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Data Governance Lead jobs across governance, risk, compliance, and AI governance.
Open Data Governance Lead jobs (19)
Data Governance Advisor (Cố vấn Quản trị Dữ liệu)
Data Governance- Senior Consultant – BigID/ Collibra /Onetrust / Data Remediation & Analytics
Principal Data Governance Analyst
Data Governance Associate Director
Data Governance Analyst
Data Governance & Catalog Specialist
Data Governance Specialist
SAP MDG (Master Data Governance) Business Partner Analyst
Data Governance Specialist
Data Governance Analyst | Banking
Data Governance Specialist | Banking
Data Catalog and Governance Associate Manager
Senior Manager, Data Governance
Deputy/Assistant Director, Data Governance officer (Contract)
Senior Finance Data Governance Consultant (Contract)
Data Governance Analyst
Data Governance and Metadata Scientist
Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance
AVP, Data Governance
About the Data Governance Lead job
Data governance leads make an organization's data trustworthy and defensible, the stewardship, quality, lineage, and cataloging that decide whether data is an asset or a liability. It is the foundation everything in AI governance is built on, because a model is only as governable as the data underneath it. As companies wake up to what their data exposes them to, this role is moving from the back office to the boardroom.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
Data Governance Lead jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 19 Data Governance Lead roles currently on this page.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 1 remote, 1 hybrid, 17 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: mid (12), senior (5), director (2)
- Employers hiring more than one: Accenture Federal Services (5), Capco (4)
Skills these postings ask for
- business glossary and data catalog ownership
- data quality profiling and remediation
- master data management
- lineage and metadata management
- stewardship forum facilitation
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Data Governance Lead postings to be worth knowing: CDMP, DGSP, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
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