Remote Data Governance Executive Director & EDP Lead

RGA; Chesterfield (MO); Remote; USD 127,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

RGA is a Fortune 200 reinsurance company focused on life- and health-related solutions. The Executive Director, Data Governance Lead will own the governance strategy for the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) and drive adoption of governance capabilities across the ecosystem.

In partnership with business and technology stakeholders, you will define policies, controls, and standards, lead governance implementations, and ensure data is trusted, secure, and compliant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent education/ experience.
• 10+ Years of progressive experience in enterprise-level data governance, data management or related field demonstrating in depth expertise in own specialized discipline or field as well as basic knowledge of related disciplines.
• 4+ Years of experience in managing enterprise initiatives, teams, and engineering solutions; demonstrated skill aligning solutions with business goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and execution of the organization's data governance program across the EDP ecosystem, translating governance requirements into operational processes, controls, and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business units and IT to define, implement and operationalize policies and standards for data management, data quality, metadata, data security, and privacy across the EDP ecosystem.
• Monitor compliance with data governance policies and standards through audits and metrics reporting across the EDP ecosystem.
• Creates, implements, and monitors effective metrics.
• Develops and maintains effective relationships; takes ownership for the relationships, ensuring organizational objectives are met.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view and drive innovation.
• Develop frameworks and models to classify data and define ownership, data quality, metadata management, lifecycle management, and access controls.
• Works in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.
• Performs capacity planning and creates technical diagrams and layouts.
• May lead cross-functional project teams to drive adoption of data governance standards by educating stakeholders on policies, procedures, and best practices and/or implement new security and compliance standards across various RGA teams.

Skills

Data governance

Governance frameworks

Data quality

Metadata management

Stakeholder engagement

Data security

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences or equivalent

Tools

Data catalog tools

Job description

RGA is a Fortune 200 reinsurance company focused on life- and health-related solutions. The Executive Director, Data Governance Lead will own the governance strategy for the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) and drive adoption of governance capabilities across the ecosystem.

In partnership with business and technology stakeholders, you will define policies, controls, and standards, lead governance implementations, and ensure data is trusted, secure, and compliant.