Data Governance Leader

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Are you passionate about transforming raw data into strategic business assets? As nVent's Data Governance Leader, you'll be the driving force behind our data revolution, architecting the frameworks that turn information into innovation. This isn't just about managing data-it's about unleashing its power to fuel our digital transformation, enable innovative AI initiatives, and create competitive advantages across our global enterprise.

In this pivotal role, you'll blend strategic vision with technical expertise to build a data-driven culture where quality, security, and accessibility converge to create business value. You'll work with executive leadership to position data as a critical organizational asset while ensuring we maintain the highest standards of regulatory compliance and ethical data use. Shape the future of data at nVent.

In this position, you will:

Strategic Leadership & Program Development

• Develop and implement a comprehensive data governance strategy aligned with nVent's business objectives and digital transformation initiatives

• Establish a resilient Data Governance Community of Practice to ensure data accuracy, accessibility, and usability across the enterprise

• Drive executive alignment on data governance scope, objectives, and strategic value

• Integrate data governance best practices into agile development processes and digital solutions

• Lead the establishment of data quality standards, master data management protocols, and data lifecycle policies

Data Analytics & AI Enablement

• Architect a governance framework that enables advanced analytics capabilities while maintaining appropriate controls

• Establish clear data lineage and traceability mechanisms to validate analytics outputs and ensure trustworthy insights

• Design governance protocols that support AI/ML model development with high-quality, properly managed training data

• Implement metadata management practices that enhance data discoverability and facilitate AI innovation

• Develop governance standards for transparency and ethical AI use

Data Asset Consolidation & Unification

• Spearhead initiatives to identify, catalog, and consolidate disparate data assets across the organization

• Engage in the development of enterprise data models that support unified data architecture

• Establish governance processes that facilitate data integration while maintaining data integrity

• Collaborate with IT leadership to ensure governance standards align with data platform strategies

• Drive data standardization efforts to enable enterprise-wide analytics and reporting

Compliance & Risk Management

• Forge collaborative partnerships with Privacy, Legal, Digital, and Cyber Security teams to ensure unified data protection

• Implement data classification frameworks and handling protocols that align with regulatory requirements

• Build privacy and protection controls into data governance methodologies and practices

• Develop governance procedures for managing critical data throughout its lifecycle

• Ensure governance policies adapt to evolving regulatory requirements across global markets

Organizational Development & Change Management

• Develop comprehensive training and support programs for data owners, stewards, and users

• Clarify roles and responsibilities across the data governance ecosystem

• Champion data literacy initiatives to elevate organizational capabilities

• Prioritize governance initiatives to align with key business objectives

• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of governance practices

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Data Science, Information Technology, Statistics or related field required. Advanced degree preferred.

Previous Experience and Skills:

• Ideally 10+ years of progressive experience in data management with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.

• Lead the charge in pioneering strategic data initiatives.

• Excel in a collaborative environment, applying your outstanding interpersonal skills to engage with executives, business users, and vendors.

• The ability to provide thought leadership and communicate technical solutions and concepts in business terms.

• Guide and inspire teams, offering mentorship and orchestrating meaningful stakeholder sessions.

• Champion Master Data Management efforts, setting the standard for industry best practices.

• Bridge the gap between business and IT, fostering data-driven processes and procedures.

• Thrive in an environment where ambiguity sparks innovation.

• Experience in requirements gathering, documentation, solution architecture, design, development and deployment.

• Able to balance multiple projects with ease and adapt to shifting priorities.

• Demonstrated consulting skills, experienced with organizational change management concepts and strategies, including communication plans, strategies to drive culture change, and implementation of performance measures to track progress.

• Must be self-directed with excellent initiative and organizational skills.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • At nVent, we believe safer systems ensure a more secure world. We connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high-performance products and solutions for mission-critical equipment, buildings and essential processes. Our solutions are helping build a more sustainable and electrified world.

  • We are a $3.3B company with a dedicated team of more than 11,000 employees around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of enclosures, electrical and fastening, and thermal management solutions dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, RAYCHEM and SCHROFF.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent's pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan - both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.