Strategic Enterprise Data Governance Lead

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

Job summary

The University of Idaho is seeking a Data Governance Manager in Moscow to lead enterprise data governance, develop policies, standards, and processes that ensure data accuracy, security and responsible use across academic, administrative and research units.

Reporting to the Chief Data and AI Officer, this role builds governance programs, facilitates cross-functional teams, and partners with IT, compliance and legal to align with regulatory requirements and institutional strategy.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in data governance, data management, information management or related field.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional teams and building consensus across stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Experience developing or implementing policies, frameworks or standards in a complex organizational environment.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining the university's enterprise data governance framework, policies and standards.
• Facilitating the Data Governance Committee and associated working groups.
• Defining and operationalizing data ownership, stewardship and accountability structures across institutional data domains.
• Managing the enterprise data catalog and driving metadata standards and data quality practices.
• Partnering with IT, compliance, legal and academic units to ensure governance alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Leading data literacy and governance education efforts across the institution.
• Supporting the CDAO in developing and communicating institutional data strategy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data governance

Cross-functional leadership

Policy development

Data management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Management or related field

Job description

The University of Idaho is seeking a Data Governance Manager in Moscow to lead enterprise data governance, develop policies, standards, and processes that ensure data accuracy, security and responsible use across academic, administrative and research units.

Reporting to the Chief Data and AI Officer, this role builds governance programs, facilitates cross-functional teams, and partners with IT, compliance and legal to align with regulatory requirements and institutional strategy.