Data Governance Lead

As the Data Governance Lead, you will play a pivotal role in developing and rolling out an enterprise-wide Data Governance Framework, while tightly partnering with **Legal, Privacy, Security**, and **Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)** teams. You will also work closely with the **Data Team** to define, approve, and implement governance policies and standards. Your focus will be on embedding governance practices into data lifecycle management, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a culture of data accountability.* Design, implement, and lead the rollout of a pragmatic, scalable, and adaptable enterprise Data Governance Framework.* Develop supporting policy and standards architecture (e.g., data classification, metadata management, data access and usage policies).* Embed governance by design into data pipelines, platforms, and data product development.* Lead the creation, approval, and adoption of data policies in close collaboration with **Legal, Privacy, Security, GRC**, and the **Data Team**.* Ensure alignment of governance policies with regulatory and contractual requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, internal risk policies).* Develop control frameworks to assess compliance and maturity across data domains.* Clearly articulate the business value and regulatory importance of data governance to technical and non-technical stakeholders.* Support change management initiatives to increase understanding, adoption, and integration of governance practices into daily operations.* Lead the **Data Governance Council** and **Data Steward Forums** to sustain engagement and drive accountability.* Recommend and support the implementation of data governance tooling (e.g., catalog, lineage, glossary, policy manager) in partnership with the Data Team.* Define and track KPIs to assess framework rollout progress, data quality trends, and policy adoption.* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems (MIS), Software Development, or a related technical field.* 5 to 8 years of experience in data governance or enterprise data management roles.* Deep expertise in designing and implementing data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.* Strong cross-functional leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to drive alignment across Legal, Privacy, Security, GRC, and Data teams.* Proven ability to communicate complex governance concepts to varied audiences and influence adoption.* Familiarity with data governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica) and modern data platforms.* Experience leading data governance initiatives in a federated or hub-and-spoke data organization.* Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and AI governance standards.* DCAM, CDMP, or equivalent data governance certification is a plus.****Compensation:**** Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.****Benefits:**** At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at, under “Corporate Governance.”Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit . #J-18808-Ljbffr