Data Governance Roles

M4 · M4 — Director · Individual contributor

Median pay · United States

$167,689

$131,734 – $213,457 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)

Level position

M4 · 4 of 5 in track

Median pay

$167,689

$131,734–$213,457

Level

M4 · 4 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 — M4 M4 — Director

Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.