Company Overview: 

At Encore Fire Protection, we are proud to be the East Coast's largest full-service fire protection company, serving over 90,000 customers from Maine to Louisiana. With a team of more than 2,400 dedicated employees, we provide customized fire protection solutions that protect lives and property every day. Our goal is to deliver a superior experience to those who trust us to safeguard what matters most. We are passionate about continuous growth, innovation, and building a culture rooted in teamwork, success, and an unwavering commitment to safety. 

Our mission? To be the best fire protection company the industry has ever seen. 

Position Overview: 

We are seeking a Data Governance Manager to establish and lead Encore’s enterprise data governance program. Reporting directly to the CIO, this role is responsible for building the standards, operating model, and partnerships that ensure our data is trusted, secure, consistent, and ready to support operational excellence, analytics, and AI. 

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on turning ambiguity into clarity and helping the business confidently answer, “Can we trust this data? 

Key Responsibilities: 

Data Governance & Operations 

• Establish and oversee enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure data quality, consistency, security, privacy, and compliance. 

• Define data ownership, stewardship, classification, retention, and lifecycle controls in partnership with business and IT leaders. 

• Build and operate governance workflows including issue intake, triage, root cause analysis, remediation tracking, and continuous improvement. 

• Lead governance councils and working groups to drive adoption, accountability, and consistent decision-making. 

Business Strategy & Enablement 

• Serve as the primary data governance advisor to the CIO and senior leadership, aligning governance priorities with enterprise objectives. 

• Partner with business and functional leaders to identify where poor data quality or unclear definitions are impacting performance, then translate those gaps into actionable governance improvements. 

• Convert business needs into practical data standards, definitions, and operating processes. 

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Building 

• Cultivate strong partnerships across business units and IT so governance is embedded in daily workflows. 

• Advocate for a data-driven culture by enabling shared definitions, trusted sources, and clear accountability. 

• Influence stakeholders at all levels to adopt disciplined, consistent data practices. 

Department Leadership 

• Build and lead Encore’s data governance function, including developing a distributed network of data owners and stewards across the enterprise. 

• Create a collaborative, solutions-oriented environment that balances structure with business agility. 

Data Technology Stack & Performance 

• Partner with IT and data teams to implement governance-enabling tools and capabilities such as metadata management, data cataloging, lineage, and data quality monitoring. 

• Support reliability and consistency of enterprise data by defining standards for master data, reference data, and critical business definitions. 

Value Obtainment & ROI 

• Define and track governance success metrics including data quality improvements, reduced rework, reporting consistency, and faster decision-making. 

• Partner with business units to prioritize governance initiatives that deliver measurable operational and financial impact. 

Roadmap & Budgeting 

• Develop and maintain a phased data governance roadmap aligned to enterprise priorities. 

• Partner with leadership to assess, justify, and prioritize investments in governance capabilities and tools. 

• Ensure initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable adoption. 

AI Enablement 

• Strengthen the governance foundation required for analytics and AI by ensuring trusted sources, definitions, lineage, and appropriate access controls. 

• Support responsible AI adoption through policies addressing privacy, security, and appropriate usage. 

Qualifications: 

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field. Master’s degree is a plus. 

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or data operations with demonstrated success building standards and driving adoption. 

• Experience partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. 

Skills & Competencies 

• Deep understanding of data governance, metadata management, data quality practices, master data, and data lifecycle controls. 

• Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and influencing skills. 

• Ability to drive change and accountability in complex organizations. 

• Experience implementing enterprise data and analytics solutions. 

Why Join Us? 

• Strategic Impact, directly improve how Encore operates, decides, and grows through trusted data. 

• Leadership Opportunity, build and shape Encore’s data governance foundation. 

• Cutting-Edge Work, enable analytics and AI with a strong data backbone. 

Salary commensurate with experience with opportunity for a results-driven bonus based on personal output and effectiveness in role. Expected salary range between $120,000 - $150,000 per year. 

What We Offer: 

At Encore, we’re all about creating a culture where success is celebrated. We recognize that our work makes people’s lives safer, and we reward those who contribute to our growth. 

• Competitive Salary with performance-based bonus opportunities 

• Purpose-Driven Work Environment 

• Flexible Dress Code with Encore branded gear 

• Innovative, people-first culture 

• Leading-edge productivity tools 

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage 

• Fidelity 401(k) with company match 

• Company-paid life insurance policy of $50,000 

Encore Fire Protection is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
Encore Fire Protection is an E-Verify Employer. 

As an EEO/AA employer, Encore Fire Protection considers applicants for employment without regard to and does not discriminate based on gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

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