Principal Data Governance
Listed on 2026-09-22
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IT/Tech
Information Security & Data Protection, IT Business Analyst
About Tronox
Tronox is the world’s leading vertically integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment and other materials that add brightness and durability to products youencounterevery day. We are 5,700 people strong,located across six continents and unified by a strong set of values that guide us in our work. At our mines and manufacturing plants,labsand offices, we responsibly transform the earth’s resources into products and opportunities that enhance lives.
Our vision is to shape a sustainable, thriving world through enriched and refined minerals.
The Principal Data Governanceis responsible for establishing, implementing, and continuously improving Tronox's enterprise-wide data governance framework and processes. This role ensures that data is managed as a strategic business asset, enabling trusted decision-making, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, digital transformation, AI adoption, and business value realization.
The role provides leadership across business and technology teams to define data ownership, accountability, quality standards, policies, controls, and governance processes. Working closely with business functions, AI, SAP teams, analytics stakeholders, cybersecurity, legal, and executive leadership, the Principal Data Governance drives a culture of data accountability across the enterprise.
The rolewillbe critical to:
Develop and execute the enterprise Data Governance Strategy and Roadmap, ensuring alignment with Tronox business objectives, SAP transformation programs, digital initiatives, AI strategy, regulatory requirements, and the target-state enterprise architecture.
Establish andmaintainenterprise-wide data governance frameworks, including policies, standards, processes, decision rights, operatingmodelsand governance forums that support effective management of data as a strategic business asset.
Provide ongoing governance oversight of enterprise data assets, ensuring critical business processes source,manageandconsumedata fromauthorizedsystems of record while promoting consistency,integrity and trust across the organization.
Lead the Data Governance domain within the digital demand intake and project governance processes, ensuring new initiatives align with enterprise data principles, architecture standards, ownershipmodelsand governance requirements.
Drive business ownership and accountability for data, working with business leaders to define, implement and continuously improve Data Owner, Data Steward and Data Custodian responsibilities, integrated with the enterprise Decision Authority Matrix.
Facilitate resolution of cross-functional data challenges and risks, coordinating stakeholders across business and technology functions to address data-related issues, remove barriers, and improve governance maturity and stewardship outcomes.
Define and implement enterprise data quality management practices, including data quality standards, KPIs,monitoring frameworks, remediationprocessesand executive reporting to improve the reliability and fitness-for-purpose of critical business data.
Lead metadata, datacatalogueand business glossary initiatives, ensuring users can discover, understand,trustand effectivelyutilizeenterprise data assets through robust metadata standards, lineagevisibilityand data catalogue adoption.
Establish governance controls for sensitive,confidential and regulated information, partnering with Legal, Internal Audit, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Risk teams to support compliance obligations, auditreadinessand effective information risk management.
Provide strategic leadership for Master Data Governance (MDG) by defining the enterprise master data roadmap, governing key master data domains, and leading the transition of MDG…
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