Sr. Data Governance Lead

About the Role

In this critical role, you will build and scale a federated governance practice that turns raw data into certified Gold-tier products and drives connected data across Trimble. You will elevate data governance from policy documents into an automated practice, empowering a global network of domain stewards and directly shaping certified data foundations for enterprise AI activation.

Responsibilities

• Establish and scale the enterprise domain governance operating model, maturity frameworks, and self-service enablement tools across all business sectors. Deliver playbooks, onboarding, role certifications, and operating cadences.
• Operationalize the EDGC; keep executive domain owners engaged through clear business value metrics.
• Translate enterprise data policies into automated, shift-left controls directly embedded within modern data platform deployment pipelines.
• Drive standard execution across data classification, lifecycle retention, schema definitions, and automated Data Contracts between producers and consumers.
• Integrate governance gates directly into the Scaffold/DPX medallion architecture.
• Define enterprise data quality standards, operationalize observability tools, and enforce strict certification criteria for Gold-tier data assets.
• Partner with the Enterprise AI Governance team to ensure trusted, privacy-compliant data feeds directly power AI models, RAG pipelines, and agent frameworks.
• Drive enterprise data catalog adoption, establish metadata curation standards, and deliver transparent end-to-end data lineage across systems.
• Partner closely with Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and GRC to ensure governance policies fulfill global regulatory obligations (GDPR, CCPA).
• Work closely with Cloud Platform and IT teams to embed governance rules into automated deployment pipelines.
• Enable domain teams in AECO and Field Systems to move fast safely without creating central approval bottlenecks.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise data management, with 7+ years leading data governance practices in distributed, federated environments.
• Proven success establishing operational governance practices, steward enablement networks, and facilitating executive steering bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate policies into automated pipeline controls, quality gates, and data contracts.
• Strong technical fluency with modern data stacks including Snowflake, enterprise catalogs like Atlan, Monte Carlo observability, and dbt.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills with a direct, concise, and metric-driven communication style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience contributing data trust inputs to dedicated AI Governance or AI Safety frameworks.
• Experience operating within Data Mesh or Data-as-a-Product topologies, alongside exposure to Master Data Management tools like Reltio.
• Global enterprise experience across AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions, grounded in DCAM, CDMP, or DAMA-DMBOK v2 frameworks.

Compensation

Hiring range: $144,600–$198,800. Bonus eligible.

Schedule & Location

Westminster, CO or Lake Oswego, OR (4 days in office). Travel up to 10%.

Benefits

• Comprehensive core benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans, and retirement plans
• Tax savings plans for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan