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# Data Governance Lead

- **Company:** JAG GA, LLC
- **Location:** Irvine, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Data Governance, Data Sharing, Identity and Access Management, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Data Lineage, Data Management
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e719c49f-29ca-4c71-904d-53bfead688e8

## About the Role

* Practical experience designing or implementing enterprise data governance capabilities and operating models.
 * Working knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data quality, stewardship, and data access controls.
 * Ability to connect governance requirements to architecture, integrations, and implementation plans.
 * Strong stakeholder-management, documentation, and communication skills; able to guide teams through adoption and change.

## Description

* Design scalable data governance architecture and reusable patterns for data quality, metadata, lineage, access management, and stewardship.
 * Integrate governance controls into data flows, shared data assets, platforms, and business processes.
 * Define and maintain governance standards, and ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture and data-management policies.
 * Maintain metadata, lineage documentation, governance artifacts, and architecture records in the appropriate repositories.
 * Provide technical leadership and coaching; promote governance adoption and assess technologies that can strengthen data management.