Director of Enterprise Data Governance - MDG

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Director of Data Platform Governance to lead enterprise data platform governance, master data management, governance tooling, and data quality capabilities across a complex enterprise technology environment.

This leadership role will establish and continuously improve the technical standards, controls, integrations, and operating practices required to ensure enterprise data is secure, reliable, traceable, compliant, and fit for business use.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in enterprise data management, SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG), SimpleMDG, Enterprise Data Platforms (EDP), data quality, metadata management, data lineage, and enterprise integration. The successful candidate will partner with business governance leaders, technology architects, data product owners, and IT teams to embed governance controls across source systems, certified data assets, data products, analytics platforms, and downstream applications.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Platform Governance

• Establish and maintain technical governance standards for enterprise data platforms and certified data assets.
• Define platform controls for metadata, data lineage, traceability, data cataloging, and certified data consumption.
• Ensure data products and analytics solutions use approved and certified data sources wherever available.
• Collaborate with technology architects and engineering teams to implement consistent data integration and governance patterns.
• Embed governance checkpoints, access controls, and auditability into data platform delivery practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in data management, enterprise data platforms, master data management, or enterprise information management.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing data platform, data governance technology, or master data management organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enterprise Data Platform governance, certified data assets, and governed data consumption.
• Metadata management, enterprise data catalogs, lineage, classification, and data discovery.
• Data quality monitoring, profiling, scorecards, preventative controls, and remediation workflows.

Leadership Competencies

• Pragmatic execution: Converts governance requirements into measurable technical outcomes.
• Business alignment: Connects trusted data and platform governance to operational and analytical business needs.
• Enterprise thinking: Aligns governance controls, certified data consumption, and quality initiatives with transformation objectives.