Data Governance Lead – Senior Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $190k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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ON Partners

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

ON Partners is a pure-play retained executive search firm that specializes in building C-level and board leadership teams across various sectors. Since its inception in 2006, the company has focused on crafting tailored solutions for executive placements, ensuring a seamless experience for both clients and candidates. With expertise spanning technology, consumer products, professional services, life sciences, and industrial sectors, ON Partners is committed to innovative and diversity-focused recruiting practices.

📋 Description

• Build, lead, and grow the firm's Data Governance capabilities while serving as a hands-on delivery leader on client engagements • Lead client governance programs, workshops, workstreams, and deliverables • Develop repeatable Data Governance offerings, methodologies, accelerators, and solutions • Establish and grow Databricks capabilities, solutions, partnership relationships, and revenue opportunities • Own enterprise Data Governance program roadmaps, priorities, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and success metrics • Manage day-to-day Data Governance Office workflows and maintain project plans, Jira boards, issue logs, decision logs, risks, and action items • Provide program status and executive-level reporting • Design, implement, and operationalize enterprise Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, ownership models, and quality standards • Lead metadata management, data catalog, business glossary, data dictionary, and data lineage initiatives • Establish Data Quality frameworks, dimensions, rules, thresholds, KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and issue-remediation processes • Establish and facilitate Data Governance Councils, working groups, and steering committees • Translate technical data issues into business risks, decisions, and executive recommendations • Coordinate executive leadership, business units, data, analytics, security, legal, compliance, architecture, and engineering organizations • Align governance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, FERPA, regulatory, and security requirements • Drive organizational change, training, communications, stakeholder engagement, and adoption of governance processes • Serve as the Data Governance Lead on client engagements and lead workstreams from discovery through implementation • Plan and facilitate client workshops and assessments; develop future-state governance models and implementation roadmaps • Own client deliverable quality and completion; manage consultants and analysts • Deliver governance strategies, operating models, charters, roadmaps, stewardship models, domain frameworks, policy frameworks, classification standards, glossaries, quality frameworks, metadata and catalog strategies, lineage frameworks, RACI structures, councils, KPIs, and adoption plans • Develop packaged Data Governance consulting offerings, reusable methodologies, templates, accelerators, assessments, delivery frameworks, estimates, staffing plans, scopes of work, and intellectual property • Support sales opportunities, discovery sessions, proposals, RFP responses, demonstrations, executive meetings, and account expansion • Define Databricks go-to-market strategy and service offerings; build a $2M–$3M+ annual opportunity pipeline and sales target • Develop Databricks partner relationships and support Databricks-focused proposals, scoping, estimates, demonstrations, and presentations • Provide technical leadership for Databricks solutions, Lakehouse architectures, Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion architectures, and AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments • Advise clients on Unity Catalog governance and establish Databricks security, access, metadata, lineage, quality, sharing, and operational standards • Build reusable Databricks reference architectures, accelerators, frameworks, methodologies, deployment patterns, and packaged offerings • Develop internal training and certification strategies and mentor architects, engineers, consultants, and technical delivery leaders

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata Management, or enterprise data programs • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise Data Governance programs • Strong understanding of DAMA-DMBOK and DCAM frameworks • Experience establishing Data Owner and Data Steward operating models • Experience developing governance policies, standards, procedures, and controls • Experience with metadata, business glossaries, data catalogs, lineage, and data quality • Experience with Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or similar technologies • Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms and Lakehouse architectures • Experience with or strong knowledge of Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, PySpark, SQL, and modern ETL/ELT architectures • Understanding of AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud • Demonstrated experience leading client-facing consulting engagements • Ability to lead executive workshops and facilitate complex stakeholder discussions • Experience managing cross-functional consulting and technical teams • Strong project and program management capabilities • Ability to manage multiple client engagements and internal practice initiatives simultaneously • Excellent executive communication, presentation, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills • Strong change management and organizational adoption capabilities • Experience developing consulting offerings and bringing new services to market • Experience supporting complex proposals, estimates, statements of work, and RFP responses • Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships and identify follow-on opportunities • Ability to develop and support $2M–$3M+ annually in Databricks and Data Governance-related sales opportunities • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, or related discipline • Position requires flexibility to travel periodically based on business and client needs

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage • HSA and FSA accounts • Life and disability insurance • Fertility and family planning benefits • Employee assistance and discount programs • 11 paid federal holidays • Flexible unlimited time off (UTO) • Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting • Flexible career paths with advancement, mobility, and flexibility • Flexible work environment • Career growth opportunities • Inclusive culture • Mental, emotional, and physical health and wellbeing support • Annual discretionary bonus