Senior Manager, Data Governance

At Momentum Financial Services Group, we help people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most. With more than 40 years of experience, we’re the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network—and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities.

From short-term loans to money transfers and prepaid cards, we power the products, technology, and operations that connect over a million customers a year to the money they need, when they need it.

At MFSG, we come together across teams and departments to create something bigger than ourselves: solutions that remove barriers and give people access to money they might not get anywhere else. Whether you're solving problems, building systems, or shaping strategy, your work fuels real support for real people.

• →Develop, implement, and continuously improve the enterprise data governance framework, operating model, policies, standards, and procedures.
• →Establish and manage enterprise data stewardship and data ownership programs across business domains, ensuring clear accountability for critical data assets.
• →Lead enterprise data quality initiatives, including quality standards, monitoring, issue management, remediation processes, and continuous improvement activities.
• →Own enterprise metadata management, business glossary, data catalog adoption, and data ownership programs to improve understanding, discoverability, and transparency of enterprise information assets.
• →Partner with Information Security, Risk, Privacy, and Compliance teams to define, align, and implement data classification standards, data protection practices, retention requirements, and governance controls that support enterprise security and regulatory obligations.
• →Drive adoption of governance tools, stewardship processes, and governance best practices across business and technology teams.
• →Measure and report governance maturity, stewardship effectiveness, metadata adoption, and data quality performance while recommending continuous improvement opportunities.

• 7–10 years of progressive experience in data governance, data management, data quality, information management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and stewardship operating models.
• Experience developing and implementing data quality frameworks.
• Experience developing and managing enterprise data quality programs.
• Experience with metadata management, business glossary development, and data catalog capabilities.
• Experience partnering with business and technology stakeholders to drive governance adoption and organizational change.
• Experience developing governance metrics, reporting, and maturity assessments.
• Experience collaborating with Information Security, Risk, Privacy, and Compliance teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Management, Computer Science, Information Management, or a related discipline.

• Experience within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting regulatory, privacy, and compliance initiatives.
• Experience implementing governance technologies and metadata management platforms.
• Experience supporting AI governance, data ethics, or responsible AI programs. Experience leading enterprise-wide governance transformation initiatives.

• Master’s degree in Data Management, Information Management, Business Administration, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP); DCAM (Data Management Capability Assessment Model); DAMA Certifications; Data Governance Certifications; Information Privacy Certifications; Risk Management Certifications; other governance, compliance, or information management credentials.

Committed to Equal Opportunity:
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