Sweetwater · 12 hours ago
Data Governance Lead
Fort Wayne, IN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expSweetwater is the nation’s number one online retailer of music instruments and pro audio gear, seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to join their Data & Analytics team. The role involves defining and operationalizing data governance practices to ensure high-quality data across the enterprise while collaborating with various teams to maintain data integrity and compliance.
Music
Responsibilities
Responsible for Defining and evolve the enterprise data governance framework, including policies, standards, and decision rights
Establish governance that is practical, scalable, and embedded into delivery workflows
Align governance priorities to business outcomes (growth, customer experience, risk reduction)
Design, implement, and continuously improve the policies, technical processes, and procedures that enable the company’s enterprise data governance program
Act as the technical authority for translating data governance policies and standards into operational workflows, controls, and tooling across the data lifecycle
Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, & IT Security teams to embed regulatory requirements into technical controls, including data minimization, purpose limitation, retention & disposition procedures, and data subject enablement
Drive technical enablement for master and reference data management, critical data element identification, and lineage tracing from source to consumption
Lead initiatives around Data definitions and business glossary – providing ownership and stewardship models along with Critical data elements
Educate teams on Data handling expectations, Governance principles and Responsible AI & analytics use
Partner closely with internal technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure data is accurate, trustworthy, well-documented, and protected in accordance with regulatory and business requirements
Responsible for defining success metrics for governance effectiveness
Regularly review and update policies as data platforms, regulations, and business needs evolve
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, or data platforms
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data & Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field
Strong understanding of PII & data privacy concepts, Data lifecycle management, and BI and Analytics ecosystems
Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, data science, security, and legal/compliance teams
Ability to translate policy into practical, usable workflows
Preferred
Experience in retail, eCommerce, or customer data platforms
Familiarity with modern data stacks (preferably Google)
Experience and familiarity with data modeling and Business Intelligence tools
Experience governing data for AI/ML use cases
Company
Sweetwater
Sweetwater, you are immediately immersed in a culture that is centered on one mantra
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Providence Equity Partners
2021-06-30Private Equity
Leadership Team
Mike Clem
CEO / President
Greg Clark
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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