Senior Data Governance, Policy & Lifecycle Lead

EY; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 324,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Data Governance Policy, Controls & Lifecycle Associate Director to lead governance and lifecycle control capabilities within the Global Data Stewardship Office. The role translates obligations into machine-readable rules, metadata models, and supported workflows, shaping data products and platforms with automation and continuous assurance.

You will work with business, control and technology stakeholders to define requirements, roadmaps and backlogs, ensuring adoption and handover

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in information systems, computer science, software or data engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in data governance, controls, information lifecycle or risk management enabled by technology.
• Experience translating obligations into control objectives, metadata requirements and workflow logic.

Responsibilities

• Translate obligations into traceable technical specifications and machine-readable control rules.
• Design, configure and validate reusable control patterns and workflows across data lifecycle stages.
• Coordinate with policy, data, legal, risk, and technology stakeholders to align requirements and delivery.

Skills

Policy translation

Product management

Stakeholder facilitation

Governance & lifecycle knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Information Protection

Microsoft 365 retention

AvePoint / DLP / DSPM

Job description

EY is seeking a Data Governance Policy, Controls & Lifecycle Associate Director to lead governance and lifecycle control capabilities within the Global Data Stewardship Office. The role translates obligations into machine-readable rules, metadata models, and supported workflows, shaping data products and platforms with automation and continuous assurance.

You will work with business, control and technology stakeholders to define requirements, roadmaps and backlogs, ensuring adoption and handover