Data Governance & AI Governance Practice Lead Consultant

CATCH Intelligence is seeking an experienced Data Governance Practice Lead Consultant to lead and grow its Data Governance Practice with a focus on Data and AI Governance. This position combines practice leadership, client delivery, people leadership, and business development. The Data Governance Practice Lead serves as a trusted advisor to executive clients, leads complex governance engagements, manages the Data Governance consulting team, partners with Sales to develop new business, and continually evolves CATCH's methodologies, accelerators, and intellectual property.

Key Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead the continued growth and evolution of CATCH's Data Governance Practice, including developing and continuously enhancing Data and AI Governance service offerings, reusable methodologies, frameworks, strategic accelerators, templates, standards, and intellectual property.

• Lead and serve as the functional manager for the Data Governance consulting team, including coaching, mentoring, career development, performance management, resource planning, and practice leadership.

• Lead the continued integration of AI Governance into CATCH's Data Governance practice, including maturation of AI governance frameworks, responsible AI guidance, AI policies and standards, AI risk management approaches, and AI adoption strategies for clients.

• Partner with executive leadership to define and execute strategic initiatives that expand CATCH's Data Governance and AI Governance capabilities and market presence.

• Collaborate with the Sales Team on opportunity qualification, solution strategy, proposal development, statements of work, client presentations, and executive-level discovery sessions.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors by facilitating governance strategy discussions, organizational alignment, and executive decision-making around enterprise data and AI initiatives.

• Participate in practice planning, revenue growth initiatives, utilization planning and management, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Lead organizational change management efforts that drive sustainable adoption of Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Stewardship, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, and AI Governance practices.

• Monitor emerging trends, technologies, and industry best practices related to Data Governance, AI Governance, Data Management, Analytics Governance, and Responsible AI, incorporating relevant advancements into CATCH's methodologies and client offerings.

• Support the development and delivery of marketing collateral; thought leadership content; conference presentations, webinars, white papers, and practice-related publications; executive, business, and technical education, workshops, and governance enablement sessions. Client Delivery Responsibilities

• Lead client enterprise assessments, governance strategies, roadmaps, and implementation programs.

• Facilitate executive steering committees, governance councils, and stakeholder workshops.

• Design governance operating models including stewardship, policies, standards, issue management, metadata, business glossary, and data quality.

• Develop and maintain reusable consulting assets, implementation accelerators, templates, standards, and best practices.

• Lead pilot initiatives and phased governance implementations that demonstrate measurable business value and establish a foundation for enterprise adoption.

• Guide organizational change management and adoption.

• Advise executives on governance priorities, maturity, risks, and investments.

• Lead implementation of Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and AI Governance capabilities appropriate to each client's maturity and business objectives.

• Tailor CATCH Data Governance method to each client's objectives and maturity.

• Lead development of Data Governance and AI Governance proposals, statements of work, estimates, and client solution strategies. Business Development & Sales Support

• Partner with Sales on opportunity qualification, discovery, solution strategy, proposals, SOWs, and estimates.

• Participate in executive sales meetings and conference presentations.

• Identify follow-on opportunities and strengthen long-term client relationships. People Leadership

• Serve as functional manager for the Data Governance Consulting Team.

• Support recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding new Data Governance consultants.

• Coach, mentor, and develop consultants to promote long-term governance success and organizational self-sufficiency.

• Support resource planning, utilization, knowledge sharing, and performance development and management.

• 8+ years demonstrated experience leading enterprise Data Governance programs from strategy through operational implementation.
• Experience developing executive-level governance strategies, roadmaps, operating models, and organizational change management initiatives.
• Experience supporting business development activities, including pre-sales, proposal development, executive presentations, and solution estimation.
• Experience leading consulting teams and mentoring Data Governance professionals.
• Strong understanding of AI Governance concepts, Responsible AI principles, AI risk management, and enterprise AI adoption strategies.
• Working knowledge of the Data Management Association (DAMA) Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK) and its application to enterprise Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Stewardship, and related data management disciplines.
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) certification is preferred or demonstrated commitment to professional development in enterprise Data Management and Data Governance best practices.
• Experience working across multiple industries with executive stakeholders, business leaders, and technical teams.
• Knowledge of Data Governance platforms such as Collibra, Informatica, Microsoft Purview, Alation, SAP, or similar technologies is preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation, leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to build trusted advisor relationships with C-level executives and senior business leadership.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.