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Data Governance Lead

ClifyX, INC
  • Houston, TX
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30+ days ago

Job Description

Role Summary
The Data Governance Lead will serve as the on site program lead and primary client-facing authority for the Supply Chain Data Governance initiative. This role is accountable for establishing and operationalizing a federated data governance model, aligning Supply Chain stakeholders with Enterprise/CDO direction, and driving execution against the approved roadmap and milestones.
The role combines strategic governance leadership, stakeholder orchestration, and delivery oversight, ensuring progress across governance design, stewardship activation, KPI definition, and pilot execution without directly owning tooling configuration or run state operations.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Governance Leadership
Lead the Supply Chain federated Data Governance operating model, including decision rights, councils, working groups, stewardship roles, and escalation paths.
  • Stand up and run the Supply Chain Data Governance Council and Working Groups, including agenda design, decision facilitation, and executive readouts.
  • Own the Data Governance Charter, principles, policies, and standards and ensure alignment with Enterprise/CDO/Polaris governance direction.
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
Act as the primary interface with senior Supply Chain leadership, Business Data Owners (BDOs), and the CDO/Polaris teams.
  • Drive Business Data Owner sign offs on scope, standards, critical data elements, and governance decisions.
  • Manage dependencies across Supply Chain, Data Engineering, Platform, and Analytics teams.
Roadmap, Readiness & Delivery Oversight
Lead the DG readiness assessment and "Get Green plan, including phased rollout sequencing and dependency management.
  • Own the pilot sub domain selection, success criteria, and milestone tracking.
  • Ensure delivery of all monthly milestones, RAID management, and change control in line with the SOW cadence.
Standards, Metrics & Scale Out
Oversee definition of Critical Data Elements (CDEs/CDOs), business glossary standards, metadata and lineage blueprints.
  • Lead development of the DG and DQ KPI framework, including baseline definition and adoption measurement.
  • Define the scale out governance playbook for replication across additional Supply Chain sub domains.
Advisory & Enablement (Non Technical)
Provide governance oversight for AI ready data pilots (advisory only; no AI or tooling implementation).
  • Guide change management activities, including communications, training approach, and adoption monitoring.
Required Experience & Skills
10+ years in Data Governance, Data Management, or Enterprise Data Leadership roles.
  • Proven experience defining and leading federated data governance models in large, complex organizations.
  • Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, stewardship, data quality frameworks, and data product concepts.
  • Executive level stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as DAMA DMBOK, DCAM, TOGAF.
  • Experience working with governance/catalog platforms (e.g., Purview, Collibra, Atlan, Alation) at a design and operating model level.

Numbers & Facts

LocationHouston, TX

Skills

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Blueprintsunmatched
  • Cadenceunmatched
  • Change Controlunmatched
  • Change Managementunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Data Managementunmatched
  • Data Modelingunmatched
  • Data Qualityunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
  • Metadataunmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • Performance Metricsunmatched
  • RAID Storageunmatched
  • Replication and Remote Mirroringunmatched
  • Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
  • Stewardshipunmatched
  • Supply Chainunmatched
  • Supply Chain Managementunmatched
  • TOGAF - The Open Group Architecture Frameworkunmatched

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