Director Data Governance - Palms Insurance
About The Position
The Data Governance leader plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s daily operations and enabling long-term growth by driving enterprise-wide data quality and governance standards, with a focus on the Insurance Programs and Specialty P&C insurance business. This role is responsible for establishing and enforcing data governance policies, frameworks, and controls, while partnering closely with business, technology, and compliance teams to ensure alignment on data privacy, security, storage, and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will lead data quality initiatives, manage governance-related projects, and chair the Palms Data Governance Committee. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution, with the ability to work across departments to translate complex data needs into clear, actionable outcomes that drive consistency, transparency, and operational effectiveness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- 10+ years of experience
- 5+ years of leadership experience
Responsibilities
- Establish the Data Governance Framework, which includes designing and implementing comprehensive data governance policies, standards, and procedures across all business functions; defining data ownership, accountability, and stewardship models to ensure clear responsibility for data quality and integrity; and creating and maintaining data dictionaries, class tables, and other similar standards
- Define and execute the company’s data governance roadmap including best practices, controls, data quality checks and security protocols
- Support the implementation and maintenance of the Data Compliance Program across the business functions, ensuring Palms meets its legal, regulatory, and reputational responsibilities
- Support Compliance in maintaining documentation for annual certifications regarding data compliance and reporting to relevant governance bodies; including compliance with NYDFS and CCPA regulations
- Establish and chair the Palms Data Governance Committee reporting into Palms executive leadership
- Establish and implement standards for HIPPA, PII, PCI and PHI compliance
- Ensure data lifecycle management – from collection to storage retention, archival and disposal
- Lead data initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, customer experience and business growth.
- Develop and enforce policies, procedures and standards to ensure data security, system reliability and work efficiency
- Collaborate with senior leadership to identify and prioritize data initiatives that drive business value
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Benefits
- Relocation Provided
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
