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AVP, Data Governance
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- Category
- Data Governance
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Location
- Jersey City, NJ
- Posted
- Jul 30, 2026
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Arch Capital Group is hiring a AVP, Data Governance in Jersey City, NJ. This is a Data Governance job in the governance, risk, and compliance field. Review the full details below and apply directly with Arch Capital Group.
With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠. The AVP, Data Governance – Stewardship, Metadata & Enablement is responsible for owning and advancing Arch Insurance North America's data stewardship model, business metadata foundations, and governance enablement capabilities. Reporting to the SVP, Data Governance, this role is accountable for delivery, adoption, and outcomes; decision facilitator; and active builder within a dynamic, evolving data governance environment. This role is intentionally designed for individuals who are comfortable operating in ambiguity, validating logic and assumptions, and stepping into execution when momentum, clarity, or credibility requires it. Success is measured not just by strategy or structure, but by adoption, outcomes, and sustained execution across business and data stakeholders. The AVP, Data Governance is a self-starter who is expected to identify what must be done next, propose an approach, and move execution forward with minimal prompting, while staying closely aligned to SVP intent and decision boundaries. This role plays a critical role in enabling responsible, transparent, and scalable use of analytics and AI by ensuring that stewardship, metadata, lineage, and governance controls are fit for AI-driven decisioning and automation. The AVP is expected to understand how AI and advanced analytics depend on high-quality data, clear ownership, and strong metadata, and to incorporate these considerations into stewardship models, standards, enablement, and change execution. This role operates in a highly dynamic environment where Data Governance capabilities, processes, and operating models are actively being built and refined, requiring comfort with ambiguity, iteration, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities may evolve over time to reflect changes in business, analytics, AI, or governance priorities, operating models, or initiative needs, while remaining aligned to this role’s core mandate and accountability. This is a hybrid, three-times-a-week in-office role in our Jersey City Office. Core Responsibilities 1. Stewardship Program Ownership Own the design, evolution, and effectiveness of the enterprise Data Stewardship Program, including: a clear training and
Full responsibilities and requirements are on Arch Capital Group's application page.
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This job is based in Jersey City, NJ on a hybrid schedule. Local candidates benefit from being close to Arch Capital Group's teams and regional hiring market, while the hybrid arrangement offers some flexibility. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.
About data governance jobs
Data governance establishes ownership, quality, and controls over data as an asset. It is foundational to trustworthy analytics and AI, spanning cataloging, lineage, and access. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as data management frameworks, data quality and lineage standards, and privacy and security controls.
How to position yourself for this data governance job
Strong candidates emphasize data ownership and stewardship, quality and lineage, catalog and access controls, and enabling analytics and AI on a trusted data foundation. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Arch Capital Group would apply data management frameworks, data quality and lineage standards, and privacy and security controls, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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