Data Governance Lead

Section

Details

Job Title

Data Governance Lead

Job Type

Full Time

Client Location

Onsite

Work Arrangement

Phoenix, AZ

Duration

Full Time

Pay Rate / Salary

$100-$120k/yr.

Job Summary

• The Data Governance Lead will drive data lineage and metadata management initiatives, establishing end-to-end visibility of critical data assets.
• This role supports analytics, reporting, artificial intelligence, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• The position collaborates with technology teams and business stakeholders to facilitate cross-functional discussions and drive enterprise adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end data lineage across source systems, data platforms, analytical environments, and reporting layers.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to automate lineage capture and visualization.
• Support regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements through transparent data traceability.
• Identify critical data elements and establish lineage frameworks for key business domains.
• Lead the implementation and adoption of enterprise metadata management capabilities.
• Define and maintain business, technical, and operational metadata standards.
• Drive the onboarding of critical data assets into the enterprise data catalog.
• Establish governance processes for metadata stewardship, ownership, and lifecycle management.

• Ensure metadata remains accurate, current, and aligned with business processes.

Required Qualifications

• Data Governance
• Metadata management
• Data lineage

• Data Catalog