Staff Data Governance Lead

Company Description

Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today.

Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots.

The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history.

Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.

Team Description

Our Research & Design team crafts delightful experiences that make people's lives easier. We're a close-knit, collaborative group, guided by a highly iterative user-centered design process. Combining research, data, and thoughtful critique, we're discovering needs and solving fundamental problems that impact work and life for millions of people around the world.

Role Description

Dropbox Business Foundations is looking for a Data Governance Expert to explore and understand data and data process across all of Dropbox, and develop a Data Governance framework to manage the way we collect, use, and share data. This role will require strong collaboration with multiple teams across the company to create data maps, data dictionaries, security and compliance classifications, and other key artifacts, as well as mechanisms to ensure they are properly managed and fully utilized across the company.

**Responsibilities**:
Establishing the data governance strategy including the related methodologies, policies, processes, standards, and metrics to ensure the quality and security of the data used across Dropbox.
Partner with stakeholders across the company to identify and capture the data lifecycle and source-to-target data mapping.
Define and manage the data classification, data governance, data ownership, data inventory and data privacy management programs.
Create and support implementation of data access, retention, and disposition standards to support legal, technical, and business requirements.
Deliver education and training on data governance concepts, standards, guidelines, and processes.
Ensure issue management processes are in place to capture and resolve data issues in a timely manner and lead coordination of data quality remediation plans where data fails to meet established data governance standards.
**Requirements**:
Minimum 8+ years experience in data governance implementation, including data management, data governance, and data quality.
Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills with proven ability to establish and cultivate relationships with various stakeholders.
Successful program management experience including the implementation of data management policies and standards.
Demonstrated change management skills and strategies related to data management projects, including communication, culture change, and performance measurement system design.

**Benefits**:
Dropbox is committed to investing in the holistic health and wellbeing of all Dropboxers and their families. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage*

Retirement Savings through a defined contribution pension or savings plan**

Dropbox provides a Flexible PTO Policy in addition to your statutory holidays allowing you to unplug, unwind, and refresh

Dropbox also provides exclusive additional paid time off for all FTE employees across the Globe, in addition to any relevant statutory holidays

Protection Plans including Life and Disability Insurance*

A Perks Allowance to be used on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness, learning and development, food & groceries, and much more

Parental benefits including; Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support

Additional benefits details are available upon request.
- Where group plans are not available, allowances are provided

**Benefit, amount, and type are dependent on geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy

Dropbox is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work. A big part of that effort is our support for members and allies of internal groups like Asians at Dropbox, BlackDropboxers, Latinx, Pridebox (LGBTQ