Director of Data Governance will lead the Enterprise Data Governance function within the Enterprise Data & Analytics organization. This role is responsible for establishing and operating the governance framework that ensures Enterprise Data & Analytics platforms, applications and tools are trusted, secure, compliant, standardized, and auditable across the organization.
· Lead the Enterprise Data Governance function and establish the governance strategy, operating model, policies, standards, and roadmap required to ensure data is trusted, secure, compliant, auditable, and fit for business use across the Data & Analytics ecosystem.
· Own enterprise governance frameworks for regulatory compliance including SOX, GDPR, privacy, information protection, and internal control requirements, ensuring governance obligations are translated into sustainable controls, standards, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms.
· Establish and oversee governance for enterprise controls, including IT General Controls (ITGC), IT Application Controls (ITAC), access management, change management, operational controls, data validation controls, and control assurance programs supporting financial and operational reporting.
· Drive enterprise-wide data protection and information risk governance by defining standards and controls for data classification, privacy, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), highly confidential data, data retention, access segregation, encryption, and secure data handling practices.
· Define and govern enterprise standards for analytics design, architecture, metadata, lineage, data models, KPI definitions, naming conventions, documentation, and governance processes to ensure consistency, traceability, scalability, and auditability across the analytics landscape.
· Lead governance assurance, audit readiness, and remediation activities by partnering with Internal Audit, External Audit, Cyber Security, Privacy, Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders to monitor compliance, assess control effectiveness, and drive timely resolution of governance risks and deficiencies.
· Establish governance monitoring, metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting processes that provide visibility into compliance posture, control health, standards adoption, lineage coverage, risk exposure, and remediation progress.
· Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Data & Analytics Operations, Platform, Cyber Security, Privacy, Enterprise Architecture, Internal Controls, and business leadership teams to embed governance requirements into enterprise processes, technology platforms, and analytics delivery practices.
· Build, lead, and develop a high-performing governance organization, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, operational excellence, and risk-aware decision-making while enabling business innovation through trusted data and analytics.
· Build, develop and maintain Data Governance tools, products and services that enable the efficient execution of the Data Governance framework in the Enterprise Data & Analytics ecosystem
· Define and lead the innovation and transformation of the Data Governance framework to enable the agentic future governance of Enterprise Data & Analytics
· Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data & Analytics, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.
· Significant experience leading enterprise Data Governance, Data Management, Compliance, Audit, Risk, or Analytics organizations.
· Expertise in Data Governance frameworks, operating models, policies, controls, and stewardship programs.
· Significant experience in operating large, complex, global enterprise applications, platforms supporting regulated business environments.
· Significant experience with Data & Analytics technologies and platforms
· Proven leadership experience with enterprise-scale governance transformation initiatives.
· Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
· Experience in governing and leading modern cloud data platforms and enterprise analytics ecosystems.
· Strong knowledge of SOX controls, audit programs, ITGC, ITAC, privacy regulations, GDPR, information protection, and risk management.
· Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, data catalog, data quality, master data management, and governance tooling.
· Experience interacting with executive leadership, board-level compliance functions, and external auditors.
· Strong change management and organizational transformation experience.
· Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement mindset.
· Ability to balance governance rigor with business agility and innovation.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world.
It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Wind, and Electrification -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.
The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come.
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