Data Governance Lead

Australian Ethical Investment

Data Governance Lead at Australian Ethical establishing a framework and policies for data governance. Collaborating across business and technology to enhance data quality and accountability.

Posted 7/8/2026contractSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help uplift data governance across Australian Ethical by establishing a practical framework
Establish and embed data governance policies, standards, controls and practical ways of working across the business
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability across key business domains
Identify Critical Data Elements and support risk assessments with Data Owners
Set data quality standards and monitoring processes
Design issue management processes to support timely detection and remediation of data issues
Partner with Internal stakeholders and external vendors to understand data flows, risks and business requirements
Support governance forums and working groups to drive adoption and accountability
Deliver training to help teams understand and apply data governance policies, standards and controls

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 4+ years’ relevant data or information governance experience, including hands-on framework design and implementation
Financial services experience, ideally across superannuation, banking or funds management
Strong experience designing and embedding data governance policies, standards and controls across core data governance domains in a regulated environment.
Excellent understanding of CPG 235 and how it applies to data management, controls and risk
Experience defining data ownership, stewardship, Critical Data Elements, data quality and lineage
Knowledge of data retention, archiving and destruction practices
Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across business, technology and vendor groups.
Tertiary background in Data Information Management or a related discipline
Alignment with and demonstration of our values – Authenticity, Action, Connection, Curiosity and Empathy

Benefits

Comp & perks

A competitive salary, including short-term and long-term incentives including access to an Employee Share Plan
Hybrid work arrangements
Wellbeing program that includes an extra 4 days of leave per year
Birthday leave
Purpose aligned volunteer days
20 days paid annual leave with an additional 3 paid days of annual leave between Christmas and New Year

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data Governance PoliciesData Ownership DefinitionCritical Data Elements IdentificationData StewardshipData LineageData Retention PracticesData ArchivingData Destruction PracticesRisk AssessmentIssue Management Processes

Soft Skills

Influencing SkillsCollaborationTraining DeliveryCommunicationEmpathy