Senior Program Manager, Enterprise Data Governance

Ready to make an impact on a major enterprise initiative in the insurance sector? Bring your expertise in data governance, stakeholder engagement, and program execution to help drive change and meaningful business outcomes.

• Salaried: $72-82 per hour.

• Incorporated Business Rate: $85-95 per hour.

• 16-month contract.

• Full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day.

• Hybrid work model in Toronto, Ontario.

• On-site anchor days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

• Lead the day-to-day execution of the ELT Delegate Engagement Program across business segments and functions.

• Manage activation plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, action items, and outcomes.

• Drive progress from delegate onboarding through sustained adoption of the governance operating model.

• Monitor progress and drive continuous improvement of program processes, tools, and templates.

• Build trusted relationships with senior business leaders, ELT Delegates, Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Governance teams, Risk and Compliance partners, and project and program teams.

• Lead onboarding sessions, governance meetings, workshops, working sessions, and executive briefings.

• Drive stakeholder alignment, accountability, and decision-making.

• Conduct data landscape and ownership assessments to identify critical data, dependencies, governance gaps, and accountability requirements.

• Establish and support data governance forums.

• Drive the resolution and escalation of data risks, issues, ownership, and accountability challenges.

• Support the adoption of governance practices and their integration into business operating rhythms and decision-making forums.

• Prepare executive presentations, dashboards, briefings, status reports, metrics, and leadership updates.

• Provide insights, recommendations, and escalations to support action and accountability.

• Connect governance activities and program outcomes to measurable business outcomes, risk reduction, and enterprise value.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Management, Data Management, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.

• 7-10+ years of overall experience, including at least 5 years leading enterprise data governance, data management, or transformation initiatives.

• Enterprise data governance experience, including knowledge of data ownership and stewardship, critical data identification, data quality, metadata and lineage, issue management, controls, and data risk.

• Strong program and project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in large, regulated organizations.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-workstream initiatives from concept through execution.

• Experience translating data governance policies and strategies into practical business processes, controls, accountabilities, and measurable outcomes.

• Familiarity with program management methods and tools.

• Strong executive stakeholder management, presentation, communication, and facilitation skills.

• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and build trusted relationships in a matrixed organization.

• Ability to connect governance activities to measurable business outcomes, risk reduction, and enterprise value.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, create structure, and deliver measurable outcomes.

• Master’s degree in Business, Information Management, Data Management, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field.

• PMP, CDMP, DAMA, CBIP, or equivalent certification.

• Experience designing, implementing, or operationalizing enterprise data governance operating models, including governance forums, decision rights, accountabilities, standards, and escalation paths.

• Change management and organizational transformation experience.

• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills.

• Strong communication skills and executive presence.

• Ability to establish credibility with senior stakeholders.

• Comfortable facilitating executive discussions and challenging stakeholders when necessary.

• Highly organized and disciplined in managing competing priorities.

• Action-oriented and able to move initiatives forward with limited direction.

• Strong coordination, follow-through, and accountability.

• Ability to simplify complex information and influence outcomes.

• Outcome-focused approach with attention to business impact and value realization.

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