Data Governance Lead

Data Governance Lead

Role: Data Governance Lead

Rate Range: $70 -72/hr C2C (40 hrs /week)

Duration: 6-12 months

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

Role Overview

Job Title: Data Governance Lead Job Description: Data Governance Lead responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and controls to ensure data quality, integrity, security, compliance, and effective data lifecycle management across the organization. Location: MONTREAL, QUEBEC

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise data governance strategies, policies, standards, and frameworks.

• Establish data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models across the organization.

• Define and maintain data governance operating models, processes, and controls.

• Implement data quality frameworks, metrics, and monitoring processes.

• Identify and resolve data quality issues while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• Manage enterprise data catalogs and metadata repositories.

• Ensure proper classification, documentation, lineage, and governance of critical data assets.

• Promote data discoverability, accessibility, and usability across business functions.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements such as GDPR, CCPA, SOX, HIPAA, and other applicable standards.

• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to establish data protection controls and governance practices.

• Conduct governance audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define critical data elements and governance requirements.

• Facilitate Data Governance Council meetings and governance steering committees.

• Provide education, guidance, and training on data governance policies and standards.

• Develop governance KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, and maturity assessments.

• Provide regular governance and compliance reporting to senior leadership.

• Core Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Business Analytics, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, or related disciplines.

• 3+ years of experience leading enterprise data governance initiatives.

• Strong understanding of DAMA-DMBOK and industry-standard data management frameworks.

• Experience implementing and managing Data Governance and Data Catalog platforms such as:

• Collibra

• Informatica

• Alation

• Microsoft Purview

• Strong experience with:

• Data Governance

• Data Quality Management

• Metadata Management

• Data Lineage

• Master Data Management (MDM)

• Knowledge of data warehousing, data lifecycle management, and governance best practices.

• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

• Experience driving enterprise-wide data governance adoption and compliance programs.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field.

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) certification.

• Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

• Experience supporting enterprise data transformation and modernization initiatives.

• Knowledge of regulatory compliance, privacy, and data protection frameworks.

• Key Skills

• Data Governance

• Data Quality Management

• Metadata Management

• Data Lineage

• Master Data Management (MDM)

• Microsoft Purview

• Collibra

• Informatica

• Alation

• Data Catalog

• Data Stewardship

• Data Ownership

• Data Compliance

• Data Security

• Data Lifecycle Management

• Data Warehousing

• SQL

• DAMA-DMBOK

• GDPR

• CCPA

• SOX

• HIPAA

• Azure

• AWS

• Google Cloud

• Agile