Senior Data Governance & Strategy Leader

Fideo Intelligence, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Ookla, an Accenture company, is seeking a senior leader to define and operationalize enterprise data governance strategy and ownership frameworks. The role spans cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, legal, compliance, and business teams to ensure data is trusted, discoverable, and compliant.

The VP will lead governance programs, drive data literacy, and establish a scalable governance framework across data domains, with travel for stakeholder engagement and program delivery.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in enterprise data governance, data quality, metadata management, data stewardship, and data catalog platforms.
• Strong understanding of data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA), data security frameworks, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Experience defining and operationalizing governance operating models, data ownership frameworks, and enterprise data policies at scale.
• Proven ability to build and sustain data quality programs, observability practices, and data lineage frameworks in complex organizations.
• Familiarity with modern data governance tooling, data catalogs, metadata management, and cloud-native data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Ookla’s enterprise data governance strategy, operating model, policies, standards, and multi-year roadmap.
• Establish and operationalize data ownership, data stewardship, and accountability frameworks across all data domains.
• Oversee enterprise data quality programs, including data quality rules, monitoring, observability, lineage, and remediation.
• Lead data security and privacy governance, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and enterprise data protection standards.
• Build and run the enterprise data catalog, metadata management practices, and data discovery capabilities.
• Drive data literacy, data enablement, and change management programs to build a data-fluent, governance-aware organization.

Skills

Enterprise data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data stewardship

Data catalog platforms

Data privacy regulations

Regulatory compliance

Governance operating models

Executive communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Administration, or a related field

Advanced degree

CDMP or data governance certifications (preferred)

Job description

Ookla, an Accenture company, is seeking a senior leader to define and operationalize enterprise data governance strategy and ownership frameworks. The role spans cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, legal, compliance, and business teams to ensure data is trusted, discoverable, and compliant.

The VP will lead governance programs, drive data literacy, and establish a scalable governance framework across data domains, with travel for stakeholder engagement and program delivery.