Data Catalog Delivery Lead

Responsibilities

• Drive execution and operational delivery of the Enterprise Data Catalog in a consistent, scalable, and audit-ready manner
• Govern execution across the Data Catalog Team and align Product, Metadata Governance, and Operations
• Scale the Data Catalog to achieve targeted adoption, metadata coverage, and business usage outcomes
• Partner with Product Management, Metadata Governance, and Engagement teams to align design intent, delivery execution, and enterprise outcomes
• Own end-to-end delivery execution, ensuring design, development, and testing are aligned and production-ready
• Establish and reinforce design quality standards for scalability, governance, and usability
• Review and challenge design decisions for completeness, consistency, integration, and enterprise-scale reliability
• Apply product and design thinking to ensure solutions reflect user needs, personas, and intended outcomes
• Own the execution governance model for the Design & Delivery team
• Maintain audit-ready execution traceability from requirements through design, development, testing, and release
• Plan and coordinate release management, including change-freeze alignment, readiness validation, and deployment timing
• Review testing strategies and test cases for functionality, user experience, and enterprise standards
• Ensure delivery follows defined patterns and repeatable execution models
• Participate in agile ceremonies and ensure user story quality, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and Definition of Ready/Done adherence
• Drive Alation platform capability, including configuration, adoption, integration, and vendor engagement
• Represent Data Catalog delivery and align Product, Metadata Governance, and Data Safeguarding
• Resolve execution risks, requirement gaps, design inconsistencies, and cross-functional conflicts
• Support long-term scalability, audit expectations, AI readiness, and integration maturity
• Drive outcomes including catalog adoption, metadata quality improvement, onboarding velocity, and audit performance

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
• 7+ years of experience implementing data governance frameworks, including data policies, standards, and controls
• Experience developing and/or implementing data governance policy and standards
• Experience working with IT and/or business segments on complex business process analysis and data governance needs
• Proven experience in data governance, data privacy, and data protection
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Alation required
• Experience with Alation workflow configuration, stewardship models, metadata ingestion, and platform integration processes
• Experience implementing and enforcing structured operating models, delivery patterns, or execution frameworks across teams
• Strong understanding of testing strategies, quality assurance processes, and release management practices
• Ability to challenge decisions, drive alignment, and resolve cross-functional conflicts
• Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or compliance-driven delivery environments, including documentation, controls, and evidence
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage dependencies across product, design, and engineering functions
• Familiarity with metadata integration, data lineage, and governance processes in modern data ecosystems
• Experience working with vendor platforms, including support, enhancements, and technical coordination
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with ability to influence execution discipline without direct authority
• Ability to identify operational gaps and drive continuous improvement
• Strategic ability to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term platform scalability and maturity

Demonstrates expertise in data governance frameworks,…