Sr. Data Governance Lead (Atlan) Houston, TX (4 days onsite)

KTek Resourcing; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Sr. Data Governance Lead/ Architect in Houston, TX. This role involves operationalizing Data Governance frameworks, defining certification processes, and supporting enterprise-wide initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and hands-on experience with tools like Atlan and Monte Carlo, ensuring effective governance and compliance within the organization. The position requires onsite presence four days a week, emphasizing collaboration and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience operationalizing Data Governance frameworks.
• Ability to define data asset certification processes.
• Strong capabilities in data quality reporting and governance compliance.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize Data Governance frameworks and update runbooks.
• Define and formalize roles like Data Owner and Data Steward.
• Support enterprise-wide Data Governance initiatives.

Skills

Data Governance frameworks

Data quality reporting

Communication skills

Atlan and Monte Carlo

AI/analytics tool interoperability

Tools

Atlan

Monte Carlo

GCP/BigQuery

Job description

Role: Sr. Data Governance Lead/ Architect

Location: Houston, TX (Onsite) 4 days onsite in a week

Job Description:

• Proven experience operationalizing Data Governance frameworks, updating runbooks, and integrating Data & AI standards.
• Ability to define data asset certification processes, enhance governance structures, and align domain/sub‑domain models with access management.
• Skilled in formalizing and enabling Data Owner, Data Steward, and Technical Owner roles, including developing role definitions and delivering training.
• Hands‑on experience with Atlan and Monte Carlo for configuration, integrations, lineage build‑out, data quality monitoring, and issue remediation workflows.
• Ability to assess and improve AI/analytics tool interoperability, prioritize integrations, and establish standards‑aligned access and permissions.
• Strong capabilities in data quality reporting, KPI creation, root‑cause analysis, and ongoing governance compliance reporting (including Data Health Score formulas).
• Experience building and maintaining governance content hubs (e.g., SharePoint) and driving community engagement through training and enablement.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills to advise and consult teams on Data Governance best practices, standards adoption, and appropriate use of data tools.
• Experience supporting enterprise‑wide Data Governance initiatives, including standards harmonization, cross‑domain alignment, and coordination across business and technical teams.
• (Preferred) Familiarity with agentic AI for data cleansing, metadata improvement, and prototype/MVP delivery.
• Workflow & Playbook Automation: Ability to automate governance tasks using Atlan’s API‑driven playbooks (e.g., bulk tagging, glossary propagation, asset certification).
• Automated Metadata Enrichment: Experience using Atlan AI and agentic workflows to automate descriptions, README creation, and metadata suggestions.
• GCP Integration & Migration: Expertise migrating GCP/BigQuery tags into Atlan and automating the identification/prioritization of assets for ingestion.
• End‑to‑End Lineage Automation: Skilled in defining methods and building lineage across diverse tool stacks, including systems without native integrations.