Data Governance Lead
SES Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: District of Columbia • Washington • United States
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About the role
- Establish, implement, and continuously improve a data governance framework (policies, standards, roles, processes, decision rights) for program teams.
- Define governance operating model components such as data ownership, stewardship, and domain/accountability structures.
- Create and manage governance artifacts (e.g., glossary standards, naming conventions, documentation templates, lineage standards).
- Lead program efforts to maintain and expand the Collibra data catalog, including onboarding new datasets, domains, and business terms.
- Configure and promote use of Collibra capabilities such as business glossary, data dictionary/metadata, lineage, workflow, and certification/curation.
- Develop documentation and enablement materials to drive consistent catalog usage by technical and non-technical users.
- Partner with data owners and SMEs to enhance data dictionary, business definitions, and technical metadata.
- Capture and maintain end-to-end data lineage across pipelines and systems to improve transparency, auditability, and trust.
- Establish processes for metadata quality checks and periodic review/certification of critical data assets.
- Design and develop conceptual, logical, and solution data models supporting operational systems and analytics platforms.
- Translate business requirements into robust data structures, relationships, and workflows to support reporting, operational use, and analytics.
- Analyze existing datasets and legacy schemas to guide data migration, rationalization, and application/service modernization efforts.
- Collaborate with product owners, developers, DevSecOps engineers, business analysts, and data engineers to ensure governance is embedded in delivery.
- Support solutioning efforts by aligning data modeling and governance practices to delivery roadmaps and release plans.
- Communicate governance decisions, standards, and progress to stakeholders, including leadership audiences.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Data Governance & Data Management
- 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, and/or data stewardship in complex organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to define and operationalize governance processes (e.g., ownership, stewardship, approvals, issue management).
- Hands-on experience supporting or implementing Collibra (catalog/business glossary/metadata workflows), including onboarding datasets and maintaining documentation.
- Strong understanding of metadata, including business metadata, technical metadata, and lineage concepts.
- Proven experience creating conceptual, logical, and physical/solution data models.
- Strong proficiency with SQL and ability to assess schemas, relationships, and data quality issues.
- Ability to analyze and document legacy data structures to inform modernization and migration strategies.
- Experience producing clear, standardized documentation for both technical and business audiences.
- Ability to facilitate workshops/interviews with SMEs to capture definitions, rules, and lineage.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- AD&D
- STD
- LTD
- Company paid Life Insurance
- 401k with employer contribution
- Paid Time Off
- Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data governancedata managementmetadata managementdata stewardshipdata modelingSQLdata lineagedocumentation standardsdata migrationdata quality
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationfacilitationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementorganizational skillsleadershipprocess definitionenablement
Certifications
Bachelor's degree