Senior Data Governance & Quality Lead

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard's intermediary business Data team seeks a senior data management and governance professional to drive vision, standards, and measurable outcomes across the organization. The role focuses on data quality, metadata, data lineage, and governance controls using SQL, Python, and modern data platforms such as Databricks.

You will partner with senior leaders and data stewards to translate governance objectives into actionable plans, monitor progress, and ensure trusted data meets regulatory

Qualifications

• Strong experience with data quality, metadata, architecture standards.
• Minimum of five years of related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree; MBA/MS in Analytics preferred.
• Experience working with Databricks, cloud data platforms, or enterprise metadata/governance tools such as Collibra.
• Proficient with SQL and Python and experience working with large, complex datasets.
• Strong decision‑making, prioritization, communication, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) of data sets for a given industry, data storage systems, and the operational processes being supported.
• Leads process design efforts to support new offerings, business initiatives, or improvement projects.
• Focuses on improving Data Management's service and communicates with stakeholders to obtain input and buy-in for changes.
• Builds and maintains relationships with internal and external partners to define data requirements and approve project deliverables.
• Identifies solutions to enable best-in-class data management practices, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

SQL

Python

Databricks

Cloud data platforms

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree

MBA/MS in Analytics preferred

Tools

Collibra

Databricks

Job description

Vanguard's intermediary business Data team seeks a senior data management and governance professional to drive vision, standards, and measurable outcomes across the organization. The role focuses on data quality, metadata, data lineage, and governance controls using SQL, Python, and modern data platforms such as Databricks.

You will partner with senior leaders and data stewards to translate governance objectives into actionable plans, monitor progress, and ensure trusted data meets regulatory