Senior Lead – IT Information Governance

Senior Lead – IT Information Governance

Location: Downtown Houston, Texas
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite

12 Months Contract

Position Overview

We are seeking a senior-level IT Information Governance Lead to establish, mature, and scale the company’s Information Governance program from the ground up. This position will reside within the Information Technology organization and will develop the governance strategy, operating model, technology standards, policies, processes, and controls needed to manage enterprise information throughout its lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 10 or more years of experience in Information Governance, IT governance, enterprise content management, Records and Information Management, data governance, information lifecycle management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience building, transforming, or significantly maturing an enterprise Information Governance program.
• Strong experience working within an enterprise Information Technology organization.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft SharePoint and enterprise content-management platforms.
• Strong understanding of document management, records management, metadata, taxonomy, workflow, access controls, retention, archival, legal holds, and disposition.
• Experience governing structured and unstructured information across multiple enterprise repositories.
• Experience developing governance strategies, operating models, policies, standards, technical controls, retention programs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Ability to translate legal, regulatory, operational, records-management, and business requirements into actionable IT standards and technical controls.
• Experience integrating Information Governance requirements into IT projects, application implementations, cloud migrations, content migrations, and system-retirement activities.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional programs involving IT, Legal, Compliance, Records Management, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Engineering, Operations, and business stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication, workshop facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to operate as both a strategic program leader and a hands-on practitioner.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Management, Business, Legal Studies, Library or Information Science, or a related field.
• Ability to work onsite in Downtown Houston.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience administering, governing, architecting, or transforming OpenText Documentum environments.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365, Teams, Microsoft Purview, and related information-protection and records-management capabilities.
• Experience defining the appropriate division of content, records, and business processes between SharePoint and Documentum.
• Experience with Documentum-to-SharePoint, SharePoint-to-Documentum, or other enterprise content migrations.
• Experience managing engineering documents, technical records, drawings, operating procedures, maintenance records, project documentation, and controlled documents.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, application portfolio management, IT service management, cloud governance, and system-development lifecycle practices.
• Experience coordinating Information Governance with cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, cloud transformation, and digital initiatives.
• Relevant certifications such as IGP, CRM, CIP, CIPP, CIPM, CDMP, Microsoft, OpenText Documentum, or comparable credentials.
• Experience preparing governance programs for internal audits, regulatory reviews, litigation readiness, or compliance assessments.

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Salary : $100 - $105