What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Governance Lead – Supply Chain position at ClifyX?
Job Title: Data Governance Lead – Supply Chain
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite 3–4 days/week)
Duration: 6-12 Months Contract (with potential extension)
** W2-Visa-independent candidates required **
Job Summary:
The Data Governance Lead will serve as the on‑site program lead and primary client-facing authority for the Supply Chain Data Governance initiative. This role is accountable for establishing and operationalizing a federated data governance model, aligning Supply Chain stakeholders with Enterprise/CDO direction, and driving execution against the approved roadmap and milestones.
The role combines strategic governance leadership, stakeholder orchestration, and delivery oversight, ensuring progress across governance design, stewardship activation, KPI definition, and pilot execution—without directly owning tooling configuration or run‑state operations.
Key Responsibilities:
Program & Governance Leadership
Lead the Supply Chain federated Data Governance operating model, including decision rights, councils, working groups, stewardship roles, and escalation paths.
Stand up and run the Supply Chain Data Governance Council and Working Groups, including agenda design, decision facilitation, and executive readouts.
Own the Data Governance Charter, principles, policies, and standards and ensure alignment with Enterprise/CDO/Polaris governance direction.
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement
Act as the primary interface with senior Supply Chain leadership, Business Data Owners (BDOs), and the CDO/Polaris teams.
Drive Business Data Owner sign‑offs on scope, standards, critical data elements, and governance decisions.
Manage dependencies across Supply Chain, Data Engineering, Platform, and Analytics teams.
Roadmap, Readiness & Delivery Oversight
Lead the DG readiness assessment and “Get‑Green” plan, including phased rollout sequencing and dependency management.
Own the pilot sub‑domain selection, success criteria, and milestone tracking.
Ensure delivery of all monthly milestones, RAID management, and change control in line with the SOW cadence.
Standards, Metrics & Scale‑Out
Oversee definition of Critical Data Elements (CDEs/CDOs), business glossary standards, metadata and lineage blueprints.
Lead development of the DG and DQ KPI framework, including baseline definition and adoption measurement.
Define the scale‑out governance playbook for replication across additional Supply Chain sub‑domains.
Advisory & Enablement (Non‑Technical)
Provide governance oversight for AI‑ready data pilots (advisory only; no AI or tooling implementation).
Guide change management activities, including communications, training approach, and adoption monitoring.
Required Experience & Skills:
10 years in Data Governance, Data Management, or Enterprise Data Leadership roles.
Proven experience defining and leading federated data governance models in large, complex organizations.
Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, stewardship, data quality frameworks, and data product concepts.
Executive‑level stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
Familiarity with frameworks such as DAMA‑DMBOK, DCAM, TOGAF.
Experience working with governance/catalog platforms (e.g., Purview, Collibra, Atlan, Alation) at a design and operating‑model level.
Mandatory skills* - Refer to the JD above. Data Governance with Hands-on SCM and Collibra knowledge
Domain (Industry)* - Oil and Gas