Sr Manager, Data Governance

$131,200 - $183,640/Yr

Safeway - Pleasanton, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Pleasanton, CA

10,001+ employees

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Sr Manager, Data Governance at Albertsons Companies plays a crucial role in establishing and managing an effective Data Governance program for a Fortune 100 company. This position focuses on ensuring appropriate access and use of data as a valuable asset, collaborating with various stakeholders to create a roadmap for governance processes and tool selection. The role emphasizes transparency, data quality, and accountability, aiming to improve data observability and monitoring across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Own the Data Governance roadmap, prioritization, and delivery of supporting tool functionality.
• Collaborate with data engineering, vendor, data product management, and business stakeholders to define and prioritize key program milestones.
• Define and monitor relevant Governance execution metrics for adoption progress across the organization.
• Work with Governance stakeholders to get approval on metrics measuring program progress; metrics to be distributed to leadership in flash reporting.
• Create RACI framework and procedure documents to support program goals.
• Facilitate cross-functional working groups to solicit input and feedback.

Requirements

• Seven (7) years progressive experience implementing Governance programs and supporting data tools.
• Exceptional writing skills, particularly in drafting strategy and requirements documents.
• Ability to translate business requirements into governance tool functionality and feature requirements.
• Experience developing a roadmap for and implementing industry-standard lineage, data catalog, data quality, or data observability tools.
• An Agile Product Management mindset.
• Experience in metadata management is preferred.
• Ability to interact with multiple levels of the organization, including executive leadership.
• Effective communication skills via multiple channels with technical and non-technical staff.
• Collaborative experience with multiple functional teams, setting a vision and driving common understanding.
• Experience with cloud platforms and data warehouse practices and architecture is preferred.
• CPG or Retail background is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in metadata management is preferred.
• CPG or Retail background is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $131,200 to $183,640 annually, with flexibility for exceptional candidates.
• Hybrid work environment between remote work and office time.