Data & AI Governance Lead

Job Summary

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change.

At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future. We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list.

CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders.

As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you’ll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment.

The Data & AI Governance Lead is a critical, enterprise-wide role responsible for activating and operating CECO’s Data & AI Governance framework day-to-day. The role chairs the L3 Governance Working Group, manages domain stewards across Finance, Sales, Operations, Procurement, Project Management, Product Engineering, and HR, and serves as the single point of operational accountability for KPI standardization, master data governance, and compliance reporting across all four SBGs.

The ideal candidate brings direct prior experience in a Data Governance Lead or equivalent role, ideally within a manufacturing, industrial, or multi-entity environment comparable to CECO’s SBG structure. They combine governance practitioner depth with strong program management discipline, change management capability, and hands‑on experience with enterprise data governance platforms. They are business‑facing by nature comfortable with discussing project margin with an SBG President as well as defining a KPI standard in a working group session.

Above all, this person is persistent, persuasive, and capable of handling sustained pushbacks without losing momentum or relationships. They understand that governance activation is a long‑term change program and not a framework deployment and they bring the structured methodology to manage it as such. Reporting to the Head of Data & Analytics, this is a foundational hire for CECO’s data transformation.

This role requires equal strength as a governance practitioner, a program manager, a change leader, and a business partner. The individual must earn authority through credibility and demonstrated value, operating across a decentralized, multi‑SBG structure without direct reporting lines into the domains they govern.

• Chair and facilitate the L3 Data & AI Governance Working Group, including bi‑weekly full‑group sessions and coordination of seven independent domain governance meetings across Finance, Sales, Operations, Procurement, Project Management, Product Engineering, and HR.
• Own and maintain the enterprise KPI registry — ensuring every metric has a single definition, data source, owner, and target applied consistently across all SBGs. Eliminate the current state where the same KPI is calculated differently.
• Collaborate with domain stewards, providing direction, accountability, documentation standards, and escalation support. Ensure domain‑level consensus before any recommendation reaches the L2 Governance…