Manager, Data Governance

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**What will you work on?**

The Manager of Data Governance (Remote) is responsible for aligning people, processes, and technology to enable the company to manage data as an enterprise asset. They will be a key influencer in the development, implementation and oversight of the Data Governance Framework including strategy, policies, standards, practices, processes, technologies, and training. The Data Governance Manager will also be leading a staff of data stewards, and guiding key stakeholders in critical decision making related to Data Governance.

The Manager will join a team of functional senior leaders as part of the Data Governance Steering Committee and participate in organizational governance activities. They will be required to have a solid understanding of the data needs of the business, and will be key implementers and enforcers of data policies, processes, procedures and standards set out by the Data Governance Steering Committee.

**How will you create impact?**

General Management
- Overseeing daily Data Governance business operations.
- Creating and managing project budgets.
- Evaluating performance and productivity.
- Vendor Management and communication.
- Training staff.

Strategy Planning
- Create and implement a data governance framework and strategy, including user policies and training materials, set new business processes, and statistical reporting for achieving and maintaining high data quality including accuracy and maintenance.
- Work alongside IT staff as well as senior management to:

- Develop a future state process that ensures data integrity and accuracy
- Coordinate the placing of data On-Premises, or in Clouds with business strategies
- Develop and maintain a data integration strategy
- Develop and maintain a data security strategy
- Develop and track Data Quality metrics
- Ensure that project management and software development methodologies include the steps, activities, and deliverables required to achieve high quality data.

Acquisition Deployment
- Stay abreast of new products in the data management market, conducting research on emerging trends and developments that could support the business.

Operational Management
- Develop and document standard operating procedures for data entry performed by the IT Date team
- Define policies, procedures, and processes for cleaning, mastering, governing, and documenting data
- Define, maintain and advise relevant stakeholders as appropriate on Data Governance related matters.
- Provide recommendations and supporting documentation for new or proposed data standards, business rules and policy
- Provide advice on various projects and initiatives to ensure that any data related changes and dependencies are identified, communicated and managed to ensure adherence with the Data Governance established standards.
- Identify and ensure the resolution of data quality issues, such as uniqueness, integrity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness, in a cost-effective and timely manner.
- Execute audits periodically to ensure that data is being properly managed in the Cloud and On-Premises, and that legal or security requirements are consistently being met.
- Perform data profiling on a regular basis, and generate data quality statistics. The results of these audits should be communicated to the owner of the data, and tied into service level agreements (SLAs) between data entry personnel, IT, and the appropriate business units.
- Devise, coordinate, and conduct mass data-cleansing initiatives for the purpose of purging and eliminating corrupt or redundant information from corporate databases.
- Identify causes of poor data quality, implement solutions, and communicate findings to employees, management, and stakeholders.
- Develop and enforce methods and validation mechanisms for ensuring data quality, and accuracy at the point of entry.
- Work collaboratively with the system architects to develop methods for synchronizing data entering company systems from multiple points, and within infrastructure On-Premise and within Clouds.
- Conduct research and make recommendations on products, tools, services, protocols, and standards that will support the data management strategy.

**What are your skills and experience?**
- Data governance experience, with in depth functional expertise.
- Successfully led and worked on cross-functional projects.
- Team management experience.
- Familiarity with database concepts and the ordering of Master Data.
- Previous exposure to Cloud data integration and management.
- Experience documenting and enhancing business processes on a global scale.
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