Manager, Data Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the development of Chomps’ enterprise data governance and master data management capabilities.

• Create data policies, establish ownership, stewardship, decision rights, standards, escalation paths, and quality practices.

• Develop and implement an enterprise data governance roadmap that aligns with business priorities and growth strategies.

• Lead the assessment, selection, design, and phased implementation of a new Master Data Management platform.

• Define master data models, hierarchies, match and merge logic, survivorship rules, golden records, approval workflows, and lifecycle controls.

• Evaluate master data domains, source systems, workflows, ownership, quality issues, duplicate records, integrations, and downstream usage.

• Conduct vendor discovery, demonstrations, proofs of concept, reference checks, and platform selection.

• Manage the implementation roadmap and coordinate efforts among internal teams, vendors, and implementation partners.

• Improve the quality, governance, and usability of critical master and reference data, including customer, item, product, and SKU data.

• Increase the use of Microsoft Purview for data cataloging, business glossaries, ownership, classification, lineage, and data discovery.

• Establish data quality rules, thresholds, scorecards, monitoring, issue management, root-cause ownership, remediation, and prevention practices.

• Facilitate governance forums, steward enablement, training, communications, and change adoption.

• Build and mentor a network of data owners and stewards, creating documentation and playbooks.

• Align metadata, glossary, lineage, ownership, security, and quality information across Microsoft Purview, the MDM platform, and the data and analytics ecosystem.

• Reports to the Director, Data & Intelligence.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5–7+ years of progressive experience in data governance, master data management, data quality, enterprise data management, data architecture, analytics, or related roles.

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview is highly preferred, including data catalog, business glossary, classifications, lineage, ownership, and data discovery.

• Proven experience in leading an MDM platform selection, implementation, or significant domain rollout.

• Familiarity with Profisee, CluedIn, Informatica MDM, Reltio, Semarchy xDM, Ataccama, SAP Master Data Governance, or a comparable platform is valued.

• Experience with data governance or catalog platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Ataccama, or comparable tools is welcome.

• Solid understanding of governance operating models, stewardship, metadata, business glossaries, lineage, data quality, reference data, master data modeling, match and merge, survivorship, and lifecycle controls.

• Ability to lead people, processes, and third-party delivery resources; define expectations and KPIs; manage competing priorities; and eliminate obstacles.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, and change-management skills.

• Capacity to translate technical data concepts into clear business decisions.

• Preferred experience governing customer, customer hierarchy, item, product, SKU, supplier, location, or other master data in CPG, consumer products, retail, manufacturing, or omnichannel environments.

• Must reside in the United States.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

🏝️ Benefits

• 20% annual bonus.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401K with a 6% match.

• Monthly wellness reimbursement.

• Monthly home office reimbursement.

• Unlimited PTO.

• 15+ paid holiday days.

• Hybrid and flexible remote schedule.

• Chicago office available for those in the area.

• Paid maternity and paternity leave.

• Bi-annual total team in-person activities.

• Company-wide Continual Education budget.

• Unlimited snacks.

• Opportunities for growth based on outstanding performance.