Role : Data Governance Lead

Location : Toronto ,ON

Duration : Contract

Role Summary:

Seeking a Data Governance Lead with 8+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, and Data Quality. The role will establish enterprise governance frameworks, improve data quality, manage metadata/catalogs, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive data stewardship across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:
Develop and implement Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models .
Establish data ownership, stewardship, and accountability .
Drive data quality, metadata, data lineage, and MDM initiatives.
Manage Data Catalog platforms such as Collibra, Informatica, Alation, or Microsoft Purview .
Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, SOX, HIPAA , and other regulations.
Partner with business, IT, security,



and data teams on governance requirements.
Lead governance councils, stakeholder training, audits, and risk assessments.
Develop governance KPIs, dashboards, and maturity scorecards .

Required Skills:
8+ years in Data Governance / Data Management / Data Quality
3+ years leading governance initiatives
DAMA-DMBOK knowledge
Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata, Data Lineage, MDM
Collibra / Informatica / Alation / Microsoft Purview
SQL , Data Warehousing
Solid stakeholder and communication skills

Preferred: CDMP certification, Master's degree, Azure/AWS/GCP, Agile experience.

📌 Data Governance Manager Toronto
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📍 Toronto