Data Governance Lead

About the Role

The Data Governance function plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, discoverability and accessibility of data across the company. Our mission is to implement scalable governance frameworks that enable trustworthy data usage across analytics, reporting, and operations. As a core member of the team, you will help define and implement data governance policies, enhance metadata management, and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations. You will collaborate with data engineering, analytics, compliance, risk and product teams to drive best practices in data management.

You will act as a force of change and improvement across the organization, with a particular focus on data systems and processes.  Your expertise will help shape team roadmaps and strategies as the company evolves and builds new products and services.  

The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $140,670 and up to $195,400. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits. The actual base salary offered may be higher, depending on your location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

In this role, you can expect to

• Define and implement data governance policies and best practices for data quality, discoverability, and access control.
• Lead programs and projects that move the company forward in our data governance and management goals. 
• Own and enhance the data catalog, ensuring accurate documentation of metadata, lineage, and business definitions.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations (e.g.,SOX, CCPA) and internal data privacy policies. 
• Develop and implement processes for data stewardship, ensuring high-quality and well-documented datasets.
• Partner with analytics and product teams to ensure governed, discoverable, and reliable data assets.
• Contribute to governance-related automation efforts, such as metadata harvesting and automated lineage tracking.
• Develop metrics for measuring and reporting various aspects of Chime’s data governance efforts. 
• Establish data governance and management operating rhythms within the Data organization and across partner teams. 

To thrive in this role, you have

• 7+ years professional experience and 3+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or as a data Technical Program Manager. 
• Hands-on experience working with data cataloging tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Atlan) and metadata management frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations (GDPR, CCPA, SOX).
• Experience working with Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses.
• Familiarity with data lineage, data quality monitoring, and data access management.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams to define and enforce governance policies.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex governance concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that basic banking services should be helpful, transparent, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress. 

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer

• 🏢 A thoughtful hybrid work policy that combines in-office days and trips to team and company-wide events depending on location to ensure you stay connected to your work and teammates, whether you’re local to one of our offices or remote
• 💻 Hybrid work perks like backup child, elder and/or pet care, as well as a subsidized commuter benefit
• 💰 Competitive salary based on experience
• ✨ 401k match plus great medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off 
• 🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice
• 👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses
• 👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
• 👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.
• 🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!
• 💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

To learn more about how Chime collects and uses your personal information during the application process, please see the Chime Applicant Privacy Notice.

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