Enterprise Data Lineage & Governance Lead

TechClub Inc; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TechClub Inc. in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Data Governance Lead with expertise in Data Lineage, Metadata Management, and Data Catalogs to advance enterprise-wide governance initiatives.

You will establish end-to-end data lineage, define metadata standards, and drive adoption across data platforms and analytics environments. The role collaborates with data engineers, business stakeholders, and governance teams to ensure data traceability, regulatory alignment, and data asset quality.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Metadata Management, or Data Lineage.
• Strong hands-on experience in Data Lineage, Metadata Management, and Data Catalog.
• Proven experience establishing and maintaining end-to-end data lineage across enterprise data environments.
• Good understanding of business, technical, and operational metadata.
• Experience implementing or managing enterprise Data Catalog solutions.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks, data stewardship, data ownership, and critical data elements (CDEs).
• Knowledge of data architecture, data flows, ETL/ELT processes, data warehouses, and analytical platforms.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Data Lineage & Traceability: Develop, implement, and maintain end-to-end data lineage across source systems, data warehouses, data platforms, analytics environments, and reporting layers.
• Establish data lineage frameworks to ensure complete visibility and traceability of critical data elements.
• Collaborate with data engineering and technology teams to automate data lineage capture, mapping, and visualization.
• Identify critical data elements (CDEs) and define lineage requirements across key business domains.
• Ensure transparency of data flows, transformations, dependencies, and usage across the enterprise.
• Support audit, regulatory, risk management, and compliance requirements through effective data traceability.
• Metadata Management: Lead the implementation and adoption of enterprise-wide metadata management capabilities.
• Define and maintain business, technical, and operational metadata standards.
• Establish metadata governance processes covering ownership, stewardship, classification, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure metadata accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with business processes.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to identify and document metadata requirements.
• Drive metadata quality and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Data Catalog Management: Drive the implementation, onboarding, and adoption of enterprise Data Catalog solutions.
• Ensure critical data assets are properly documented, classified, and maintained within the data catalog.
• Establish processes for data asset discovery, metadata enrichment, ownership, and stewardship.
• Improve data discoverability and accessibility for business users, analysts, and data teams.
• Promote enterprise-wide adoption of data catalog and metadata management practices.
• Stakeholder Management & Governance: Engage with business stakeholders, data owners, data stewards, architects, and engineering teams.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions to define data governance requirements and priorities.
• Drive awareness and adoption of data lineage and metadata management practices across the organization.
• Define governance policies, standards, and operating procedures.
• Monitor governance implementation and identify opportunities for process improvements.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Metadata Management

Data Lineage

Data Catalog

ETL/ELT

Stakeholder Management

Documentation

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica Axon

Informatica EDC

Microsoft Purview

Job description

TechClub Inc. in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Data Governance Lead with expertise in Data Lineage, Metadata Management, and Data Catalogs to advance enterprise-wide governance initiatives.

You will establish end-to-end data lineage, define metadata standards, and drive adoption across data platforms and analytics environments. The role collaborates with data engineers, business stakeholders, and governance teams to ensure data traceability, regulatory alignment, and data asset quality.