Highlights
Domain Onboarding & Governance Activation Lead the Data domain pilot end-to-end: Data Owner designation, Steward onboarding, Alation orientation, domain workshop delivery (co-facilitated with Literacy Academy), DQ dimension workshop with the DQ Engineer. Coordinate AI data governance in Alation: ensure model cards are registered, lineage is documented from source to model input, and the AI data governance checklist is completed for each active AI use case.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Minneapolis, MN |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Website | http://www.tekfortune.com/ |
Description
Tekfortune is a fast-growing consulting firm specialized in permanent, contract & project-based staffing services for world s leading organizations in a broad range of industries. In this quickly changing economic landscape, virtual recruiting and remote work are critical for the future of work. To support the active project demands and skills gaps, our staffing experts can help you find the best job for you.
Role: DG Program Lead (Data Governance Program Lead)
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA (Client Location: Eagan, MN)
Duration: Long term
Required Skills: Data Governance
Job Description:
Position Summary
The DG Program Lead is the operational engine of the Data Governance Office (DGO). DG Program Lead runs the day-to-day machinery: domain onboarding, policy workflow, Council pack preparation, Alation governance configuration, and the Data Owner engagement process across all data domains. This is a high-output individual contributor and team lead role, equal parts program manager, governance practitioner, and internal consultant.
Roles & Responsibilities
Program Operations
Qualifications
Required
Key Competencies
Skills / Client Expectations
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Role: DG Program Lead (Data Governance Program Lead)
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA (Client Location: Eagan, MN)
Duration: Long term
Required Skills: Data Governance
Job Description:
Position Summary
The DG Program Lead is the operational engine of the Data Governance Office (DGO). DG Program Lead runs the day-to-day machinery: domain onboarding, policy workflow, Council pack preparation, Alation governance configuration, and the Data Owner engagement process across all data domains. This is a high-output individual contributor and team lead role, equal parts program manager, governance practitioner, and internal consultant.
Roles & Responsibilities
Program Operations
- Own the program plan: maintain the Jira project board, track milestones against the 24-month roadmap, flag risks and blockers to the DGO Lead weekly.
- Prepare the monthly Council scorecard pack: pull the KPI metrics, draft the narrative, identify escalations, and present the supporting slide. DGO Lead presents, DG Program Lead owns the content.
- Coordinate the monthly DG Council: agenda, pre-reads, domain escalations, policy review items, and action tracking.
- Own the program communications calendar: all-hands kickoff, domain workshop scheduling, steward onboarding, literacy curriculum assignment.
- Lead the Data domain pilot end-to-end: Data Owner designation, Steward onboarding, Alation orientation, domain workshop delivery (co-facilitated with Literacy Academy), DQ dimension workshop with the DQ Engineer.
- Build the domain onboarding playbook from the pilot, the repeatable template used for all other remaining domains in phases.
- Drive Data Owner designation across all data domains: coordinate with each domain product owner, manage the designation form process in Jira, track completion against the 30-day Council commitment.
- Onboard Data Stewards to Alation: coordinate Alation Academy enrollment, run the Steward orientation session, track the 6-week curation ramp for each new Steward.
- Manage the data issue intake process: own the P1/P2/P3 Jira queue, ensure SLA adherence is tracked for program KPI, maintain and follow escalation process.
- Draft all program domains data policies for DGO Lead review and Council approval, starting with the key foundational policies.
- Maintain the policy register: version control, review schedule, annual renewal coordination.
- Own the data classification policy: work with InfoSec to ensure Alation sensitivity tags align to the Unity Catalog RBAC tiers.
- Author the domain governance playbooks: per-domain documentation of Data Owner, Steward, DPO, DQ thresholds, glossary scope, and AI data governance checklist process.
- Work with the Alation Catalog Engineer to configure the governance workflow in Alation: approval chains, steward assignment, policy publication, DQ Certificate issuance process.
- Own the business glossary governance: term proposal workflow, approval routing, publication standards.
- Monitor Alation catalog coverage monthly: track program KPI (catalog coverage %) across all domains, identify gaps, and assign remediation to the relevant Steward or DPO.
- Coordinate AI data governance in Alation: ensure model cards are registered, lineage is documented from source to model input, and the AI data governance checklist is completed for each active AI use case.
Qualifications
Required
- CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) required at hire or firm commitment to certify within 12 months. DAMA DMBOK2 proficiency is the practitioner foundation for this role.
- 7+ years in data management, data governance, or enterprise program management.
- Hands-on experience with an enterprise data catalog (Alation strongly preferred; Collibra, Informatica Axon, or Atlan acceptable).
- Demonstrated experience running a governance program across multiple business domains, not just one department.
- Strong written communication skills with the ability to write data policies, governance playbooks, and executive briefing materials that are clear, precise, and stakeholder-appropriate.
- Experience facilitating workshops with business and technical stakeholders and running a DQ dimension workshop with a domain VP and a team of engineers in the same room.
- Health plan or healthcare payer experience, including HEDIS, Stars, Medicare Advantage, and HIPAA.
- Experience with Jira for governance workflow management, not just engineering sprint tracking.
- Familiarity with Great Expectations or equivalent Data Quality framework.
- Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog or equivalent data access governance layer.
- CDMP Practitioner or Master level certification.
Key Competencies
- Systematic Thinker: Able to see the full data domain program and still execute the day-to-day pilot detail simultaneously.
- Clear Writer: Governance only works if the policies and playbooks are understood. This person writes so non-data people get it.
- Follows Through: The single biggest failure mode in governance programs is well-designed commitments that nobody tracks. This role exists to prevent that.
- Comfortable with Ambiguity: This program is new. The DG Program Lead regularly encounters situations the playbook doesn't yet cover.
Skills / Client Expectations
- Prior experience with Alation
- Strong expertise in Data Governance
- Excellent Executive-Level Communication skills
- Proven Program Management experience
- Healthcare Domain Expertise preferred
- Experience working across multiple business domains and governance stakeholders
- Ability to work from the client office in Eagan, MN at least 3 days per week
For more information and other jobs available please contact our recruitment team at
careers@tekfortune.com
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Tekfortune is a software solutions company providing project development and staff augmentation services to companies in various industries including Healthcare, Banking, Finance, Telecommunication and Aviation.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.
Tekfortune Inc delivers solutions to a wide variety of organizations of various sizes and industries. Our clients include mid-market to Fortune 1000 companies spanning across industries such as: Insurance, Financial, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail and many others.
In Tekfortune Inc, we are offering selection of services and solutions at very reasonable rates. With years of experience in the placement and recruitment Industry and over time we have acquired the knowledge essential to comprehend the exact need and dependence on customers. Therefore we provide the customers the best and also the brightest candidates for vacancies. Moreover, by understanding the working interest of customers who is able to place them within the companies where they are able to get maximum opportunity for professional growth.
Tekfortune Inc has a strong emphasis on quality. Its goal would be to achieve client satisfaction by looking into making deliveries satisfaction of customer's business needs. Our ability to quickly identify and effectively employ proven fundamental principles, techniques and resources yields highly desirable results for our clients.
We understand that each industry and organization share a level of uniqueness that requires a tailored approach in order to deliver specific solutions. Such factors as client culture, industry regulations, organizational maturity, financial health and many more items may impact our approach to delivering client solutions.
Having served a wide variety of clients has provided Tekfortune the ability to build subject matter expertise across numerous industries. Our industry expertise combined with our specialized knowledge of Business Process Improvement, Requirements Management and Program & Project Management provides a powerful combination and a tremendous value to our clients.
We are run by a group of industry experts who have decades of experience in delivering custom solutions to our clients.