Lead, Data Governance

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data governance policies, classification standards, ownership models, and exception processes aligned with Security and Privacy requirements.
• Own data access governance for the lakehouse and analytics stack, including entitlement standards, periodic access reviews, and least-privilege access across Trino, Apache Ranger, Cube, Metabase, and related tools.
• Partner with Data Engineering on Ranger policies, schema restrictions, and service account management.
• Set data quality standards and help Data teams track and improve performance against them.
• Maintain data inventory, metadata, and lineage documentation for compliance and audit purposes.
• Review data-related vendors and new analytics or AI use cases with Security, Privacy, and Legal.
• Support sensitive and cross-border data requests, including PII handling and regional data flows.
• Prepare evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, partner security reviews, and regulatory exams.
• Track data risks and control gaps through the Enterprise Risk Management program.
• Serve as a governance partner for Data and Security on access, classification, and tooling questions.
• Help define guardrails for AI and agentic use of corporate data in analytics workflows.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data security, GRC, privacy engineering, or a related field.
• At least 2 years working with modern data platforms, including lakehouses or warehouses, SQL engines, BI tools, or semantic layers.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK and NIST, with the ability to apply them in a fast-moving company.
• Experience building or operating data classification, access control, or entitlement review programs.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms; GCP experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of privacy and regulatory requirements in financial services, including GDPR, CCPA, and cross-border transfers.
• Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar audits.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and advocate for strong controls without creating unnecessary bottlenecks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced remote environment.
• Comfortable working as an individual contributor with no direct reports.

Nice-to-Haves

• Fintech, brokerage, or regulated financial services experience.
• Hands-on experience with Trino, Apache Ranger, dbt, Cube, Metabase, Airflow, or Iceberg.
• Experience reviewing AI/ML and analytics tools.
• Privacy program or vendor/DPA review experience.
• CIPT, CIPM, CISM, CISSP, CDMP, CRISC, or similar certification.
• Experience as the first governance hire at a growing company.
• Experience with Japan or EU data residency and cross-border data issues.
• Exposure to enterprise risk management or operational risk.
• Experience working on remote or distributed teams.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Health benefits.
• One-time $500 USD new-hire home-office setup benefit.
• $150 USD per month stipend via a Brex Card.