Director, Data Governance & Analytics

OMNIA Partners•Franklin, TN

23h•Onsite

About The Position

OMNIA Partners is seeking a Director, Data Governance & Analytics to lead the Reporting & Analytics team and establish the data governance practice that supports the company’s analytical assets. This working leadership role combines responsibility for defining, owning and maintaining trusted data with leadership of the team producing enterprise reporting, dashboards and executive scorecards. The Director will establish clear data ownership, agreed metric definitions, documented lineage and measurable data quality, and ensure governance standards are applied to reporting and analytics deliverables. The Director will build the governance program through a practical, phased roadmap agreed with technology leadership, with active partnership and support from the Vice President of AI/ML and Reporting & Analytics. The role is intended for someone who has led a meaningful governance workstream and is ready to own a broader program. It calls for a leader who can make governance useful to business partners and work effectively with both data stewards and analytics deliverables. The position is based in Franklin, Tennessee, and is in-office only. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now and in the future.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, Analytics, Business Administration or a related field.
At least 7 years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics or business intelligence.
At least 2 years leading a team or serving as a team lead, mentor or workstream owner.
Direct experience leading a data governance workstream or owning governance for a data domain, such as data quality, business glossary, metric definitions, stewardship or metadata.
Working knowledge of SQL and Snowflake.
Solid familiarity with Tableau.
Ability to build working relationships and drive adoption among teams that do not report to the role.
Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain data and governance concepts in plain language and prepare well-organized materials for senior audiences.
Practical execution skills, dependable follow-through, attention to detail and comfort working amid ambiguity and shifting priorities.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now and in the future.

Nice To Haves

Formal people-management experience; strong senior analysts or leads ready to step into people leadership will also be considered.
Experience in distribution, procurement, group purchasing or a comparable B2B environment.
Familiarity with a framework such as DAMA-DMBOK.
Exposure to Master Data Management and data catalog tooling.
Exposure to semantic layer tooling.
Exposure to Salesforce data structures and reporting.
Hands-on analyst experience and the ability to review a query or workbook with sound judgment.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach and develop the Reporting & Analytics team; set priorities and quality standards, establish planning and delivery routines, provide feedback, support analysts’ development and recruit as opportunities arise.
Own delivery of the enterprise KPI framework, executive scorecards, Tableau reporting portfolio and self-service reporting capabilities.
Drive dashboard certification and cleanup, and develop enablement and documentation that help business partners use reporting confidently.
Establish and advance OMNIA Partners’ data governance program through a practical, phased roadmap agreed with technology leadership.
Define the governance operating model, including decision rights, accountabilities and escalation paths, and organize and facilitate the Data Governance working group.
Define core data domains and work with business leaders to secure named data owners and stewards; onboard and engage the steward network and maintain accountability across Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Technology.
Govern the definition, certification and maintenance of core business metrics in the Snowflake semantic layer; establish processes for proposing, approving and retiring definitions.
Build the business glossary, data dictionaries and data lineage so users can find data, understand it and trace its origins.
Define practical data quality measures for critical data, monitor and report data health, and drive root-cause analysis and lasting upstream fixes with source-system owners.
Develop and socialize data policies and standards for classification, access, usage and retention, partnering with Legal and Information Security on privacy and protection.
Partner responsively and credibly with business leaders; manage intake and prioritization, set realistic commitments, provide transparent status and deliver consistently.
Maintain a healthy team backlog in Jira, define function KPIs and communicate progress to senior stakeholders in plain business language.