Staff Product Manager, Data Governance & Data Security Platform - 1627
About The Position
We are seeking a Staff Product Manager to own the product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and delivery of our enterprise data governance platform. This role involves leading governance capabilities such as data catalog, access governance, data quality, lineage, metadata, and classification. You will partner with InfoSec, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Data Engineering teams to implement governance controls, define and operationalize enterprise data stewardship, ownership models, business glossaries, and quality standards. The ideal candidate will translate regulatory and business requirements into scalable governance solutions, drive adoption of governance tooling, and establish best practices across business units. You will also measure governance effectiveness through audit readiness, risk reduction, data trust, and data accessibility metrics, and collaborate with engineering teams to embed governance controls throughout the data lifecycle. Responsibilities include authoring product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and governance policies, as well as evaluating build versus buy decisions for governance and security tooling.
Requirements
- 7+ years of Product Management or Product Ownership experience.
- Experience leading enterprise data governance, security, compliance, or platform initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of data cataloging, metadata management, access governance, lineage, and data quality.
- Experience with Snowflake and modern data platform ecosystems.
- Strong understanding of data engineering workflows, data warehousing, analytics, and governance integration.
- Experience working with SOX, CCPA, GDPR, content security, or similar compliance requirements.
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong SQL skills with ability to analyze data and validate governance controls.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools such as Cursor, Claude, Copilot, or similar platforms.
- Data Governance Frameworks
- Product Management
- Data Catalog Platforms (Alation, Atlan, Collibra, Secoda, data.world)
- Data Access Governance (Immuta, Privacera, Secupi, Okera)
- Data Lineage
- Data Quality & Observability
- Metadata Management
- Snowflake
- SQL
- Data Stewardship Programs
- Data Classification (PII, PCI, PHI)
- Compliance Frameworks (SOX, CCPA, GDPR)
- Data Security & Access Controls
- Roadmap Ownership
Nice To Haves
- Databricks or Unity Catalog
- dbt
- Tableau or Power BI
- Python or R
- AI/ML Governance
- Model Governance and Lineage
- Snowflake Horizon Catalog
- Media, Entertainment, or Content Industry Experience
Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and delivery of the enterprise data governance platform.
- Lead governance capabilities including data catalog, access governance, data quality, lineage, metadata, and classification.
- Partner with InfoSec, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, and Data Engineering teams to implement governance controls.
- Define and operationalize enterprise data stewardship, ownership models, business glossaries, and quality standards.
- Translate regulatory and business requirements into scalable governance solutions.
- Drive adoption of governance tooling and establish governance best practices across business units.
- Measure governance effectiveness through audit readiness, risk reduction, data trust, and data accessibility metrics.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to embed governance controls throughout the data lifecycle.
- Author product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and governance policies.
- Evaluate build versus buy decisions for governance and security tooling.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
