Data Governance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +5 more locations.

📋 Description

• Assist in the implementation and enhancement of the enterprise data governance framework while recommending relevant standards and policies.

• Manage governance initiatives from planning to execution, which includes data quality remediation, glossary development, and steward training.

• Define and monitor governance metrics, identify root causes of intricate data challenges, and collaborate with Data Engineering to establish platform controls.

• Deliver data health and remediation progress dashboards to data owners and leadership.

• Establish metadata standards and promote the usage of the data catalog and business glossary.

• Ensure data practices align with privacy, records retention, and regulatory requirements, while maintaining audit readiness.

• Facilitate working groups and steward forums, as well as train stewards and domain owners.

• Integrate governance checkpoints into project initiation, system implementation, and vendor onboarding processes.

• Collaborate with the Director to influence governance implementation across member, candidate, and CFA Program data.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Over 6 years of experience in data governance or data management, with practical experience in implementing governance, including ownership, classification, metadata, and data quality.

• Familiarity with industry frameworks and the ability to translate them into actionable processes.

• Proficient understanding of enterprise data platforms, including cloud data lakes, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, GCP, and data catalog or quality tools.

• Knowledge of SQL and the modern data stack.

• Comfortable with project plans, requirements, and KPIs, and capable of breaking down a roadmap into value-driven sprints.

• Strong working knowledge of regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.

• Ability to direct governance towards high-priority data and comprehend the workings of a membership organization.

• Excellent communication abilities, capable of articulating technical concepts in business language and fostering consensus across business and IT disciplines.

• Adaptability and patience in navigating organizational inertia, with a tendency to provide alternatives rather than enforce change.

• Familiarity with CDMP, DAMA-DMBOK, CDAM, or CDMC, and experience in asset management or broader financial services is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus

• 12% employer contribution to a 401(k) or pension plan

• Comprehensive medical benefits package

• Health coverage

• Generous time off

• Competitive retirement plans

• Flexible work options

• Wellbeing and development programs