Strategic Data Governance Lead for Enterprise Data

University of Idaho; Moscow (ID); On-site; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Idaho is implementing a comprehensive enterprise data governance program. The Data Governance Manager will lead policy creation, standards, and governance across academic, administrative and research domains, reporting to the Chief Data and AI Officer.

Responsibilities include coordinating committees, defining ownership and accountability, managing the data catalog, and guiding data literacy efforts to enable responsible, compliant data use across the university.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in data governance, data management, or related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Business, Public Administration, Computer Science, or related field (or 7 years total experience).
• Experience facilitating cross-functional teams and building consensus across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the university's enterprise data governance framework, policies and standards.
• Facilitate Data Governance Committee and working groups.
• Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability structures across data domains.
• Manage enterprise data catalog and metadata standards and data quality practices.
• Partner with IT, compliance, legal and academic units for governance alignment.
• Lead data literacy and governance education across the institution.
• Support CDAO in developing and communicating institutional data strategy.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Policy development

Stakeholder facilitation

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or 7 years experience

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Enterprise data catalog tooling

Job description

The University of Idaho is implementing a comprehensive enterprise data governance program. The Data Governance Manager will lead policy creation, standards, and governance across academic, administrative and research domains, reporting to the Chief Data and AI Officer.

Responsibilities include coordinating committees, defining ownership and accountability, managing the data catalog, and guiding data literacy efforts to enable responsible, compliant data use across the university.