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# Data Governance Lead

- **Company:** Financial-Information-Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** Tampa, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Database, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Metadata Repositories, Data Streaming, Event Driven Architecture, Data Lineage, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Databricks
- **Published:** June 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3457790d04a44908

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Stakeholder relationship building?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, This position is ideal for a data governance professional who has strong hands-on experience and is looking to step into a broader leadership and influence role., 5-7 years of experience in data management, analytics, or data engineering, with meaningful exposure to data governance
Hands-on experience contributing to data governance initiatives, councils, or stewardship programs
Familiarity with modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud-native databases)
Working knowledge of metadata management, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts
Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Bachelor's degree in a related field

Preferred

DAMA CDMP or similar certification
Experience in fintech, payments, or regulated industries
Exposure to Open Metadata or similar tools
Experience governing data in streaming or event-driven architectures
Interest in career progression toward people or program leadership roles

## Description

This role supports and advances the organization's enterprise data governance program, ensuring data is well-managed, high-quality, compliant, and trusted across the business. The Senior Data Governance Lead plays a key role in facilitating governance decision-making, implementing governance frameworks, and partnering with business and technology teams to drive adoption., Facilitate meetings of the Data Governance Council in partnership with senior data leadership
Prepare governance proposals, recommendations, and impact assessments for council review
Support prioritization of governance initiatives and help translate decisions into actionable policies
Drive governance adoption through collaboration, influence, and education

Governance Framework Implementation

Implement and evolve the enterprise data governance framework aligned to DAMA DMBOK principles
Develop data policies and standards related to data quality, access, retention, classification, and lineage
Define and support data ownership and stewardship models across priority data domains
Create practical governance playbooks, procedures, and training materials

Metadata, Lineage & Platform Alignment

Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to implement metadata management practices
Support documentation and visibility of data lineage across modern data platforms (Databricks, Kafka, cloud databases)
Collaborate on governance of streaming and event-driven data pipelines

Compliance & Continuous Improvement

Partner with Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to align governance practices with regulatory requirements
Participate in governance maturity assessments and contribute to roadmap development
Identify process improvements and scaling opportunities as the governance program matures


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