Hiring: Data Governance Activation Manager Company: Colgate-Palmolive Location: Piscataway, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 12:03:25 Target Skills & Keywords : Change Management, Informatica, SAP, Talend About the job Experience: •8 years of work experience in large data transformation programs focusing on data governance and data quality •Minimum 8 years of work experience in large data transformation programs focusing on data governance and data quality Required Skills: •Operationalize the Framework: Translate high-level data governance policies and standards into actionable processes and workflows for business and technical teams. •Stewardship Leadership: Manage a network of Data Stewards across the organization, providing them with the tools and motivation to maintain high-quality data. Build out a community of practitioners to mature the data governance best practices. •Tool Adoption: Oversee the implementation and day-to-day use of various data governance solutions (i.e. Data Catalog, Data Quality/ Data Observability, Data Security, etc.) to ensure data is discoverable, trusted and secured as a "source of truth" rather than just a mere repository for documentation. •Analytics & AI Data Readiness & Enablement: Partner closely with cross functional teams to define and enforce the data standards, quality checks, and metadata enrichment necessary to produce trusted, clean, and scalable data products that will fuel CP’s most strategic AI and Analytics capabilities. •Change Management: Act as the primary advocate for a "Data-First" culture. This involves creating communication plans, training, and feedback loops to help the organization understand and adapt to key data governance concepts and overcome resistance. Collaborate with domain teams to embed data governance deliverables into data delivery efforts. •Metric Development: Define and track "Activation KPIs"—going beyond just data quality scores to measure user adoption, metadata completeness, and the speed of data issue resolution, etc. •Cross-Functional Liaison: Work closely with business and IT stakeholders, including domain and divisional business teams , analytics teams, data delivery teams, platform team and data privacy, legal and CISO team, to ensure data governance supports—rather than hinders—business agility. Qualifications: •Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field. •Proven ability to manage multiple business stakeholders, including effectively engaging and aligning with enterprise senior leadership to drive data governance initiatives and strategies in line with the overall organizational goals. •Demonstrated capacity to influence without authority and drive change adoption for data governance framework, processes and supporting tools •Demonstrated capacity to break down complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders, with strong business acumen and domain knowledge (e.g. Customer Development/Sales) in CPG industry •Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, coupled with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering high quality data •Extensive knowledge of data management and data governance principles, implementations and latest industry trends. Compensation: •$124,000 - $174,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!