Data Governance Manager

Compensation Range:

Annual Salary: $70,092.00 - $94,622.00

Position Summary

As part of the NU Data Governance team, the Data Governance Manager plays a pivotal role in strengthening data trust, transparency, and operational excellence. This role is responsible for coordinating business glossary term development, enhancing metadata in the data catalog, and managing the release of Power BI reports using deployment pipelines. The Lead works closely with subject matter experts, data stewards, and report developers to ensure our data assets are well-defined, well-documented, and responsibly deployed. This role also supports the successful rollout of governance initiatives by developing training materials, internal documentation, and enablement resources. The Data Governance Manager will ensure adherence to governance framework for data practices, policies, and standards both at a technical and functional level. The ideal candidate will be a meticulous and organized individual, possess strong administrative skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for data management principles.

Essential Functions:  

Business Glossary & Metadata Management

• Facilitate the development of glossary terms by partnering with subject matter experts and data stewards.
• Curate and maintain the NU Business Glossary, ensuring terminology is accurate, consistent, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Attend various meetings with key stakeholder groups to understand their areas and responsibilities, identifying new terms for inclusion in the business glossary approval workflow.
• Participate in collaboration, attend various meetings; listen and support when new terms need to be defined.
• Guide proposed terminology through the governance process, including cross-functional Data Steward Group review and final presentation to the Data Council.
• Enrich and maintain metadata in the enterprise data catalog, ensuring consistency, clarity, and alignment with governance standards.
• Support the setup and ongoing configuration of the data governance platform infrastructure, including taxonomy design, metadata integration, and access controls.
• Promote metadata best practices and foster good documentation habits across reporting teams.

Power BI Release Management

• Oversee the deployment of Power BI reports using Service pipelines across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Coordinate governance reviews during the release process to confirm adherence to naming conventions, data quality expectations, and audience readiness.
• Troubleshoot deployment or data access issues in collaboration with developers and platform administrators.
• Maintain documentation of releases and provide reporting on pipeline activity and metrics.
• Maintain and communicate a release calendar, ensuring transparency and coordination across teams.
• Host regular office hours to support report developers and business users with Power BI deployment best practices and troubleshooting.
• Provide weekly reporting on release status, including metrics on deployments, blockers, and upcoming changes.
• Play a key role in weekly prioritization planning by coordinating with stakeholders, surfacing dependencies, and ensuring alignment with business and governance priorities.
• Troubleshoot common Power BI deployment issues, including: Dataset refresh failures, Broken report visuals, Workspace access conflicts, Pipeline configuration errors
• Ensure Row-Level Security (RLS) and Object-Level Security (OLS) are properly implemented and tested for reports containing sensitive or restricted data, in alignment with data governance and compliance standards.

Collaboration, Enablement & Training

• Partner closely with the Director of Data & Insights, Governance to operationalize governance strategies and support ongoing program development.
• Create and maintain training collateral and internal documentation to support the adoption of governance practices, including how-to guides, onboarding materials, and reference documentation.
• Contribute to governance education efforts by supporting office hours, workshops, or demos.
• Participate in governance forums, including the Data Steward Group and Data Council, as needed.

Data Policy and Definition Evangelist

• Work closely with highly engaged stakeholders seeking to improve data management practices.
• Advocate for the adoption of consistent data policies and definitions