Director of Data Governance

Director of Data Governance The director of data governance is responsible for creating and leading a holistic data governance program that enhances and protects the value of company data. They will work with stakeholders throughout the company to implement and manage the program, driving cultural change and continual improvement. They have excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills, and are passionate about delivering business value through data and technology. Data Management and Governance

• Identify and engage data owners, stewards, and custodians throughout the company in execution of the data governance program
• Ensure data ownership is clearly defined and data catalog maintained
• Manage data quality program and drive continual improvement
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, records management, and operations to identify and enforce data retention policies
• Partner with architecture, applications, and infrastructure teams on development and maintenance of data architecture; establish standards regarding where and how data is kept
• Manage data modeling and standardization for enterprise data stores to improve data accessibility, usability, and quality
• Ensure protection of confidential data and compliance with all legal and regulatory guidelines
• Provide guidance, communicate and promote data governance policies, standards, and processes throughout the company
• Provide reports and dashboards on progress of data governance program
• Support reporting and analytics use cases company-wide by enabling stakeholders to find, access, understand, and use company data
• Ensure reporting and analytics outputs are managed and destroyed in accordance to data governance program
• Support development of data pipelines and data services
• Provide oversight of data engineering activities and escalate data issues/risks
• Other duties may be assigned

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build and manage high-performing teams
• Skill driving cultural change throughout organization; advocating for data as an asset
• High degree of curiosity and inquisitiveness
• Attention to detail
• Desire for continual improvement and lifelong learning
• Knowledge of data storage methods (files, relational/non-relational databases) and data types (string, integer, float, date, binary, etc.)
• Ability to work with different data formats (CSV, JSON, XML, Parquet)
• Familiarity with different data structures (tabular, hierarchical, relational, graph, key-value)
• Understanding of probability and statistics
• Ability to write complex SQL queries
• Ability to manipulate and analyze data using Python and/or R
• Familiarity with data visualization tools and techniques
• Expert in Excel
• Awareness of industry trends, best practices, and applicable laws/regulations (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA)