Data Governance Roles

M3 · M3 — Senior Manager · Individual contributor

Median pay · United States

$120,351

$94,546 – $153,199 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)

Level position

M3 · 3 of 5 in track

Median pay

$120,351

$94,546–$153,199

Level

M3 · 3 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 — M3 M3 — Senior Manager

Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.