Remote Principal Data Governance Leader

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.; Raceland (LA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Governance Specialist to lead enterprise data governance, stewardship, and quality initiatives.

The role requires at least 8 years in data governance or related disciplines and involves implementing governance across IT and business functions to ensure trusted, secure data aligned to business outcomes. The position emphasizes senior hands-on technical leadership within the Data Governance & Value Realization function, with collaboration

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data governance, data management, information management, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading complex data governance initiatives across technical and business teams.
• Proven experience implementing enterprise data governance capabilities at scale.
• Strong understanding of data quality, metadata management, master data, and stewardship practices.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize the enterprise data governance framework, operating model, and governance roadmap.
• Establish and implement policies, standards, and processes for data quality, stewardship, ownership, metadata, and lifecycle management.
• Define and operationalize data ownership and stewardship responsibilities across business domains.
• Implement and support enterprise data quality initiatives, including monitoring, remediation, and issue management processes.
• Implement governance controls supporting regulatory, contractual, and cybersecurity requirements including ITAR, NIST, and applicable data protection standards.
• Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Analytics, and AI teams to embed governance standards into enterprise solutions.
• Establish governance metrics and reporting to monitor adoption, compliance, and business value.
• Support measurable value realization for data initiatives through adoption tracking, ROI analysis, and operational impact measurement.
• Facilitate governance councils, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional alignment.
• Support change management and organizational adoption of governance practices.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and subject-matter expertise to governance and data stewardship resources.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Information management

Stakeholder collaboration

Azure data

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Management/Information Systems/Business/Engineering

Masters preferred

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Azure analytics ecosystem

Job description

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data Governance Specialist to lead enterprise data governance, stewardship, and quality initiatives.

The role requires at least 8 years in data governance or related disciplines and involves implementing governance across IT and business functions to ensure trusted, secure data aligned to business outcomes. The position emphasizes senior hands-on technical leadership within the Data Governance & Value Realization function, with collaboration