Data Governance Lead

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Data Governance Lead responsible for developing data governance framework and policies for a nonprofit organization. Leading data quality initiatives and ensuring compliance with regulations while working remote in the United States.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $145,000 - $155,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and implementing data governance frameworks, including data quality frameworks and compliance monitoring. Proficient in establishing data ownership roles and maintaining business glossaries and data catalogs.

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Data Governance LeadershipData Quality Framework DesignBusiness Glossary DevelopmentCompliance MonitoringChange Management

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Hard Skills

Data Governance FrameworkData Quality RulesData Lineage DocumentationCritical Data Element IdentificationValidation ControlsMetadata Repository ManagementData Stewardship CoordinationData Catalog MaintenanceException ThresholdsMonitoring Processes

Soft Skills

Training Design and DeliveryChange Management

Tools & Technologies

Data Governance ToolingMicrosoft Dynamics Business CentralPower BI

Industry Keywords

Audit CompliancePension AdministrationFinancial SystemsInsuranceBanking

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop, implement, and maintain the organization’s data governance framework, operating model, policies, standards, and procedures.
Define data ownership and stewardship roles and coordinate the activities of data owners, data stewards, and governance councils.
Establish and maintain a business glossary, data catalog, metadata repository, and consistent data definitions.
Develop data-quality rules, validation controls, exception thresholds, monitoring processes, and remediation procedures.
Identify and govern critical data elements and prioritize important data assets and domains.
Establish processes for documenting data lineage and tracking data from source systems through reporting and analytics.
Monitor compliance with data-governance policies and applicable privacy, security, retention, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Direct experience leading data governance work rather than only advising on it.
Direct experience establishing a data governance function where none existed.
Experience designing data quality frameworks, including rule-based validation, exception thresholds, monitoring, and the identification and definition of critical data elements.
Hands-on experience building a business glossary and data catalog and defining the process that keeps them current.
Experience in government, pension, insurance, banking, or another environment with audit and compliance exposure.
Based in the United States and able to work Pacific business hours.
Preferred: Public retirement system experience.
Knowledge of the data catalog and governance tooling market sufficient to guide requirements definition and vendor selection.
Training design and delivery experience, including train-the-trainer, job aids, and recorded materials.
Change management experience in an organization where staff are taking on data steward duties for the first time.
Familiarity with pension administration systems, financial systems such as Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, or reporting layers such as Power BI.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible benefits program
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health and dependent-care spending accounts
Life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance
Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits
Defined-benefit pension plan
457 and 401(a) deferred compensation plans
Employee Assistance Program
Public-transit assistance and employee discounts