Director of Data Governance; Remote Work Option

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This pivotal leadership role is responsible for the strategic execution and ongoing development of our enterprise data governance program. The Director will shape governance policy, drive adoption of data quality practices, and serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, technology teams, and executive governance bodies.

This role is a Remote position.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $ to $, exclusive of bonuses and benefits. We encourage you to apply and provide us with your compensation expectations when you do. We're big on open conversations, so, let's have one.

• Manage daily operations of the enterprise data governance program, including the operating model, multi-year roadmap, governance tiers, decision rights, policy development, standards, procedures, and change control.
• Lead discussions with the Data Governance Council and executive governance bodies to support project prioritization, resolve cross-domain issues, and communicate the criticality and urgency of escalation points.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between business units, IT and data teams, risk and compliance partners, and organizational leadership for all data governance matters.

• Partner with executive data owners, data owners, data stewards, and data custodians to define data definitions, ownership, authoritative sources, lineage, quality standards, controls, and remediation requirements.
• Track and report on data quality issues, remediation progress, critical-data-element coverage, policy adoption, certified report use, program KPIs, and business outcomes to senior leadership.
• Drive change management initiatives to build awareness, foster buy-in, and support sustained adoption of data governance practices.
• Develop and deliver training and communications to support the rollout of governance policies.

• Monitor regulatory and industry developments relevant to data governance and recommend program updates as needed.
• Define the data governance technology strategy and manage requirements for governance tooling, including business case development, vendor relationships, implementation oversight, configuration, administration, adoption, and value realization.

• Direct the Data Governance Team in work allocation, quality expectations, development planning, and performance objectives.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in business, information systems, data management, or a related field
• Experience in financial services, wealth management, or a similarly regulated industry is strongly preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in data governance, data management, risk, operations, transformation, or a closely related discipline, including 2 years leading enterprise or cross-functional programs and people
• Experience…