Sr Enterprise Data Governance Manager

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co•Jersey City, NJ

About The Position

The Sr Enterprise Data Governance Manager leads the Data Governance program within BBH’s Enterprise Data Protection team. The role oversees strategic initiatives to govern data throughout its lifecycle, with a focus on governance of data use in AI tools, masking data used in lower environments, and archiving and destroying data in accordance with records management policies and standards. The position also identifies and implements tools to automate program execution, monitoring, and reporting, and collaborates with senior managers across Systems and the broader organization to align priorities and deliver initiatives. The manager develops and maintains the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model in alignment with the overall Data Protection strategy. They provide strategic and operational governance, manage program risks and costs, and ensure benefits are realized. The role defines and implements AI security controls and governance, improves retention and destruction processes, establishes program KPIs and KRIs, and creates governance councils, stewardship programs, and accountability frameworks across business and technology organizations. The position oversees complex projects within the Data Destruction program, manages budgets and resource allocation, dependencies, priorities, and trade-offs, and ensures strong project management and execution practices. It also manages the data destruction program team and engages participants, stakeholders, senior managers, and executive oversight committees to clarify goals, communicate strategy, and report progress.

Requirements

10+ years of overall experience, including a minimum of 5 years in data protection, governance, and risk management.
Strong understanding of AI, GenAI, LLMs, AI agents, and associated security risks.
Deep understanding of data and AI governance frameworks.
Experience with data discovery, masking, archive, and destruction tools.
Demonstrated understanding of program and project management principles, tools, and techniques.
Experience managing individuals and teams.
Experience in change management.
Demonstrated understanding of application programming, database design, and system design.
Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Knowledge of cloud data governance practices across Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud environments.
Demonstrated influencing and leadership skills, including negotiation and conflict management.
Customer-focused perspective, teamwork, negotiation, conflict management, and adaptability.
Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with division executives, clients, and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated communication and presentation skills, including the ability to tailor communication to the audience.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of MS Purview, Informatica, or Varonis.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model in alignment with the overall Data Protection strategy.
Provide strategic and operational program governance to address risks, manage costs, and ensure benefits are realized.
Define and implement AI security controls and governance.
Work with organizational participants and stakeholders to identify opportunities and improve data retention and destruction processes.
Identify and implement technical tools to automate and improve execution and tracking of data archive and destruction activities.
Define program KPIs and KRIs and provide status reporting and analysis to senior leadership.
Establish governance councils, stewardship programs, and accountability frameworks across business and technology organizations.
Oversee large, complex projects within the Data Destruction program and ensure strategic program goals are met.
Maintain the program budget and ensure resources are appropriately allocated.
Identify and manage cross-project dependencies and the overall program critical path.
Facilitate trade-off decisions among quality, cost, resources, scope, and time to prioritize demand.
Set program priorities and provide direction and guidance to related project teams.
Ensure projects adhere to strong project management and project execution standards and best practices.
Manage the data destruction program team, allocate resources, and define team members’ roles and responsibilities.
Communicate with participants, stakeholders, and senior managers to clarify goals and strategy and report program status.
Prepare program updates for executive oversight committees.
Facilitate stakeholder engagement across Systems and the broader organization to meet program goals and deliver results.