Vice President, Data Governance, Product Manager
LPL Financial
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Fort Mill • New York, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $127,388 - $212,313 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformInformaticaSQL
About the role
- Define and manage the product roadmap for data governance capabilities including lineage, reconciliation, data quality, cataloging, profiling, and incident response systems.
- Partner with engineering and data platform teams to translate governance requirements into technical specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead the design and implementation of AI-powered data governance tools, such as the Data Catalog GPTs, which enable users to interact with metadata using natural language for faster system understanding, field mapping and SQL query generation.
- Oversee the development of next-generation data lineage solutions leveraging Vector Stores, Knowledge Graphs, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures to enhance traceability and transparency across data systems.
- Maintain and prioritize JIRA backlogs for governance development initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and stakeholder needs.
- Drive the build-out of governance tools and platforms, making strategic decisions between build, buy, and integration approaches.
- Develop, document, and promote data governance standards, policies, and best practices across the organization.
- Collaborate with data stewards, business units, and compliance teams to understand requirements and ensure governance solutions meet operational needs.
- Establish and track KPIs for governance capability adoption, data quality improvements, and incident resolution performance.
- Create and deliver training programs to promote awareness and adoption of governance tools and standards.
- Gather user feedback, analyze usage patterns, and iterate on governance capabilities to enhance user experience and effectiveness.
- Evaluate and manage relationships with governance tool vendors, ensuring optimal performance and value delivery.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for governance processes, tools, and standards to support audit readiness and knowledge transfer.
Requirements
- A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 10 or more years of experience in data governance, data management, or data platform development, with a proven track record of delivering governance solutions.
- Minimum 5 or more years of experience in product ownership or product management roles, preferably with technical products or platforms.
- Experience working directly with engineering teams using agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar platforms.
- Experience designing, implementing, or managing AI-powered data governance solutions (e.g., natural language metadata search, automated lineage tracing).
- Familiarity with OpenLineage or similar open-source data lineage frameworks is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience developing and managing product roadmaps for data or analytics capabilities.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and best practices (DCAM, Dama DMBOK), including hands-on experience with governance tools and technologies.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced, complex environment.
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to both technical and executive audiences.
- Track record of driving adoption and change management for technical solutions.
- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data architectures.
- Familiarity with metadata management, data lineage, and data quality tools such as Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Informatica, or AWS DataZone a plus.
Benefits
- 401K matching
- health benefits
- employee stock options
- paid time off
- volunteer time off
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Hard skills
data governancedata managementproduct ownershipagile methodologiesAI-powered data governance solutionsdata lineagemetadata managementdata qualitycloud data platformsdata architecture
Soft skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementchange managementprioritizationcollaborationtraining developmentuser feedback analysisproblem-solvingstrategic decision-makingdocumentation