Enterprise Data Strategy & Governance Leader

Accenture PLC; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Data Strategy & Governance Manager to design and operationalize enterprise governance frameworks for trusted analytics and AI. You will translate strategy into practical operating models, stand up governance councils, and drive adoption of cataloging, lineage, and data quality tooling.

You will lead cross-functional workstreams, manage data owners and stewards, and ensure compliance with privacy laws across regulated sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in data management, governance, or data strategy roles in large enterprise environments.
• Minimum 5 years designing and operationalizing data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with data cataloging and lineage tooling.
• Minimum 5 years of high-value consulting experience or equivalent internal experience leading workstreams.
• Minimum 3 years experience with regulatory and privacy compliance in an enterprise data context.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years’ work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data governance design — governance frameworks spanning ownership, stewardship, data quality standards, metadata management, and policy enforcement.
• Translate strategy into operating models — convert data strategy into actionable governance models for analytics and AI.
• Establish governance structures — stand up councils, define data classification and access policies, embed decision rights.
• Drive governance tooling adoption — roll out cataloging, lineage, and data quality tooling and drive adoption.
• Ensure regulatory and privacy alignment — meet regulatory and privacy requirements for the industry.
• Manage delivery and stakeholders — lead workstreams and maintain trusted relationships with data owners and leadership.

Skills

Data governance

Data strategy

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Metadata management

Data quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Data Strategy & Governance Manager to design and operationalize enterprise governance frameworks for trusted analytics and AI. You will translate strategy into practical operating models, stand up governance councils, and drive adoption of cataloging, lineage, and data quality tooling.

You will lead cross-functional workstreams, manage data owners and stewards, and ensure compliance with privacy laws across regulated sectors.