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The Enterprise Data Governance Leader is responsible for implementing, operationalizing, and continuously improving the organization’s enterprise data governance program, while serving as the product leader for prioritized enterprise data products and data capabilities. Working from a framework developed with an external advisor, this role serves as the internal program owner—translating strategy into sustainable business practices, clear accountabilities, measurable outcomes, and disciplined governance routines.
This role establishes the governance structures, standards, ownership models, decision rights, and operating disciplines needed to create trusted enterprise data. The role also ensures that governed data is translated into valuable, reusable data products that enable reporting, analytics, operational decision-making, automation, and future AI capabilities.
Working across business, governance, product, data, analytics, architecture, and technology teams, this position connects authoritative business meaning with product delivery. The role owns the effectiveness and adoption of the enterprise data governance program and is accountable for the vision, prioritization, lifecycle, adoption, and value realization of assigned enterprise data products.
What You’ll Do
Program Implementation & Product Ownership
- Lead implementation of the enterprise data governance framework, including roadmap, milestones, dependencies, communications, change management, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
- Translate the framework into actionable processes, standards, roles, responsibilities, decision rights, governance forums, and operating cadences.
- Serve as the long-term internal owner of the governance program, maintaining and evolving the framework as business needs, systems, organizational structures, and data requirements change.
- Assess program effectiveness, adoption, and maturity; identify improvement opportunities; and maintain a multi-year roadmap to advance data governance capabilities.
Governance Operating Model & Accountability
- Implement and sustain the Data Owner and Data Steward operating model, including expectations, participation, accountability, escalation paths, decision logs, and action plans.
- Facilitate the Enterprise Data Governance Council and related governance forums to resolve cross-functional issues, align priorities, and drive enterprise accountability.
- Embed governance responsibilities into business and system processes so ownership, stewardship, standards, and decision-making are consistently applied.
Data Standards, Tooling & Quality
- Implement enterprise standards for business definitions, critical data elements, ownership, stewardship, metadata, data documentation, and data quality governance.
- Coordinate creation and maintenance of the enterprise business glossary, data definitions, critical data domain inventory, and related governance artifacts.
- Serve as business owner for data governance tooling, including Microsoft Purview, partnering with IT on technical administration, architecture, metadata, cataloging, lineage, classification, and system integration needs.
- Develop data quality measures, governance scorecards, maturity assessments, and executive reporting to provide visibility into risks, adoption, trends, and business value.
Business Partnership, Change Management & Strategy
- Build strong partnerships with business and technology leaders to drive adoption, clarify expectations, and promote shared accountability for trusted enterprise data.
- Lead change management activities associated with new governance roles, processes, standards, and tools, including stakeholder communication, training, and reinforcement.
- Advise leaders and project teams on incorporating governance into system implementations, reporting priorities, analytics capabilities, transformation efforts, and enterprise initiatives.
- Represent enterprise data governance interests in strategic technology and business transformation work while maintaining partnership with the external advisor for transition support and targeted enhancements.
Key Deliverables
- Implemented Enterprise Data Governance Framework, roadmap, operating model, governance council cadence, and accountability structure.
- Data Owner and Data Steward model, decision logs, escalation process, policies, standards, procedures, and adoption tracking.
- Enterprise business glossary, data definitions, critical data domain and critical data element inventory, and data documentation standards.
- Microsoft Purview/data governance tooling operating model, metadata requirements, cataloging approach, and adoption measures.
- Data quality governance framework, scorecards, maturity assessments, executive reporting, and annual governance priorities.
- Enterprise data-product portfolio, product charters, roadmaps, value-based prioritization approach, backlogs, and release plans.
- Product discovery findings, use cases, requirements, acceptance criteria, product documentation, and lifecycle decisions.
- Product performance reporting covering adoption, trust, satisfaction, reuse, quality, reliability, business outcomes, and value realization.
What We Expect from You
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Management, Finance, or related field; 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, business systems, business transformation, analytics, or related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise programs across multiple business functions and translating frameworks, strategies, or operating models into sustainable business practices.
- Strong understanding of business data, processes, systems, reporting, analytics, enterprise technology, and governance practices; Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Fabric experience preferred.
- Experience with Data Owner and Data Steward models, ERP/CRM/project management/financial systems, data quality measures, maturity models, and federated or matrixed operating environments preferred.
- Strong program leadership, facilitation, communication, change management, stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and ability to influence without direct authority.
- Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
- Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.
As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability, and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team members, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.
What You Can Expect from Ulteig
Ulteig is a purpose-driven organization that has built a culture focused on people, both our clients and our employees, for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meeting your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality, and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our success and the success of our clients personally.
We offer our team members:
- Flexible Workplace
- Employee Ownership
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Collaborative Environment
- Innovative Culture
Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world’s critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors®, including Power, Renewables, Transportation, and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America’s essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients.
At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive, whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid, or in the office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule, so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.
If you would like to be a part of a company that empowers their employees, apply today!
Ulteig is a Drug-Free Workplace
ACHIEVE | GROW | COLLABORATE
Additional Opportunity Details:
Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $146,200 - $197,800
Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role and comparison to other employees already in this role.
This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Ulteig Engineers, Inc., will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Ulteig. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Ulteig property. Ulteig is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
The Opportunity
The Enterprise Data Governance Leader is responsible for implementing, operationalizing, and continuously improving the organization’s enterprise data governance program, while serving as the product leader for prioritized enterprise data products and data capabilities. Working from a framework developed with an external advisor, this role serves as the internal program owner—translating strategy into sustainable business practices, clear accountabilities, measurable outcomes, and disciplined governance routines.
This role establishes the governance structures, standards, ownership models, decision rights, and operating disciplines needed to create trusted enterprise data. The role also ensures that governed data is translated into valuable, reusable data products that enable reporting, analytics, operational decision-making, automation, and future AI capabilities.
Working across business, governance, product, data, analytics, architecture, and technology teams, this position connects authoritative business meaning with product delivery. The role owns the effectiveness and adoption of the enterprise data governance program and is accountable for the vision, prioritization, lifecycle, adoption, and value realization of assigned enterprise data products.
What You’ll Do
Program Implementation & Product Ownership
- Lead implementation of the enterprise data governance framework, including roadmap, milestones, dependencies, communications, change management, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
- Translate the framework into actionable processes, standards, roles, responsibilities, decision rights, governance forums, and operating cadences.
- Serve as the long-term internal owner of the governance program, maintaining and evolving the framework as business needs, systems, organizational structures, and data requirements change.
- Assess program effectiveness, adoption, and maturity; identify improvement opportunities; and maintain a multi-year roadmap to advance data governance capabilities.
Governance Operating Model & Accountability
- Implement and sustain the Data Owner and Data Steward operating model, including expectations, participation, accountability, escalation paths, decision logs, and action plans.
- Facilitate the Enterprise Data Governance Council and related governance forums to resolve cross-functional issues, align priorities, and drive enterprise accountability.
- Embed governance responsibilities into business and system processes so ownership, stewardship, standards, and decision-making are consistently applied.
Data Standards, Tooling & Quality
- Implement enterprise standards for business definitions, critical data elements, ownership, stewardship, metadata, data documentation, and data quality governance.
- Coordinate creation and maintenance of the enterprise business glossary, data definitions, critical data domain inventory, and related governance artifacts.
- Serve as business owner for data governance tooling, including Microsoft Purview, partnering with IT on technical administration, architecture, metadata, cataloging, lineage, classification, and system integration needs.
- Develop data quality measures, governance scorecards, maturity assessments, and executive reporting to provide visibility into risks, adoption, trends, and business value.
Business Partnership, Change Management & Strategy
- Build strong partnerships with business and technology leaders to drive adoption, clarify expectations, and promote shared accountability for trusted enterprise data.
- Lead change management activities associated with new governance roles, processes, standards, and tools, including stakeholder communication, training, and reinforcement.
- Advise leaders and project teams on incorporating governance into system implementations, reporting priorities, analytics capabilities, transformation efforts, and enterprise initiatives.
- Represent enterprise data governance interests in strategic technology and business transformation work while maintaining partnership with the external advisor for transition support and targeted enhancements.
Key Deliverables
- Implemented Enterprise Data Governance Framework, roadmap, operating model, governance council cadence, and accountability structure.
- Data Owner and Data Steward model, decision logs, escalation process, policies, standards, procedures, and adoption tracking.
- Enterprise business glossary, data definitions, critical data domain and critical data element inventory, and data documentation standards.
- Microsoft Purview/data governance tooling operating model, metadata requirements, cataloging approach, and adoption measures.
- Data quality governance framework, scorecards, maturity assessments, executive reporting, and annual governance priorities.
- Enterprise data-product portfolio, product charters, roadmaps, value-based prioritization approach, backlogs, and release plans.
- Product discovery findings, use cases, requirements, acceptance criteria, product documentation, and lifecycle decisions.
- Product performance reporting covering adoption, trust, satisfaction, reuse, quality, reliability, business outcomes, and value realization.
What We Expect from You
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Management, Finance, or related field; 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, business systems, business transformation, analytics, or related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience implementing enterprise programs across multiple business functions and translating frameworks, strategies, or operating models into sustainable business practices.
- Strong understanding of business data, processes, systems, reporting, analytics, enterprise technology, and governance practices; Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Fabric experience preferred.
- Experience with Data Owner and Data Steward models, ERP/CRM/project management/financial systems, data quality measures, maturity models, and federated or matrixed operating environments preferred.
- Strong program leadership, facilitation, communication, change management, stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and ability to influence without direct authority.
- Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
- Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.
As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability, and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team members, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.
What You Can Expect from Ulteig
Ulteig is a purpose-driven organization that has built a culture focused on people, both our clients and our employees, for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meeting your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality, and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our success and the success of our clients personally.
We offer our team members:
- Flexible Workplace
- Employee Ownership
- Competitive Pay
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Collaborative Environment
- Innovative Culture
Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world’s critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors®, including Power, Renewables, Transportation, and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America’s essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients.
At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive, whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid, or in the office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule, so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.
If you would like to be a part of a company that empowers their employees, apply today!
Ulteig is a Drug-Free Workplace
ACHIEVE | GROW | COLLABORATE
Additional Opportunity Details:
Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $146,200 - $197,800
Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role and comparison to other employees already in this role.
This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Ulteig Engineers, Inc., will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Ulteig. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Ulteig property. Ulteig is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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Frame your degree as a direct match
H-1B approval for Data Governance Manager roles hinges on specialty occupation status. A degree in information systems, computer science, statistics, or a related quantitative field strengthens your petition significantly more than a general business degree.
Lead with regulatory frameworks you've owned
Employers sponsoring this role want evidence you've built or managed governance programs under GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, or SOX. Specific frameworks signal you can operate in regulated industries where compliance risk is highest and sponsorship is most justified.
Target industries with the highest sponsorship rates
Financial services, healthcare systems, and large technology companies file the most H-1B petitions for data governance roles. These industries face the steepest regulatory scrutiny and have established legal infrastructure to support visa sponsorship for specialized positions.
Demonstrate cross-functional leadership, not just technical skills
Hiring managers sponsoring this role need to justify it as managerial and specialized. Showing you've led data stewardship programs, managed teams, and influenced executive-level data strategy strengthens the specialty occupation argument in your H-1B petition.
Consider the EB-2 NIW pathway if you have a strong track record
Data Governance Managers with published work, documented policy impact, or national-level program influence may qualify for EB-2 National Interest Waiver, which removes the employer sponsorship requirement entirely and allows you to self-petition for permanent residence.
Get the LCA right before anything else
Your employer files a Labor Condition Application certifying your offered wage meets the prevailing rate for your role and location. If the LCA is filed under a vague or mismatched job title, USCIS may issue an RFE challenging specialty occupation status.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Data Governance Manager qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases, but the petition needs to be built carefully. USCIS requires that a specific bachelor's degree in a relevant field is a normal requirement for the role. Degrees in information systems, data science, computer science, or a compliance-adjacent field typically satisfy this. Generic business degrees with no technical component can trigger RFEs, so the employer's job description should reflect the technical and regulatory complexity of the work.
Which employers are most likely to sponsor a Data Governance Manager?
Banks, insurance companies, hospital systems, and large technology firms sponsor this role most consistently. These industries operate under strict data regulations and have mature HR and legal teams equipped to handle H-1B visa filings. Browse open roles on Migrate Mate, which filters specifically for visa-sponsoring employers so you're not applying to companies that won't move forward with sponsorship.
Can I qualify for an H-1B in this role with a three-year Australian or Indian bachelor's degree?
A three-year degree can qualify, but it requires a credential evaluation confirming U.S. equivalency to a four-year bachelor's degree. Most USCIS-recognized evaluation agencies assess three-year degrees from Indian and Australian universities as equivalent, particularly in technical fields. Include the evaluation in your H-1B petition package from the start rather than waiting for an RFE to request it.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my chances of getting sponsored as a Data Governance Manager?
The general pool selection rate has been around 25% in recent years, which means most registrations don't get selected. If you hold a U.S. master's degree, you're entered into an advanced degree exemption pool first, which historically improves odds slightly. Employers can also file cap-exempt petitions if they're universities or certain nonprofit research organizations, which bypasses the lottery entirely.
Can a Data Governance Manager self-petition for a green card without employer sponsorship?
Potentially yes, through the EB-2 National Interest Waiver. To qualify, you need to demonstrate that your work has substantial merit and national importance, and that you're well-positioned to advance it. For data governance professionals, this often means documented impact on policy, published research, or leadership on programs with measurable national regulatory or public health implications. An immigration attorney can assess whether your profile is competitive for this pathway.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Data Governance Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.