Director, Data Governance - 11073
About The Position
Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins. Why join Coupa? ð¹ Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend. ð¹ Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence. ð¹ Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other. Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa. The Impact of a Director, Data Governance at Coupa: We are seeking a strategic and operationally-minded Director of Data Governance to lead the strategy, implementation, and management of enterprise-wide data governance to ensure that Coupa's data assets are accurate, secure, compliant, and leveraged to drive massive value for our global customers.
Requirements
- 10+ years in Data Governance, Data Management, or Enterprise Architecture.
- SaaS Expertise: Proven track record in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment.
- Leadership: Experience building and leading high-performing teams of data analysts and stewards.
- Toolkit: Proficiency with governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or Atlan.
- Stakeholder Influence: Ability to translate complex data issues into business risks and opportunities for C-suite executives.
- Technical Literacy: Solid understanding of cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks) and the modern data stacks.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive data governance roadmap, including policies, standards, and roles (Data Stewards/Owners).
- Data Quality Management: Define "gold standard" metrics for data quality and implement automated monitoring to remediate issues across our platform.
- Compliance & Privacy: Partner with Legal and Security teams to ensure global compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and evolving AI-related data regulations.
- Metadata & Lineage: Implement tools for data cataloging and lineage to help technical and business users understand where data comes from and how it's transformed.
- AI Readiness: Prepare Coupa's data architecture for advanced AI/ML applications by ensuring data is "AI-ready" (labeled, clean, and ethically sourced).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
