Executive Director, Data Governance Lead

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reinsurance group of americaSan Diego (CA)

Compliance Managers Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

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About the role

Executive Director, Data Governance LeadAs Executive Director, Data Governance Lead, you own and drive the governance strategy for the Enterprise Data Platform. You will align governance standards with enterprise policies and regulatory obligations, partnering with business and technology teams to ensure trusted, secure data. You'll enable governance adoption across the EDP, guiding cross-functional stakeholders and leading continual improvements. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on governance implementation to support data quality, privacy, and compliance at scale. Compensation / Benefitshealth benefitsretirement plansannual bonus programequity incentive (long-term)remote work availabilityprofessional development opportunities

Responsibilities:

Lead the implementation and execution of the organization's data governance program across the EDP ecosystem
Collaborate with business and IT to define and operationalize data management policies, data quality, metadata, data security, and privacy
Monitor compliance through audits and metrics across the EDP ecosystem
Create, implement, and monitor governance metrics
Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships to align objectives
Communicate complex concepts and drive adoption of new viewpoints to foster innovation
Develop frameworks to classify data, ownership, lifecycle, and access controls
Work in an Agile environment, refining priorities and milestones, and identifying risks
Possibly lead cross-functional project teams to educate stakeholders and implement new security and compliance standards across teams
Perform capacity planning and create technical diagrams/layouts

Key Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences or equivalent education/experience 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise-level data governance or data management 4+ years of experience managing enterprise initiatives, teams, and engineering solutions
Ability to align solutions with business goals
Advanced interpersonal and collaboration skills
Strong communication and ability to build consensus
Proactive, self-starter with project management capabilities
Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, policies, and practical implementation
Data privacy, security, lifecycle management, and data quality best practices
Experience defining data policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines

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