Hiring: Director, Data Governance Company: Kestra Financial Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 11:14:48 Target Skills & Keywords : Azure, Change Management, Data Pipeline, Databricks, Wealth Management About the job Experience: •7+ years of experience in data management disciplines, with 5+ years leading data governance, MDM, or data quality initiatives. •Demonstrated experience standing up data governance and MDM capabilities from the ground up in a complex, matrixed environment. Required Skills: •Lead the development and execution of Kestra’s enterprise data governance strategy, with a focus on data quality management, stewardship programs, and MDM implementation. •Define and enforce policies, standards, and controls for Kestra’s enterprise data platform, including data quality, master and reference data, metadata, and lineage. •Establish a scalable data stewardship model, coordinating across business units and data domains to assign clear ownership and accountability. •Develop and execute strategies for master and reference data management, including domain prioritization, data modeling, entity resolution, and stewardship workflows. •Oversee the management of golden records for critical entities such as Firms, Reps, Clients, Accounts, and Products. •Build and maintain a central inventory of critical data elements and their relationships, including hierarchies and mappings. •Oversee the management and adoption of our data governance tech (e.g., Alation, Monte Carlo, Profisee). •Partner cross-functionally with stakeholders in Data Engineering, Data Product, Business Intelligence, Cyber Security, and Compliance to integrate governance into data pipelines, platforms, and products. Qualifications: •Expertise in data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK) and practical experience operationalizing them in complex environments. •Proven experience with enterprise MDM and RDM programs, including entity matching, hierarchy management, and data stewardship design. •Comprehensive expertise in data quality management including profiling, validation, cleansing, and automated monitoring techniques. •Operational familiarity with data governance and MDM technologies such as Alation, Monte Carlo, Profisee, Databricks Unity Catalog. •Demonstrated capacity to partner and influence across the enterprise—from technical teams to executive leadership. •Strong leadership, facilitation, and change management skills. •Strategic thinker with strong operational delivery skills and a bias for action. •Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred). 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!