Senior IT Governance Specialist

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Mequon, WI, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Manufacturing
The Role
Lead and operationalize IT governance processes across digital initiatives: execute stage gates, support delivery assurance, maintain governance artifacts, track risks and remediation, build dashboards, prepare leadership materials, and recommend scalable improvements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Charter Manufacturing is a fourth-generation family-owned business where our will to grow drives us to do it better.  Join the team and become part of our family!

This role will be hybrid, 3 days a week in office at our Mequon, WI location. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Charter Manufacturing is unable to sponsor for employment visas at this time.Senior IT Governance SpecialistPosition Purpose

Join our Digital Governance Office in a highly visible role that sits at the center of our digital transformation. As a Senior IT Governance Specialist, you’ll help bring structure, clarity, and consistency to how we deliver technology initiatives—ensuring they are compliant, well-managed, and positioned for success.

In this role, you will operationalize governance processes, enable effective decision-making, and provide critical insight into delivery health, risk, and compliance. You will partner across Digital, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk Management, and business teams to ensure governance practices are practical, efficient, and aligned to business outcomes—not just process for process’ sake.

This is an individual contributor role with high exposure, offering the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide transformation while building strong cross-functional relationships.

What You’ll Do
  • Execute and continuously improve digital governance workflows, stage gates, and operating rhythms across key initiatives
  • Partner with program and project teams to ensure governance requirements are understood, actionable, and efficiently applied
  • Support delivery assurance reviews by gathering insights, assessing readiness, and tracking follow-ups
  • Maintain governance artifacts, documentation, templates, and process standards to ensure consistency and audit readiness
  • Monitor, track, and report on risks, issues, exceptions, and remediation activities across the digital portfolio
  • Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, and Audit teams to support compliance efforts and control requirements
  • Build and deliver governance dashboards, scorecards, and reporting to provide leadership visibility into delivery health and risk posture
  • Prepare materials for governance forums, leadership updates, and decision-making sessions
  • Identify trends and gaps in governance, delivery, or compliance and recommend practical, scalable improvements
  • Support the evolution of governance processes through automation, tools, and improved workflows
What You Bring

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years of experience in IT governance, delivery assurance, digital risk, compliance, audit coordination, or related disciplines
  • Experience supporting complex technology or business initiatives in a matrixed environment
  • Familiarity with project lifecycle controls, governance frameworks, and stage gate processes
  • Strong experience managing governance artifacts, documentation, and audit evidence
  • Understanding of project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
  • Experience with risk tracking, issue management, and status reporting
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate governance concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven ability to influence without authority and build strong working relationships across teams
  • Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement
  • Experience with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, Clarity, Power BI, Smartsheet, Excel, or similar platforms

Preferred Qualifications

  • 7+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience helping build or mature governance, PMO, risk, or compliance functions
  • Exposure to audit readiness, control testing, and remediation tracking processes
  • Experience working with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Audit, or Vendor Management teams
  • Background supporting digital transformation or enterprise technology initiatives
  • Experience in manufacturing or working with enterprise platforms (ERP, infrastructure, integrations, operational technology)
  • Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile, ITIL, Risk, Audit, or Governance-related certifications)
  • Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and executive-level materials
Why This Role
  • High impact: Play a key role in advancing enterprise digital transformation
  • Visibility: Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams across the organization
  • Growth: Opportunity to shape governance practices and build scalable processes
  • Influence: Help define how work gets done—not just track it

We offer comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits, along with a 401(k) plan that includes employer matching and profit sharing. Additionally, we offer company-paid life insurance, disability coverage, and paid time off (PTO).

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of experience in IT governance, delivery assurance, digital risk, compliance, audit coordination, or related disciplines
  • Experience supporting complex technology or business initiatives in a matrixed environment
  • Familiarity with project lifecycle controls, governance frameworks, and stage gate processes
  • Strong experience managing governance artifacts, documentation, and audit evidence
  • Understanding of project delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
  • Experience with risk tracking, issue management, and status reporting
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to translate governance concepts for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven ability to influence without authority and build strong cross-functional relationships
  • Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and focus on continuous improvement
  • Experience with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, Clarity, Power BI, Smartsheet, Excel, or similar platforms
  • 7+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience helping build or mature governance, PMO, risk, or compliance functions
  • Exposure to audit readiness, control testing, and remediation tracking processes
  • Experience working with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Audit, or Vendor Management teams
  • Background supporting digital transformation or enterprise technology initiatives
  • Experience in manufacturing or with enterprise platforms (ERP, infrastructure, integrations, operational technology)
  • Relevant certifications (PMP, Agile, ITIL, Risk, Audit, or Governance-related certifications)
  • Experience developing reporting, dashboards, and executive-level materials

Charter Manufacturing Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Charter Manufacturing and has not been reviewed or approved by Charter Manufacturing.

  • Affordable Benefits Medical premiums are often described as affordable, with wellness incentives lowering costs and new voluntary options (critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident) expanding coverage. Dental and vision enhancements further support value without raising contributions.
  • Retirement Support A dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match, profit sharing, and an additional retirement contribution for most employees indicate strong long‑term savings support. These retirement elements are consistently positioned as core strengths of the package.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Quarterly gainsharing and bonuses regularly augment base pay. Profit sharing and shift premiums further boost total compensation.

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The Company
Mequon, , Wisconsin
285 Employees
Year Founded: 1936

What We Do

Charter Manufacturing Company, Inc. is a family-owned group of differentiated metals manufacturing businesses founded in 1936. Our will to grow is our success. It is the result of Charter’s respected team of employees, each person’s dedication to continuous improvement and an entrepreneurial spirit that thrives within the Charter family. Our businesses include Charter Steel, Charter Dura-Bar, Charter Wire and Charter Aarrowcast. Connect with us and learn about the stories and successes our family of employees share. Visit http://www.chartermfg.com/work/jobs/ to learn more about opportunities for employment and where you might fit in

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