Director, Enterprise Data Governance

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and mature Sinclair’s enterprise data governance strategy, roadmap, and framework.
• Establish enterprise governance principles, policies, standards, roles, decision rights, and accountability structures across priority data domains.
• Partner with ED&I leadership and business stakeholders to align governance priorities with enterprise business goals.
• Identify and prioritize critical data domains, critical data elements, authoritative sources, and enterprise data risks.
• Promote alignment between data owners, data stewards, technology teams, and governance stakeholders to drive policy adherence and issue resolution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, Analytics, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 10+ years of experience leading business operations, finance operations, data governance, data management, enterprise process improvement, analytics, or a related function.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams, programs, or enterprise-level initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data stewardship, metadata management, data quality, master data management, data lineage, and data lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships across business and technology teams and influence outcomes without relying solely on direct authority.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes, clarify ownership, document processes, and drive sustainable improvements.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, documentation, and change management skills.