Data Governance Program Principal

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Data Governance Program Principal

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex is actively searching for a Data Governance Program Principal which is a high-impact individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining governance frameworks for data products within the analytics ecosystem. This role ensures that data products are discoverable, trustworthy, and aligned with business objectives by establishing standards for metadata, lineage, quality, and access control.

The specialist partners closely with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to drive consistency in data definitions and usage, and to promote a culture of data stewardship. While not a people manager, this role carries significant ownership and accountability for the success of data governance initiatives across platforms such as Databricks, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric.

• Strategic Ownership: Leads the development and execution of governance strategies for analytics-layer data products.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Acts as a bridge between technical teams and business units to ensure governance aligns with real-world use cases.
• Tool Evaluation & Implementation: Owns the selection and deployment of governance tools (e.g., data catalogs, lineage tools).
• Stewardship Advocacy: Champions data stewardship practices and drives adoption across the organization.
• Governance Metrics: Defines and tracks KPIs to measure the impact of governance on data quality and usability.

• Owns, develops, and communicates the Data Governance Program Strategy for the data analytics layer across the enterprise.
• Develop and implement a data governance plan specific to the existing analytics layer data products developed and maintained by the COE in Databricks, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Define and enforce metadata, lineage, and data quality standards for those data products.
• Maintain data dictionaries, catalogs, and documentation.
• Lead the evaluation and implementation of data lineage, data catalog, and data dictionary tools if it is determined that a tool(s) is needed.
• Ensure data products are discoverable and aligned with business use cases.
• Partners with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure consistent data definitions and usage.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions to drive adoption and awareness of governance best practices.
• Champion a culture of data stewardship within the COE and provide training or guidance as needed. Additionally, socialize the data stewardship concept with business stakeholders.
• Implement and monitor access controls and security policies for governed content.
• Identify and articulate the business value and outcomes of data governance initiatives.
• Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the impact of governance on data quality, accessibility, and decision-making.

• Bachelor's or Master's in Information Systems, Data Management, Business Analytics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or analytics roles.
• Minimum 12+ years of total relevant work experience.
• Experience with metadata management, data cataloging, data quality tools, and lineage tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Medical device industry experiences beneficial but not required.

• Ability to act as a change agent across organizational and global boundaries.
• Strong communication, negotiation, influencing, and partnership skills.
• Knowledgeable of data management and governance frameworks, policies, standards, metrics, controls, and processes (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK).
• Familiarity with data privacy and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) is a plus.
• Background in project and/or program management.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute multi-year transformation programs.
• Experience to know when to continue to drive the current path and when to alter the plan…