Position: Data Governance Lead
Location: Phoenix, AZ ( Need only local candidate)
Duration: 8+ months
Pay Rate: $52/hr on C2C
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Description:
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“Lead the implementation and adoption of enterprise metadata management capabilities.
Define and maintain business, technical, and operational metadata standards.
Drive onboarding of critical data assets into the enterprise data catalog.
Establish governance processes for metadata stewardship, ownership, and lifecycle management.
Ensure metadata is accurate, current, and aligned to business processes.
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Data Lineage & Traceability
Develop and maintain end-to-end data lineage across source systems, data platforms, analytical environments, and reporting layers.
Collaborate with engineering teams to automate lineage capture and visualization.
Support regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements through transparent data traceability.
Identify critical data elements and establish lineage frameworks for key business domains.
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Data Governance Leadership
Define governance policies, standards, controls, and operating models.
Partner with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Architects, and Engineering teams to drive governance adoption.
Lead data governance councils and working sessions with business and technology leaders.
Establish governance KPIs, scorecards, and compliance reporting.”
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Skills Required :”seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to drive data governance initiatives with a strong focus on Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Catalog, and Data Quality Governance. This role will be responsible for establishing governance frameworks, ensuring end-to-end visibility of critical data assets, and enabling trusted data for analytics, reporting, AI, and regulatory compliance.
The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader capable of engaging with both business stakeholders and technology teams, facilitating cross-functional discussions, defining governance standards, and driving adoption across the enterprise.”
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Essential skills : “seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to drive data governance initiatives with a strong focus on Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Catalog, and Data Quality Governance. This role will be responsible for establishing governance frameworks, ensuring end-to-end visibility of critical data assets, and enabling trusted data for analytics, reporting, AI, and regulatory compliance.
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Education: At least a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software/Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, or closely related field is required.
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Thanks, and regards
Ganesh Gorak
Itech Us Inc