Manager, Enterprise Information Governance

Overview

Manager, Enterprise Information Governance. Regular, exempt.

The organization is seeking a Manager of Enterprise Information Governance to oversee the Information Governance framework and governance body, leading a team of direct reports. The role operationalizes information governance policies and standards and promotes an information-centric culture.

The Enterprise Information Governance Manager will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide information governance strategies to ensure information is accurate, secure, compliant, and effectively utilized across the organization. This role will oversee data governance initiatives that support data democratization, ethical self-service analytics, and trusted data-driven decision-making. The manager will chair governance councils, enforce policies and standards, lead internal and external audit readiness, and proactively assess and enhance data controls.

• Enterprise Data Governance:
  Chair and manage data governance councils and working groups to drive cross-functional alignment and effective implementation of data governance practices and policies.

• Drive data democratization by establishing governance practices that balance open data principles with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements to enable compliant self-service analytics and data-driven decision-making.

• Lead governance and quality efforts for the KS data and analytics platform, ensuring data is discoverable, accessible, and trustworthy for self-service analytics and decision-making.

• Oversee internal and external data governance audits by coordinating responses, resolving findings, and maintaining documentation to demonstrate compliance with policies and regulatory requirements.

• Identify and lead self-assessments and control testing for the data and analytics platform to ensure governance policies, data handling procedures, and access controls are implemented and maintained.

• Lead the development and execution of metadata management, data lineage, master data management, data cataloging, and data quality capabilities to enhance transparency and usability.

• Establish and monitor data quality KPIs for enterprise and mastered data domains to ensure accuracy and fitness for use across processes and analytics.

• Develop and lead the strategic direction of enterprise-wide records management policies, systems, and frameworks for efficient, compliant, and secure lifecycle management of physical and digital records.

• Oversee adoption of records management best practices, system optimization, technologies, and training to ensure consistent adherence to policies.

• Provide strategic oversight of the school s archives, ensuring preservation, access, and curation of historical records and artifacts.

• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, business units, technology, legal, internal audit and compliance teams to implement information governance practices and policies.

• Monitor and enforce governance policies and standards to ensure compliant information and data management across the enterprise.

• Promote data literacy and responsible data use through training and documentation.

• Assess and advance enterprise information governance maturity by developing governance assessments and a strategic roadmap for improvement.

• Manage full-time and contractor resources.

• Bachelor s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, business administration, or related field.

• Minimum of 7 years experience in data management or data governance roles, ideally with data warehousing and/or analytics.

• Minimum of 4 years experience as a data management, data governance or audit manager or supervisor.

• Proven experience leading enterprise data governance programs and driving data democratization initiatives in a large, complex organization.

• Solid understanding of governance frameworks, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and ethical data use principles.

• Excellent communication, leadership, facilitation, change management and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and resources and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.

• Strong analytical, time management and organizational skills.

• Knowledge of the organization s internal processes and procedures.

• Experience leading metadata and/or master data management, implementation of data governance frameworks, or data integrity programs for a large organization.

• Experience with regulatory and/or compliance activities in a multi-institutional environment.

• Prior experience with software development and/or data development projects.

• Frequently sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and grasp lightweight manipulation; communicate verbally.

• Occasionally stand, walk, write by hand, and lift up to 10…