Director of Data Governance & Information Management

• Design, document, and implement an enterprise data governance framework
• Define data ownership and stewardship models, decision rights (RACI), and governance policies
• Establish standards for data quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, and lifecycle management
• Ensure governance practices are pragmatic, scalable, and aligned to business priorities and regulatory needs
• Personally execute foundational governance activities: Identify and prioritize data domains
• Define critical data elements (CDEs)
• Establish data quality rules and issue management workflows
• Build policies, playbooks, and governance artifacts
• Drive adoption through direct engagement with business, underwriting, actuarial, claims, finance, and IT teams
• Serve as a key member of the Data Council
• Prepare materials, proposals, agendas, and reporting
• Facilitate cross-functional decisions and ensure follow‑through on commitments
• Partner with security, privacy, and risk leaders to align on: Data classification and handling
• Privacy, retention, and regulatory requirements
• AI and analytics risk controls
• Ensure governance upholds the organization’s risk posture while enabling innovation
• Evaluate, select, and implement data governance and data management tools, including: Data catalog and metadata management
• Data quality monitoring
• Business glossary and lineage solutions
• Lead vendor evaluations, proof‑of‑concepts, and tool rollouts with limited support
• Ensure tools integrate into daily workflows and deliver measurable business value
• Define and track governance KPIs (data quality, adoption, issue cycle time, etc.)
• Report progress, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership
• Continuously refine practices based on feedback, insights, and results

• 10+ years in data governance, data management, or information management roles
• Proven ability to build and operationalize a data governance program from the ground up in a hands-on, practitioner capacity
• Experience in regulated industries (insurance, healthcare, financial services, or similar)
• Strong experience with data quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, and lifecycle management, with experience defining CDEs, DQ rules, stewardship models, and governance workflows
• Experience partnering with security, privacy, risk, and compliance teams to align governance with regulatory and audit requirements
• Familiarity with governance tooling such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Atlan, BigID, or similar platforms
• Exposure to AI, advanced analytics, or data product environments, with an understanding of governance implications
• Experience supporting or participating in executive councils, data councils, or enterprise governance bodies
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in a lean environment, delivering artifacts, policies, and frameworks without large teams or consultants
• Strong communication and executive presence, with the ability to influence without authority and drive cross-functional alignment

Base Salary + Bonus