Data Governance Roles

M1 · M1 — Manager (Team Lead) · Individual contributor

Median pay · United States

$85,619

$67,261 – $108,988 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)

Level position

M1 · 1 of 5 in track

Median pay

$85,619

$67,261–$108,988

Level

M1 · 1 of 5 in track

Super-function

data

Demand-heat

moderate

15.2% growth

Summary

Management track for data governance leadership: supervising and leading teams that establish, operate, and enforce data governance programs — including governance policies/standards, metadata and data catalog operations, data lineage, business glossaries, data quality rules/metrics, and regulatory compliance. Distinct from individual-contributor (IC) governance analysts who author deliverables hands-on; this track owns people management, program operations, framework accountability, and progressively the enterprise data strategy. Scope deepens from supervising a governance unit (M1) to directing the enterprise governance program with division-wide impact (M5).

This level — M1 M1 — Manager (Team Lead)

Front-line people manager of a single team; owns delivery, coaching, and execution.