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Lead, Data Governance

1 month, 1 week ago
Remote
Full-time
Lead
Data Architect
Data Science and Analytics
Apache Airflow dbt GCP Metabase SQL Trino
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Alpaca

Alpaca

Alpaca is a developer-first API for stock and crypto trading, offering easy-to-use APIs for building apps and trading algorithms.

Capital Markets
51-250
Founded 2015
$87M raised
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Description

  • Build and maintain data governance policies, classification standards, ownership models, and exception processes aligned with security and privacy requirements.
  • Own data access governance for the lakehouse and analytics stack, including entitlement standards, access reviews, and least-privilege controls.
  • Work with Data Engineering to implement technical controls such as Ranger policies, schema restrictions, and service account management.
  • Set data quality standards and help data teams track and improve against them.
  • Maintain data inventory, metadata, and lineage documentation for compliance and audit readiness.
  • Review data vendors and new use cases, including analytics platforms, reverse ETL, AI query tools, and notebooks, with Security, Privacy, and Legal.
  • Support sensitive and cross-border data requests, including PII handling and regional data flows.
  • Prepare evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, CSA STAR, partner security reviews, and regulatory exams.
  • Track data risks and control gaps within the Enterprise Risk Management program.
  • Serve as the governance partner for Data and Security on access, classification, tooling, and AI data guardrails.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, data security, GRC, privacy engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 2 years of experience working with modern data platforms such as lakehouses, warehouses, SQL engines, BI tools, or semantic layers.
  • Strong understanding of data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK or NIST and how to apply them in fast-moving companies.
  • Experience building or running data classification, access control, or entitlement review programs.
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms, with GCP preferred.
  • Working knowledge of privacy and regulatory requirements in financial services, including GDPR, CCPA, and cross-border transfers.
  • Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar audits.
  • Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and advocate for strong controls without creating bottlenecks.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced remote environment.
  • Comfortable working as an individual contributor with no direct reports.
  • Fintech, brokerage, or regulated financial services experience is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with Trino, Apache Ranger, dbt, Cube, Metabase, Airflow, or Iceberg is preferred.
  • Experience reviewing AI/ML and analytics tools is preferred.
  • Privacy program or vendor/DPA review experience is preferred.
  • CIPT, CIPM, CISM, CISSP, CDMP, CRISC, or similar certifications are preferred.
  • Experience as the first governance hire at a growing company is preferred.
  • Experience with Japan or EU data residency and cross-border data issues is preferred.
  • Exposure to ERM or operational risk is preferred.
  • Remote or distributed team experience is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with stock options.
  • Health benefits.
  • One-time USD $500 new hire home-office setup stipend.
  • USD $150 monthly stipend via a Brex card.

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