Data Governance Lead

<strong>Job Requirements </strong><br><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sweetwater, the nation’s number one online retailer of music instruments and pro audio gear, is seeking to hire an analytical, detailed, and experienced Data Governance Lead to join our growing Data & Analytics team! As the Data Governance Lead, you will be responsible for defining, operationalizing, and scaling data governance practices that enable trusted, secure, and high-quality data across the enterprise— without slowing innovation. In this role, you will partner closely with Analytics Engineering, Data Science, Software Engineering, Security, Legal, and Business Leaders to ensure data is well-governed, well-understood, and responsibly used, especially as data products become more customer-facing and AI-driven. The role frequently interacts with performance marketing, eCommerce and legal & Compliance teams. If you are looking for a great opportunity to join a growing team and make meaningful, long-term impacts, then we’d love to speak with you! </span></p><br/><p><strong>Job Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Responsible for Defining and evolve the enterprise data governance framework, including policies, standards, and decision rights </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Establish governance that is practical, scalable, and embedded into delivery workflows </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Align governance priorities to business outcomes (growth, customer experience, risk reduction) </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Design, implement, and continuously improve the policies, technical processes, and procedures that enable the company’s enterprise data governance program </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Act as the technical authority for translating data governance policies and standards into operational workflows, controls, and tooling across the data lifecycle. </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, & IT Security teams to embed regulatory requirements into technical controls, including data minimization, purpose limitation, retention & disposition procedures, and data subject enablement </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Drive technical enablement for master and reference data management, critical data element identification, and lineage tracing from source to consumption </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lead initiatives around Data definitions and business glossary – providing ownership and stewardship models along with Critical data elements </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Educate teams on Data handling expectations, Governance principles and Responsible AI & analytics use </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Partner closely with internal technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure data is accurate, trustworthy, well-documented, and protected in accordance with regulatory and business requirements </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Responsible for defining success metrics for governance effectiveness </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Regularly review and update policies as data platforms, regulations, and business needs evolve </span></li></ul><br/><p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, or data platforms </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data & Analytics, Mathematics, Economics, or related field </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Strong understanding of PII & data privacy concepts, Data lifecycle management, and BI and Analytics ecosystems </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, data science, security, and legal/compliance teams </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Ability to translate policy into practical, usable workflows </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Experience in retail, eCommerce, or customer data platforms preferred </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Familiarity with modern data stacks (preferably Google) </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Experience and familiarity with data modeling and Business Intelligence tools </span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(41, 42, 46);">Experience governing data for AI/ML use cases preferred </span></li></ul><br/><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 114, 186);">Sweetwater's "Ideal" Team Player</strong></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WOWs the Customer</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – Deep passion and desire for creating amazing customer and colleague experiences</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gets Things Done</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – Great work ethic and moves with a sense of urgency</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Obsesses over the Details</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – Committed to paying attention to the details</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Drives Continuous Improvement</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – Always focusing on effective and efficient work and ways to get better</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Develops the Future</em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> – Committed to the pursuit of growing personally and professionally and has a focus on bringing your colleagues along with you on that journey</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify;"><br></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We function best as a unified team, so relocation to our </em><a href="https://www.sweetwater.com/careers/campus/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>state-of-the-art campus</em></a><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in </em><a href="https://www.sweetwater.com/careers/community/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Fort Wayne, Indiana</em></a><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is required for this role. Interested and qualified candidates, please apply. We look forward to exploring your #FullTimeDream at Sweetwater!</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sweetwater’s culture is one that is built on the creation and celebration of music, which unifies people from all walks of life. Our individual differences make Sweetwater stronger as a company and a better place to work. Having a truly diverse workforce allows us the opportunity to collectively respect, learn, and grow from each unique perspective and experience. We have welcomed thousands of employees and families who have joined the Sweetwater team from all over the nation and the world, and we welcome you, too, to find out why we consider a career at Sweetwater the full-time dream.</em></p><br/><br><br>