Manager, Data Governance Operations

American Public Education, Inc. (APEI)

Data Governance Operations Manager overseeing enterprise data governance operations for APEI. Managing a team and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure governance requirements are met consistently.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading data governance operations, managing compliance, and ensuring effective metadata management and data quality controls. Proficient in translating governance policies into actionable workflows and reporting while fostering team development and collaboration across multiple business units.

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Data Governance OperationsMetadata ManagementCompliance ManagementData Quality ToolsLeadership Skills

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Hard Skills

Data ManagementData LineageAccess GovernanceCertification ManagementIssue ManagementAsset Lifecycle ControlsControl Effectiveness EvaluationGovernance MetricsWorkflow SystemsRegulatory Requirements

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsOrganizational SkillsCommunication SkillsCoaching Skills

Tools & Technologies

Governance PlatformsMetadata RepositoriesData Quality ToolsReporting DashboardsIssue Logs

Industry Keywords

SOXFERPAPrivacySecurityAudit SupportHigher EducationFinancial Reporting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the day-to-day operation of enterprise data governance processes, controls, standards, and supporting documentation.
Manage the team responsible for governance administration, metadata coordination, quality evidence, certification records, access documentation, exceptions, and asset lifecycle tracking.
Embed governance requirements into delivery workflows so controls are completed as part of normal engineering and analytics work.
Monitor compliance with required metadata, lineage, quality, access, certification, release, retention, and applicable SOX controls.
Partners with Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Product Management, Experience Engineering, Information Security, Internal Audit, and business stakeholders to resolve governance issues and clarify responsibilities.
Maintain governance reporting, dashboards, control evidence, issue logs, exception records, and escalation processes.
Coordinate governance reviews for new and changed enterprise data assets without assuming ownership of the underlying business logic or technical building.
Identify control gaps, recurring issues, and process inefficiencies, and lead corrective actions and continuous improvement.
Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requests by ensuring governance evidence is complete, traceable, and readily available.
Establish team priorities, assign work, manage performance, develop staff capabilities, and ensure consistent service across the enterprise.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading data governance operations, data management, compliance, or related enterprise data functions.
Strong knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data quality, access governance, certification, issue management, and asset lifecycle controls.
Experience translating governance policies and standards into practical workflows, controls, evidence, and reporting.
Working knowledge of regulatory and control requirements relevant to enterprise data, including SOX, FERPA, privacy, security, and audit support.
Experience managing governance platforms, metadata repositories, data quality tools, workflow systems, or similar technologies.
Ability to evaluate control effectiveness, identify gaps, manage exceptions, and coordinate corrective actions across multiple teams.
Strong leadership skills, including workload management, coaching, performance management, and team development.
Ability to communicate governance requirements clearly to technical teams, business stakeholders, senior leaders, auditors, and control partners.
Experience building governance metrics, dashboards, issue logs, and executive-level reporting.
Strong organizational, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to operate effectively across multiple business units and balance enterprise consistency with legitimate business needs.
Experience in higher education, financial reporting, or another regulated environment is preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities