Program Manager & DG Consultant

Exavalu Solutions India Pvt Ltd | Full time

Exavalu is a US based consulting firm specialized in Digital Transformation Advisory and Digital Solution Delivery for select industries like Insurance, Healthcare and Financial Services. Our Headquarters is in California, US with multiple offices across US, Canada, and delivery centres in India. We were founded by Industry executives and Consulting principals with deep industry experience that allows us to bring advisory strength and solution expertise to clients.

We’re in a hyper growth trajectory growing at over 100% year on year.

Join our diverse and inclusive team where you will feel valued and motivated to contribute with your unique skills and experience.

Exavalu offers permanent remote working model as we believe in going where the right talent is.

This is a remote position.

We are seeking a highly experienced Program Manager & Enterprise Data Governance Consultant to lead a strategic enterprise Data Governance initiative for a large insurance organization. This role will serve as the primary liaison between executive leadership and project stakeholders while driving the design, implementation, and adoption of an enterprise-wide Data Governance strategy and operating model. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience managing enterprise data and governance programs, leading organizational transformation, and engaging with executive leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for executive leadership, business stakeholders, and project sponsors throughout the engagement.
• Develop and manage the overall program plan, delivery roadmap, project milestones, timelines, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Lead Steering Committee meetings, executive governance reviews, and status reporting.
• Manage project scope, budget, assumptions, risks, issues, and change requests to ensure successful program delivery.
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance across all phases of the Data Governance program.

• Lead the development of the enterprise Data Governance Strategy and multi-year Governance Roadmap.
• Define the governance vision, strategic objectives, success metrics, and desired business outcomes.
• Align governance initiatives with organizational business priorities, operational goals, regulatory requirements, and data maturity objectives.
• Establish governance operating principles, decision-making frameworks, and governance best practices.

• Design and implement the enterprise Data Governance organizational structure, including:
  • Governance Council
  • Data Owners
  • Data Stewards
  • Data Custodians
  • Working Groups
• Establish governance operating models, roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes.
• Define governance accountability and ownership across business and technology teams.

• Build strong partnerships between Business and IT organizations to ensure successful governance adoption.
• Facilitate executive workshops to define governance priorities, ownership, and implementation strategies.
• Resolve cross-functional conflicts related to data ownership, accountability, stewardship, and data access.
• Drive organizational change management and governance adoption across business units.

• Oversee the operationalization and rollout of governance processes across:
  • One Pilot Data Domain
  • One Pilot Business Unit
  • Three Source Systems
  • Up to Five Impacted Business Processes
• Monitor governance adoption, program effectiveness, and business value realization.
• Ensure governance initiatives deliver measurable improvements in data quality, compliance, and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master's degree is preferred.
• 15+ years of experience leading enterprise Data, Analytics, Data Governance, or Digital Transformation programs.
• Proven experience managing large-scale enterprise Data Governance initiatives from strategy through implementation.
• Strong experience interacting with executive leadership, including CIOs, CDOs, CROs, COOs, business executives, and department leaders.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing enterprise Data Governance operating models, governance organizations, and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience leading complex organizational transformation and change management initiatives.
• Strong program and project management experience, including planning, budgeting, risk management, issue resolution, and executive reporting.
• Excellent consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
• Experience building consensus across cross-functional business and technology organizations.

• Prior experience delivering Enterprise Data Governance…