Senior Technical Product Manager - Data Governance Technology Platform Lead

U.S. Bank • Cupertino, CA

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Governance Platform & Ecosystem Lead is responsible for defining, building, and scaling the enterprise’s integrated governance platform across multi cloud environments and diverse data ecosystems. This leader will architect and operationalize a unified governance experience that connects Collibra, Snowflake, Databricks Unity Catalog, and other ecosystem technologies to ensure secure, compliant, and trusted data usage across the organization. The ideal candidate combines deep data governance expertise with strategic product leadership - driving interoperability, automation, data driven innovation, and alignment with regulatory, security, and business objectives.

Requirements

• 12–15+ years in data governance, enterprise data management, or platform architecture leadership roles
• Expert level knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data quality, compliance, and enterprise governance frameworks
• Hands on proficiency with Collibra, Snowflake, Databricks Unity Catalog, and related governance ecosystem technologies
• Proven experience architecting and governing multi cloud environments (AWS + Azure) and hybrid/on prem integrations
• Experience designing API driven integrations, automation workflows, and governance engineering patterns
• Background in building governed data marketplaces, secure data exchange models, entitlement frameworks, and data contracts
• Experience defining governance standards for data products and enterprise data sharing ecosystems
• Experience with cost optimization, budgeting, and financial governance for platform ecosystems
• Proven product leadership, including vision setting, roadmap development, and backlog management
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across technical, business, and executive domains
• Demonstrated success driving governance adoption in large, complex organizations
• Strong track record delivering strategic roadmaps, KPIs, and modernization outcomes at scale
• Exceptional communication skills with experience presenting to and influencing executive stakeholders
• Experience with AI driven governance automation (e.g., enrichment agents, lineage inference, data quality intelligence)

Nice To Haves

• Databricks Unity Catalog / Governance focused training
• Collibra Ranger
• CDMP, DCAM, or equivalent governance certifications
• Snowflake or cloud governance certifications (AWS / Azure)

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain end-to-end governance frameworks for data lineage, data quality, metadata management, access governance, and compliance across AWS, Azure, and on prem environments.
• Establish scalable patterns for metadata ingestion, lineage orchestration, and policy enforcement to ensure consistent and automated governance.
• Unify Collibra, Snowflake, Databricks Unity Catalog, and adjacent technologies into a cohesive governance fabric that supports interoperability and consistent controls.
• Define integration standards and interoperability patterns to ensure unified governance across platforms, data domains, and cloud environments.
• Define governance operating models for data products, shared datasets, and marketplace offerings to support standardized, governed data consumption.
• Enable secure, compliant, and frictionless data sharing using entitlement frameworks, data contracts, and standardized exchange patterns.
• Partner with SMEs across lineage, data quality, privacy, risk, and engineering to embed governance capabilities into workflows and development lifecycles.
• Lead governance evangelism to promote adoption, improve usability, and drive consistent enterprise wide execution.
• Develop API driven patterns and automation for metadata ingestion, lineage capture, quality metrics, and governance workflows.
• Champion automation first practices to reduce operational overhead, improve governance scalability, and ensure consistent control enforcement.
• Collaborate closely with architecture, engineering, product, risk, and business teams to align governance capabilities with enterprise priorities.
• Influence executive stakeholders through a clear vision, measurable outcomes, and demonstrated strategic impact.
• Define KPIs that measure governance adoption, data quality improvements, regulatory readiness, and platform performance.
• Provide leadership reporting that clearly communicates program value, progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed