Manager, Data Governance & Field Operations

Chaos Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 246,000 - 339,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k company match

Free daily lunch

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

No meeting Fridays

Job summary

CHAOS Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Manager of Data Management and Operations to own the end-to-end data lifecycle across engineering, AI, test and business teams. You will lead data governance, platform coordination, and field data operations while partnering with the Foundry engineering team to ensure trusted datasets for analysis and decision making.

This role combines technical leadership with operational rigor, building durable systems, ensuring data quality, and enabling rapid

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering, governance, analytics infrastructure or related fields.
• Proven leadership of data programs and teams.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms and test data operations.

Responsibilities

• Establish company-wide governance for data definitions and lineage.
• Create authoritative analytical datasets and shared definitions.
• Collaborate with Foundry engineering on ingestion, ETL, modeling, validation.
• Manage permissions and ensure least-privilege access and auditability.
• Plan data capture for test events including sensor data and metadata.
• Coordinate data requirements across teams and ensure readiness for testing.
• Develop post-test reconciliation processes for data validation and transfer.
• Improve data collection, retention, quality, and underlying architecture.

Skills

Data governance

Data management leadership

ETL / data modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Security/compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Job description

CHAOS Industries in El Segundo, CA is seeking a Manager of Data Management and Operations to own the end-to-end data lifecycle across engineering, AI, test and business teams. You will lead data governance, platform coordination, and field data operations while partnering with the Foundry engineering team to ensure trusted datasets for analysis and decision making.

This role combines technical leadership with operational rigor, building durable systems, ensuring data quality, and enabling rapid