{"id":1237,"date":"2019-09-11T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2019-09-09T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T04:05:18","slug":"5-main-data-roles-data-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/5-main-data-roles-data-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"5 main data roles found in data governance programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve previously wrote about more obscure, though intriguing, data roles<\/a> I’ve encountered, but I’ve been asked several times to go over the main data roles found in a data governance<\/a> program. I’ll skip the sometimes dreaded introduction and get straight to it. The 5 main data roles found in data governance programs are:<\/p>\n

1. Data executive<\/h2>\n

Within organizations and data governance programs, the data executive function is treated differently. Traditionally, this role is sitting under the IT department and tended to be the responsibility of the Chief Information Officer (CIO<\/a>) or even the Chief Technology Officer (CTO<\/a>). There are still quite a few organizations where this is still occurring, but it’s not recommended – that’s another topic for another day. In some other instances, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO<\/a>) or another C-level position, such as the CEO<\/a>, may be designated as having executive responsibility for data. In the past years, the data executive role had its own data specific designate, usually aptly named the Chief Data Officer. Luckily, that is a trend that picked up steam and is continue to grow – yet another topic for yet another day.<\/p>\n

Depending on the size of the organization, its culture, needs, goals, as well as the operating model<\/a>, the role could also fall onto the following:<\/p>\n