Senior Data Governance Coordinator

JB Poindexter & Co•Houston, TX

19h

About The Position

Senior Data Governance Coordinator Position Summary: The Senior Data Governance Coordinator plays a critical role in operationalizing the company’s enterprise data strategy. This role partners closely with the Data Strategy Leadership to establish, execute, and scale governance processes across business units. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience implementing governance frameworks in multiple organizations, understands the realities of data quality and metadata management, and can immediately drive structure, documentation, and stakeholder alignment without training or ramp-up time. This is a high-visibility, execution-heavy role suited for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, can translate governance principles into practical workflows, and ensures that data becomes a trusted, well-managed asset across the enterprise.

Requirements

5–8+ years of hands-on experience in data governance coordination, stewardship, or data quality roles across multiple organizations.
Proven ability to execute governance frameworks (policies, standards, quality rules, metadata, lineage).
Strong working knowledge of enterprise data concepts: data lifecycle, classification, access control, quality dimensions, lineage, and cataloging.
Experience with governance and catalog tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica DQ).
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and deliver high-quality outputs immediately.
Excellent documentation skills (Confluence, SharePoint, Visio/Lucidchart).
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across business and technical teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting new data strategy deployments or governance programs built from the ground up.
Background working in mid-to-large enterprises with cross-functional data ecosystems.
Ability to create governance playbooks, RACI models, and process maps.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and run day-to-day governance activities, including stewardship forums, issue triage, and policy adherence checks.
Operationalize governance policies, standards, and data quality rules across business and technical teams.
Maintain governance calendars, workflows, approvals, and documentation repositories.
Manage and continuously update business glossaries, data dictionaries, and metadata assets.
Work with data owners and stewards to validate definitions, lineage, and classification.
Ensure datasets are properly cataloged in tools such as Purview, Collibra, or Alation.
Coordinate data quality assessments, profiling, and rule execution.
Track, document, and escalate data quality issues; ensure timely resolution with accountable teams.
Prepare recurring dashboards and reports on data quality KPIs.
Support change management by communicating standards, expectations, and best practices.
Identify gaps in governance processes and recommend improvements.
Develop templates, SOPs, and playbooks to standardize governance activities.
Support onboarding of new stewards, owners, and data users (without requiring training yourself). 6. Support for Analytics,
Validate data used in dashboards, reports, and models.
Support the Analytics CoE with data preparation and documentation.
Assist in preparing datasets for automation and AI initiatives.
Ensure governed data is available and ready for consumption.