Data Governance Lead

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada CI Financial Full time

At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

JOB OVERVIEW
The Data Governance Lead is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and management of an organization’s data governance framework. This role ensures that data is managed consistently and used appropriately, improving the quality, accessibility, and security of data across the enterprise. The Data Governance Lead collaborates with stakeholders across business units to enforce data policies, standards, and best practices, driving a culture of data-driven decision-making.

WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Develop and implement data governance frameworks: Establish and maintain strategies for data stewardship, data quality, and data lifecycle management to support business objectives.
- Define and enforce data policies and standards: Work with business and IT teams to define data policies, standards, and procedures, ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.
- Data quality management: Recommend and lead initiatives to monitor and improve data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness.
- Metadata management: Develop processes to manage metadata effectively and efficiently, ensuring data is well-documented and accessible across the organization.
- Stakeholder collaboration: Work closely with data owners, stewards, and business units to promote a data governance culture and support data-related projects and initiatives.
- Risk and compliance: Ensure that data governance practices comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations.
- Data stewardship: Oversee data stewardship activities, ensuring data custodianship roles are clearly defined and maintained.
- Data governance tools: Evaluate, select, and implement data governance tools, technologies, and methodologies that enhance data management practices.
- Reporting and metrics: Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to measure data governance program performance, data quality, and compliance with governance policies.
- Training and awareness: Develop and deliver data governance training programs for business and technical stakeholders to ensure understanding and compliance with data governance practices.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- 5+ years of experience in data management, governance, or a related field.
- Proven experience managing data governance programs.
- Strong understanding of data privacy regulations, compliance requirements and risk management.
- Experience with data governance tools (e.g., Collibra, NetApp, Informatica, Alation).
- Experience managing vendor relationships.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across teams and communicate complex data issues effectively.
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables.
- Experience with developing training materials and conducting sessions.
- Experience gathering and collaborating with different technical teams (e.g. Cloud, dba, developers, vendor support) to resolve data issues.

Education/Training
- Degree in information management, data science, computer science, or related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of industry data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA, DCAM).
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and modern data architectures.
- Experience with tools/technologies such as NetApp, Oracle, Snowflake, Python, Jira + agile project management, Visio.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to details.
- Business and technical requirements documentation skills.
- Strong working knowledge and understanding of SQL.
- Experience with governing structured and unstructured data.
- Ability to perform data investigations via data queries.
- A strong analytical mindset and excellent written/verbal communication skills.
- Experience in the Financial Services Industry is an asset.
- Ability to work within an organization based upon continuous improvement.
- Appreciation of the value of data as an asset and importance of data reliability.
- Passion for democratizing data and improving organizational data literacy.

CI Financial is an independent company offering global wealth management and asset management advisory services through diverse financial services firms. Since 1965, we have consistently anticipated and responded to the changing needs of investors. We are driven by a commitment to provide individuals and institutions with the highest-quality investments and advice. Our commitment to the highest levels of performance means that whatever their position, CI employees must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment that will stretch them to tap into t

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