Data Governance Lead

CCU • Lake Forest, IL

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Consumers Credit Union, data isn’t just information—it’s a shared asset that powers smarter decisions, stronger member experiences, and regulatory confidence. We’re looking for a Data Governance Lead who’s ready to build, guide, and champion a modern data governance program across the credit union. If you love creating structure from complexity, partnering across business and IT, and helping organizations truly own their data , this role is for you. Location/Schedule: Hybrid schedule with 2-3 days/week at our corporate office in Lake Forest, IL. Local Northern IL/Southeast WI candidates only! What You’ll Do: Enable data as a product by guiding data owners and product owners with onboarding, coaching, and governance roadmaps. Lead our Data Governance program by defining policies, standards, and best practices that ensure high-quality, compliant, and secure data. Build the governance operating model by establishing roles, decision rights, and escalation paths. Partner across the business and IT to monitor data quality, resolve issues, and support regulatory requirements (NCUA, CCPA). Own metadata and master data integrity by working with data engineering and stewards to enforce documentation and standards. Empower teams with tools and knowledge by supporting business glossaries, data catalogs, and CCU’s data governance platform. Promote a data-driven culture through workshops, training, newsletters, dashboards, and success stories. Evaluate and implement governance tools by partnering with IT and procurement on vendor selection, ROI, and integrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business Administration, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or related roles
• 2+ years of experience in a credit union or financial institution (preferred) OR: 7+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Experience with data enterprise warehouses such as Snowflake and Databricks and tools like Coalesce
• Strong collaboration, communication, and change-leadership skills
• A passion for making data understandable, usable, and trusted
• Strong problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a related field (preferred)
• CDMP certification (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Enable data as a product by guiding data owners and product owners with onboarding, coaching, and governance roadmaps.
• Lead our Data Governance program by defining policies, standards, and best practices that ensure high-quality, compliant, and secure data.
• Build the governance operating model by establishing roles, decision rights, and escalation paths.
• Partner across the business and IT to monitor data quality, resolve issues, and support regulatory requirements (NCUA, CCPA).
• Own metadata and master data integrity by working with data engineering and stewards to enforce documentation and standards.
• Empower teams with tools and knowledge by supporting business glossaries, data catalogs, and CCU’s data governance platform.
• Promote a data-driven culture through workshops, training, newsletters, dashboards, and success stories.
• Evaluate and implement governance tools by partnering with IT and procurement on vendor selection, ROI, and integrations.

Benefits

• Consumers Credit Union provides eligible employees an opportunity to participate in our medical (High Deductible, HMO and PPO), dental, vision, spending accounts, short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and other plans effective date of hire.
• You will be eligible to participate in the 401(k) savings plan at any time.
• You will be automatically enrolled in the pension plan following six months of employment and 1,000 hours of service and reaching age 20.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees