Data Governance Lead

Role: Data Governance Lead

Location: United States (Remote)

Job Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to drive enterprise-wide data governance initiatives and ensure secure, compliant, and high-quality data management across cloud platforms. Strong hands-on experience with Unity Catalog is mandatory.

The ideal candidate should be a strong communicator, stakeholder manager, and problem solver with the ability to lead cross-functional governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data governance strategy, policies, and standards.
• Manage and implement Unity Catalog for centralized governance and access control.
• Drive data quality, metadata management, lineage, and cataloging initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, analytics, security, and business teams to enforce governance best practices.
• Define data stewardship and ownership frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to drive governance adoption and resolve challenges.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Governance or Data Management.
• Strong hands-on experience with Unity Catalog (Mandatory).
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with metadata management, data lineage, and data quality frameworks.
• Strong SQL and cloud platform knowledge (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Preferred Skills

• Databricks
• Collibra / Alation
• Informatica
• Power BI / Tableau
• AI/ML Governance

Requirements

Data Governance | Unity Catalog | Metadata Management | Data Lineage | Data Quality | SQL | Cloud Platforms | Problem Solving | Stakeholder Management | Communication Skills