Scrum Master with Data Governance
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Scrum Master / Project & Delivery leader – Data Governance
Contract: 12+ Months
Location: Hybrid (Toronto, Ontario) 3 days a week from office must
As a Scrum Master/ Project & Delivery Lead in the Data Governance team, my primary accountability is to drive execution, coordination, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of Data Governance initiatives, ensuring Data Stewardship, Metadata Management, Data Quality, Accountability Framework, and Governance programs move from strategy into operational adoption while providing leadership visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes
Key areas to own:
- Delivery & execution
- Stakeholder coordination
- Governance program enablement
- Executive reporting
- Stewardship engagement
- Cross-functional facilitation
- Continuous improvement & adoption metrics
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead planning, prioritization, execution, and delivery of Data Governance initiatives and strategic roadmap items
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Data Stewards, Data Owners, Product Managers, Engineering, Architecture, and Business stakeholders
- Drive stewardship adoption, accountability framework implementation, data literacy, metadata management, and data quality programs
- Manage risks, dependencies, escalations, and governance-related blockers to ensure timely decision-making and execution
- Provide leadership visibility through executive reporting, KPI tracking, roadmap updates, and governance metrics
- Facilitate governance forums, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement across governance processes and tooling
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Responsibilities
Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of Data Governance initiatives, including stewardship, metadata management, data quality, and accountability programs. Align cross-functional stakeholders, manage risks and dependencies, facilitate governance forums, and report progress and outcomes to leadership.
Requirements
The role calls for a mid-senior-level Scrum Master or project and delivery leader with experience coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering Data Governance initiatives. It requires the ability to support stewardship adoption, metadata management, data quality, executive reporting, and governance process improvement.
Skills
- Scrum Mastery
- Project Delivery
- Data Governance
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Cross-Functional Facilitation
- Data Stewardship
- Metadata Management
- Data Quality
- Risk Management
- Dependency Management
- Executive Reporting
- KPI Tracking
- Roadmap Planning
- Data Literacy
- Continuous Improvement
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
- Consulting
Keywords
- Scrum Master
- Project Delivery
- Data Governance
- Data Stewardship
- Metadata Management
- Data Quality
- Accountability Framework
- Strategic Roadmap
- Data Owners
- Data Stewards
- Product Managers
- Engineering
- Architecture
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Executive Reporting
- KPI Tracking
- Governance Metrics
- Risk Management
- Dependency Management
- Escalation Management
- Data Literacy
- Governance Forums
- Continuous Improvement
- Governance Tooling