Senior Data Governance and Tooling Manager

Chainguard

Senior manager governing GTM data and tooling for Chainguard, which delivers hardened open-source software builds. Building trusted CRM data models, governance frameworks, and scalable enrichment processes across revenue teams.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $174,000 - $205,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Data Governance and CRM systems, particularly Salesforce, with a focus on building scalable data frameworks and ensuring data quality. Proven ability to collaborate across teams, drive data standards, and optimize data processes in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment.

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Data Governance FrameworksCRM Systems ExpertiseSalesforce ProficiencyData Quality ManagementCollaboration with Sales Ops and Marketing Ops

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Hard Skills

Data ModelsData HygieneData AccuracyData CompletenessData FreshnessData Lifecycle ManagementData Ingestion ProcessesLead-to-Account MatchingAttributionEnrichment Strategy

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingTactical ExecutionCollaborationSystems ThinkingComfort in Ambiguity

Tools & Technologies

CRM SystemsSalesforceMarketing Automation ToolsAnalytics ToolsEnrichment PlatformsClay

Industry Keywords

B2B SaaSGTM SystemsData Governance StandardsData Quality ThresholdsHigh-Growth Company

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define Chainguard’s CRM data strategy, including data models for accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, and related objects.
Establish and enforce data governance standards, including definitions, ownership, validation rules, SLAs, and quality thresholds.
Create a system-of-record philosophy across CRM, enrichment platforms, marketing automation, and analytics tools.
Own data hygiene across accounts and contacts, including deduplication, normalization, enrichment, and lifecycle management.
Design scalable processes for data accuracy, completeness, freshness, and consistency.
Identify and remediate data issues before they affect reporting, pipeline, or go-to-market execution.
Partner with Sales Ops/RevOps, GTM Systems, and Marketing Operations on data models, CRM architecture, integrations, automation, inbound data, lead-to-account matching, and attribution.
Translate business requirements into scalable cross-functional data frameworks.
Own and optimize enrichment strategy, including Clay and related tools.
Design data-ingestion processes for inbound, outbound, partner, and product-led sources.
Prepare the data foundation for company growth, new segments, new motions, and future tooling changes.
Align the systems roadmap from a RevOps perspective.
Act as the authoritative owner of GTM data and drive organizational alignment.
Educate stakeholders on data usage and governance best practices.
Build a data-maturity roadmap aligned with Chainguard’s growth stage.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in Data Governance or GTM Systems roles.
Deep hands-on experience with CRM systems; Salesforce strongly preferred.
Experience building or scaling data governance frameworks at a high-growth company.
Proven ownership of account and contact data models in a B2B SaaS environment.
Experience working closely with Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, and Systems teams.
Strong understanding of enrichment providers, inbound data flows, and lifecycle management.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution.
Opinionated but collaborative, able to drive standards while partnering effectively.
Systems thinker who anticipates second- and third-order effects of data decisions.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and evolving environments.
High bar for data quality, with pragmatism about speed versus perfection.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.
Participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
100% covered health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents.
Unlimited flexible time off.
18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Option to use parental leave all at once or throughout the child's first year.