Senior Manager, Data Governance

Independence Pet Group•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Independence Pet Holdings, established in 2021, is a corporate holding company managing a diverse portfolio of pet health brands and services across North America. We aim to simplify the pet parenting journey and improve pet well-being through innovative solutions. As a leader in the pet category, we provide a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand, omni-channel approach includes our own insurance carrier, insurance brands, and partner brands.

Requirements

Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise data governance policies, standards, and processes.
Lead a small team to ensure data stewardship of data assets, tags, policies and standards are deployed accurately.
Establish data classification, retention, access management, and usage policies.
Drive adoption of governance best practices across data domains.
Define and operationalize governance practices specific to Azure Databricks, including: Permissions & Unity Catalog management, Data lineage and metadata practices.
Partner with Data Engineering to ensure architecture aligns with governance controls.
Define and maintain data quality rules, metrics, thresholds, and monitoring processes.
Implement proactive measures to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data.
Lead the adoption and utilization of metadata and cataloging tools (e.g., Unity Catalog, Purview).
Ensure visibility into data assets, lineage, ownership, and usage.
Promote data discoverability and literacy across the organization.
Partner with Security, Privacy, and Legal teams to ensure compliance with standards such as GDPR, CCPA, SOC2, and internal policies.
Support audit processes and evidence collection.
Identify gaps in data controls and manage remediation.
Champion data governance as a repeatable practice and strategic capability.
Provide training, communication, and guidance to encourage organizational adoption.
Manage governance intake and prioritization for data domains, issues, and initiatives.
Perform data analysis when needed using technologies such as sql, pyspark etc.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain enterprise data governance policies, standards, and processes.
Lead a small team to ensure data stewardship of data assets, tags, policies, and standards are deployed accurately.
Establish data classification, retention, access management, and usage policies.
Drive adoption of governance best practices across data domains.
Define and operationalize governance practices specific to Azure Databricks, including Permissions & Unity Catalog management and Data lineage and metadata practices.
Partner with Data Engineering to ensure architecture aligns with governance controls.
Define and maintain data quality rules, metrics, thresholds, and monitoring processes.
Implement proactive measures to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data.
Lead the adoption and utilization of metadata and cataloging tools (e.g., Unity Catalog, Purview).
Ensure visibility into data assets, lineage, ownership, and usage.
Promote data discoverability and literacy across the organization.
Partner with Security, Privacy, and Legal teams to ensure compliance with standards such as GDPR, CCPA, SOC2, and internal policies.
Support audit processes and evidence collection.
Identify gaps in data controls and manage remediation.
Champion data governance as a repeatable practice and strategic capability.
Provide training, communication, and guidance to encourage organizational adoption.
Manage governance intake and prioritization for data domains, issues, and initiatives.
Perform data analysis when needed using technologies such as sql, pyspark etc.