Data Governance Manager

Company Overview

Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined, returns‑driven growth strategy and consistent return of capital. The company’s long‑life, balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low‑decline production with a deep, high‑quality development inventory. Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin and a scaled operator in the Permian and Uinta basins.

The Data Governance Manager is responsible for establishing, operationalizing, and continuously improving the organization’s enterprise data governance and application data management capabilities. The role leads the development of governance processes, data stewardship practices, data quality initiatives, and master data programs that ensure trusted, consistent, and business‑aligned data across the enterprise. The Manager serves as the bridge between business and technology teams, partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, Land, Finance, Regulatory, HSE, and IT to define and govern critical data assets.

• Lead the enterprise Master Data Management strategy and execution across key business domains including wells, assets, facilities, production, land, finance, vendors, and employees.
• Establish and maintain master data models, hierarchies, business definitions, ownership structures, and governance processes.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define and maintain authoritative systems of record and systems of reference.
• Develop and manage data matching, survivorship, deduplication, and record stewardship processes.
• Define and enforce standards for master and reference data creation, maintenance, and retirement.
• Support enterprise initiatives involving acquisitions, divestitures, and system integrations by ensuring consistent master data management practices.
• Drive the creation of a trusted single source of truth for critical enterprise data domains.
• Develop and operationalize an enterprise data governance framework including policies, standards, controls, stewardship models, and governance councils.
• Facilitate governance committees and working groups to drive alignment across business units.
• Define roles and responsibilities for data owners, stewards, custodians, and consumers.
• Establish governance workflows for data issue resolution, policy enforcement, and exception management.
• Create and maintain enterprise data standards, business glossaries, and metadata management processes.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing management of enterprise metadata, business glossary, and data catalog capabilities.
• Maintain data lineage documentation across critical business processes and systems.
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed metadata standards into the data platform.
• Support information lifecycle management activities including classification, retention, archival, and disposition processes.
• Partner directly with business leaders and subject matter experts to define critical data elements, business rules, and governance priorities.
• Build and lead a network of business data stewards across the organization.
• Facilitate data governance training and awareness programs.
• Support enterprise reporting, analytics, regulatory reporting, and operational decision‑making through improved data quality and governance.
• Ensure governance processes support regulatory, financial, operational, and audit requirements.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Compliance, and Internal Audit teams to support data‑related controls and risk management activities.
• Assist in establishing data classification, privacy, and information protection standards.
• Monitor adherence to governance policies and standards across the enterprise.
• Lead and develop a team of data governance analysts, MDM specialists, and data stewards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and data ownership.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans for team members.
• Drive organizational adoption of governance and data management best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems,…