Senior Data Governance Lead, Operations & AI Readiness

Vantage Data Centers LLC; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers LLC is seeking a Senior Data Governance Manager for North America Operations based in Denver, CO, with a flexible 3-days-in-office policy. The role will establish and operationalize governance across Operations data, ensuring clear ownership, quality, and lineage, and enabling reliable performance metrics and risk management.

You will collaborate with Operations leaders, data owners, and technology teams to translate enterprise standards into practical governance solutions,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data management, information systems, computer science, engineering, business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• CDMP, DCAM/CDMC, or a relevant Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, data governance, or information-protection certification is preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, data products, or a related discipline.
• Experience implementing governance operating models, ownership and stewardship practices, business glossaries, data catalogs, and data-quality processes across the data and technology lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with catalog, metadata, lineage, data-quality, observability, AI-enabled solutions, and workflow-automation tools; Microsoft Purview experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Operations data-governance framework, roadmap, decision rights, and operating practices.
• Operationalize data-owner and data-steward responsibilities across Operations functions.
• Facilitate governance decisions and drive resolution of cross-functional data ownership, definition, quality, access, and usage issues.
• Partner with business and data teams to identify critical data elements and establish quality rules, validation criteria, thresholds, and controls.
• Monitor data-quality and trust indicators, identify root causes, and coordinate remediation.
• Maintain visibility into governance risks, ownership gaps, unresolved data issues, and remediation progress.
• Establish and maintain Operations definitions, metadata, lineage, and approved data sources.
• Promote consistent definitions across data products, dashboards, analytics, and AI solutions.
• Embed governance in data product lifecycles and AI governance requirements.
• Develop playbooks, training, and resources to improve governance adoption and maturity.
• Travel up to 10%.

Skills

Data governance

Data ownership

Data stewardship

Metadata & lineage

Data quality

Observability

Governance lifecycle

Facilitation

Analytical judgment

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data management or related field

Certifications: CDMP/DCAM/CDMC preferred

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Vantage Data Centers LLC is seeking a Senior Data Governance Manager for North America Operations based in Denver, CO, with a flexible 3-days-in-office policy. The role will establish and operationalize governance across Operations data, ensuring clear ownership, quality, and lineage, and enabling reliable performance metrics and risk management.

You will collaborate with Operations leaders, data owners, and technology teams to translate enterprise standards into practical governance solutions,