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Encore Fire Protection · 13 hours ago

Data Governance Manager

Needham, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Encore Fire Protection is the East Coast's largest full-service fire protection company, dedicated to safeguarding lives and property. They are seeking a Data Governance Manager to establish and lead the enterprise data governance program, ensuring data quality, security, and compliance while supporting operational excellence and analytics.

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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Establish and oversee enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure data quality, consistency, security, privacy, and compliance

Define data ownership, stewardship, classification, retention, and lifecycle controls in partnership with business and IT leaders

Build and operate governance workflows including issue intake, triage, root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and continuous improvement

Lead governance councils and working groups to drive adoption, accountability, and consistent decision-making

Serve as the primary data governance advisor to the CIO and senior leadership, aligning governance priorities with enterprise objectives

Partner with business and functional leaders to identify where poor data quality or unclear definitions are impacting performance, then translate those gaps into actionable governance improvements

Convert business needs into practical data standards, definitions, and operating processes

Cultivate strong partnerships across business units and IT so governance is embedded in daily workflows

Advocate for a data-driven culture by enabling shared definitions, trusted sources, and clear accountability

Influence stakeholders at all levels to adopt disciplined, consistent data practices

Build and lead Encore’s data governance function, including developing a distributed network of data owners and stewards across the enterprise

Create a collaborative, solutions -oriented environment that balances structure with business agility

Partner with IT and data teams to implement governance-enabling tools and capabilities such as metadata management, data cataloging, lineage, and data quality monitoring

Support reliability and consistency of enterprise data by defining standards for master data, reference data, and critical business definitions

Define and track governance success metrics including data quality improvements, reduced rework, reporting consistency, and faster decision-making

Partner with business units to prioritize governance initiatives that deliver measurable operational and financial impact

Develop and maintain a phased data governance roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities

Partner with leadership to assess, justify, and prioritize investments in governance capabilities and tools

Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable adoption

Strengthen the governance foundation required for analytics and AI by ensuring trusted sources, definitions, lineage, and appropriate access controls

Support responsible AI adoption through policies addressing privacy, security, and appropriate usage

Qualification

Data governanceMetadata managementData quality practicesData managementData operationsEnterprise data solutionsInfluencing skillsChange managementRelationship buildingCommunication skills