Data Governance Manager

 Sr. Manager, Data Governance

Location: Richardson, TX
Duration: 6-month contract (option to extend or convert)

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise data governance strategy, standards adoption, and implementation of governance programs.

• Manage, mentor, and develop high-performing data governance and data management teams across regions.

• Serve as the champion for data governance, data stewardship, and compliance across accounts.

• Establish data quality frameworks, metadata management, reference data, and issue tracking processes.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement governance across business lines and regions.

• Support adoption of strategic data products, analytics platforms, and enterprise data initiatives.

• Develop metrics, reporting, and board-level presentations on governance progress.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Data Science, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

• 8+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years at management level.

• Experience leading governance initiatives in large, complex, global organizations.

• Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, master data management, and metadata management.

• Proficiency with tools such as Collibra, SQL, Excel, and data analytics platforms.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

• Experience in commercial real estate (CRE) or analytics preferred.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strategic thinking with ability to drive change and adoption across distributed teams.

• Strong project management, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Knowledge of data privacy, compliance (GDPR, CCPA), and data security practices.

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