This role supports and advances the organization’s enterprise data governance program, ensuring data is well‑managed, high‑quality, compliant, and trusted across the business. The Senior Data Governance Lead plays a key role in facilitating governance decision‑making, implementing governance frameworks, and partnering with business and technology teams to drive adoption.
This position is ideal for a data governance professional who has strong hands‑on experience and is looking to step into a broader leadership and influence role.
Key Responsibilities
Data Governance Enablement & Facilitation
Facilitate meetings of the Data Governance Council in partnership with senior data leadership
Prepare governance proposals, recommendations, and impact assessments for council review
Support prioritization of governance initiatives and help translate decisions into actionable policies
Drive governance adoption through collaboration, influence, and education
Governance Framework Implementation
Implement and evolve the enterprise data governance framework aligned to DAMA DMBOK principles
Develop data policies and standards related to data quality, access, retention, classification, and lineage
Define and support data ownership and stewardship models across priority data domains
Create practical governance playbooks, procedures, and training materials
Metadata, Lineage & Platform Alignment
Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to implement metadata management practices
Support documentation and visibility of data lineage across modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud databases)
Collaborate on governance of streaming and event‑driven data pipelines
Compliance & Continuous Improvement
Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to align governance practices with regulatory requirements
Participate in governance maturity assessments and contribute to roadmap development
Identify process improvements and scaling opportunities as the governance program matures
Qualifications
Required
5–7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering, with meaningful exposure to data governance
Hands‑on experience contributing to data governance initiatives, councils, or stewardship programs
Familiarity with modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud‑native databases)
Working knowledge of metadata management, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts
Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Bachelor’s degree in a related field
Preferred
DAMA CDMP or similar certification
Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries
Exposure to Open Metadata or similar tools
Experience governing data in streaming or event‑driven architectures
Interest in career progression toward people or program leadership roles
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Skills Required
- 5-7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering with exposure to data governance
- Hands-on experience contributing to data governance initiatives, councils, or stewardship programs
- Familiarity with modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud-native databases)
- Working knowledge of metadata management, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts
- Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- DAMA CDMP or similar certification
- Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries
- Exposure to Open Metadata or similar tools
- Experience governing data in streaming or event-driven architectures
- Interest in career progression toward people or program leadership roles
What We Do
Fintech (Financial Information Technologies) is a payment and data solution for the alcohol industry. We're dedicated to saving businesses time and money by offering a safe, secure way for alcohol purchases to be paid electronically. Using Fintech’s award winning system, both alcohol distributors and retailers are able to regulate alcohol payments and control purchases. As a result, businesses can ensure invoices are paid on time, utilize detailed reconciliation reporting, and guarantee state liquor law compliance. Immediate Benefits: • Elimination of cash, checks and money orders • Enhanced security and prevention of loss and fraud • Quicker deliveries (time reduced by an average of 15 minutes per delivery) • Electronic invoicing with line-item detail reporting • Analysis of purchase data to help businesses control alcohol spend • Assurance of state liquor law compliance Since its start in 1991, Fintech has been committed to providing the alcohol industry with a superior data and electronic payment service that refines financial security and preserves the integrity of businesses within the structure of the liquor laws governed by each state.
