Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. dv01 is a data-first financial technology company that provides transparency and analytical tools for structured finance and lending markets. The Data Governance Lead will build and scale a comprehensive data governance function covering data quality, ownership, stewardship, definitions, rights, classification, lineage, and compliance to support trustworthy AI and data products.
Responsibilities
- Scale What We Have Already Built for AI: Our data already powers AI products in production. The hard problem is doing that across every dataset, every client, and every new product without ever having to guess whether an answer is right. Our Data Product Manager defines what the data is; you make sure it is owned, classified, measured, and trusted at the scale AI demands. Nobody in this market has solved this yet, and we intend to be the ones who do
- Own the Data Quality Framework and Its Metrics: Define what quality means across our loan-level and deal-level data, set the thresholds, and partner with our Data Product Manager, Data Engineering, and Data Analysts to get monitoring instrumented. Then report on it relentlessly and drive a sustained, measurable drop in failures
- Establish Ownership and Stewardship: Put named owners and stewards on every data domain, document their decisions, and make sure those decisions stay current instead of going stale the week after they are made
- Own the Data Dictionary and Business Definitions: Make our definitions correct, complete, and consistent everywhere they appear, from the warehouse to the product to what clients see. Chase down the ambiguities nobody else has time to chase
- Own Data Rights in Practice: Know exactly what we are permitted to do with every dataset we receive from clients and third parties, and make those terms enforceable in the platform rather than buried in a contract nobody reads
- Run It Like a Program: Track commitments, escalate what is stuck, and close things out. You will not have a team at the start, so persistence, credibility, and clear direction do the work
Skills
- **Accomplished** as a data governance professional, bringing 7+ years of expertise in data governance, data quality, or data management
- **Proven** at building programs from the ground up. What exists here today is home-grown at best, so we need someone who has stood a program up from nothing, not someone who has only administered one that was already running
- **Meticulous** and exceptionally organized. You are the person who notices a definition is wrong, tracks down who owns it, and does not let it go until it is fixed
- **Fluent** in technical conversations without needing to be an engineer. Able to review SQL, interpret data models, and partner effectively with engineering teams to guide the right technical architecture
- **Experienced** in hands-on governance and data quality using purpose-built tooling rather than spreadsheets and home-grown trackers. We use BigQuery, dbt, and Unity Catalog today; experience with platforms like Collibra or Alation counts equally. What matters is that you have operated a real stack
- **Strategic** about the intersection of AI and data governance. You have a proven track record of designing governance frameworks (covering quality, lineage, metadata, and compliance) that ensure AI models scale on trustworthy data
- **Knowledgeable** across core governance domains (ownership, stewardship, quality, lineage, metadata, classification, access, master/reference data) and key regulatory frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act / ISO 42001)
- Experience managing data intended for external customer consumption
- Experience at a startup or startup-like environment
- Experience with structured finance and lending data
- Experience building scalable web applications using TypeScript, Soda and deal studio
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO. Unplug and rejuvenate, however you want—whether that’s vacationing on the beach or at home on a mental-health day.
- $1,000 Learning & Development Fund. No matter where you are in your career, always invest in your future. We encourage you to attend conferences, take classes, and lead workshops. We also host hackathons, brunch & learns, and other employee-led learning opportunities.
- Remote-First Environment. People thrive in a flexible and supportive environment that best invigorates them. You can work from your home, cafe, or hotel. You decide.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance package for you and your family.
- 401(k) for you to contribute.
- $138/month to put toward your favorite gym or fitness membership.
- Up to $1,650 per year through our Fitness Fund to purchase workout equipment, gear, or other wellness essentials.
- Primary caregivers can take 16 weeks off 100% paid leave.
- Secondary caregivers can take 4 weeks off.
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