Sia · 9 hours ago
Senior Data Governance Program Lead - Associate Manager
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$143K/yr - $148K/yr
7+ years expSia is a next-generation, global management consulting group that helps clients navigate and benefit from transformation. The Senior Data Governance Program Lead will operationalize a new enterprise data governance program, driving onboarding across departments and ensuring alignment on critical data objects and metrics.
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No H1B
Responsibilities
Act as the program sponsor proxy to drive execution, decision-making, and follow-through across four departments
Operationalize the enterprise data governance operating model, including forums, cadences, roles (data owners, data stewards), and decision workflows
Lead onboarding across departments, ensuring teams adopt governance processes, templates, and standards consistently
Drive alignment and VP sign-offs on critical data objects, metrics, and definitions, including ownership, accountability, and change control
Build and maintain program-level plans, milestones, and dashboards that track adoption, progress, issues, risks, and executive decisions
Run cross-functional working sessions and executive readouts. Reduce surprises by proactively managing risks and escalations
Establish program goals, success metrics, and reporting mechanisms to measure adoption, data quality, consistency of definitions, and business impact
Partner with Product Owners and engineering teams to prioritize and deliver enabling capabilities (for example, metadata management, data catalog adoption, approval workflows, data quality monitoring)
Align intake, triage, SLA tracking, and post-launch measurement to organizational standards
Manage competing priorities and simultaneous workstreams in a fast-paced environment, switching from program-level strategy to task-level execution as needed
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation of governance workflows and reporting
Mentor junior consultants in delivery best practices and structured program execution
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional experience in program, project, or product management within technology (or financial services), including 3 to 5 years in a technical program management or equivalent delivery capacity
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise data governance or data management programs (for example, critical data elements, metric governance, data ownership, stewardship models, data catalog rollout, data quality governance)
Strong executive presence with a track record of driving alignment and decisions with VP-level stakeholders
Experience delivering complex, cross-functional programs spanning product, engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentations and crisp status reporting
Strong risk, dependency, and issue management. Operates with urgency, accountability, and sound judgment in matrixed organizations
5+ years working in Agile environments, with the ability to adapt governance delivery to iterative product and platform roadmaps
Technical and data acumen. Comfortable collaborating with data platform, analytics engineering, and product teams
Bachelors degree required
Must currently reside in San Francisco Bay Area and willing to go on-site 3x a week
Preferred
Experience in an enterprise SaaS environment running governance programs at scale
Certifications such as PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or CDMP (or equivalent)
Familiarity with governance, delivery, and reporting tools such as ServiceNow PPM, Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Azure DevOps, and Google Workspace
Experience with data governance and metadata tools (for example, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Atlan) and dashboarding tools (for example, Tableau)
Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus
Benefits
3 Medical plans
Dental and Vision
Life, AD&D and other voluntary insurance
401K retirement plan
4% matching and 100% vested upon enrollment
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health, Dependent Care, Commuter
100% paid parental leave for all new parents with eligible tenure
Building Healthy Families program if enrolled through Medical plan
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
9 company holidays plus 1 floating holiday
College savings and student loan repayment assistance
Monthly cell phone stipend
Access to wellness programs at no cost if enrolled through Medical plan, including:
Gym membership reimbursement
LiveHealth Online virtual care
Personalized support from a Well-being Coach
Employee Assistance Program at no cost
Free confidential counseling and emotional support services
On-demand access to Emotional Well-being resources (ranging from relaxation techniques to stress management)
Company
Sia
is a management consulting company. It is focused on delivering superior value and tangible results to clients.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Derek Counihan
Solutions Architect
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