Data Governance Role

Data Governance C1 C2

Responsibilities:

- Work with the President's Cabinet, the direct reports to the President, and accept responsibility for the program and ongoing data-governance processes.

- Get funding, support and political backing.

- Connect with a broad network of relationships

- Help identify and overcome obstacles and resistance within the institution

- Note: funding may mean additional budget monies, or it may mean "release time" for employees to do governance work

- Support DGC project team(s) with communication and visibility

- Help to determine and report out measurable success indicators

- Make key decisions when consensus within the group cannot be reached

Qualities:

- Passion for the program

- Ability and willingness to champion data governance

- Ability to motivate and inspire teams and members

- Strong communication skills

- Big-picture vision, but also able to sufficiently understand specific challenges and data-governance vocabulary

- Accountability (as public face of high-profile effort)

- Risk Management Skills/Training

- Some abilities in use of certain related software

- Commitment