworks to acquired-company integration
• Embed governance into data migration, modernization, archival, and analytics
• Establish an inventory of data estate across structured and unstructured content
• Classify content by category, ownership, purpose, and disposition
• Identify data owners and obtain approvals before ingestion, transformation, or external sharing
• Coordinate with legal, risk, compliance, and security teams on data protection controls
• Produce governance dashboards, reports, and executive updates

Skills

Data governance

Data transformation

Data quality

Metadata & lineage

Risk & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Data Transformation & Governance Manager to lead governance, quality, stewardship, and compliance across data transformation initiatives during acquisitions and enterprise analytics enablement.

The role emphasizes embedding governance into migration, archival, and modernization activities, including unstructured content like mailboxes, file storage, and collaboration data. Hybrid work model with in-office presence required.