Senior Data Governance and Tooling Manager

• Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure
• production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant
• Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
• Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
• The role, in a nutshell:
• Chainguard is seeking a Senior Data Governance & Tooling Manager to own the integrity, structure
• long-term strategy of our GTM data ecosystem. This role will be accountable for ensuring our CRM data — from accounts and contacts through lifecycle, enrichment
• attribution — is accurate, trusted, scalable
• actionable across Sales, Marketing, RevOps
• GTM Systems. The Senior Manager will establish a digital data governance framework, ensure data assets are trusted, compliant and effectively leveraged
• embed data stewardship into the culture of the organization. This person will also serve as a key liaison between Revenue Operations and the GTM systems to ensure all core tools are configured correctly and optimized for the fields needs.
• This person will sit at the intersection of data governance, systems
• revenue operations, partnering closely with Sales Operations, GTM Systems
• Marketing Operations to ensure that every downstream decision is powered by high-quality data

What You Will Do

• Data Strategy & Governance
• Work with our systems team to define Chainguard’s CRM data strategy, including data models for accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, and related objects
• Establish and enforce data governance standards: definitions, ownership, validation rules, SLAs, and quality thresholds
• Create a clear system of record philosophy across tools (CRM, enrichment platforms, marketing automation, analytics stack)
• Data Quality & Integrity
• Own ongoing data hygiene across accounts and contacts, including deduplication, normalization, enrichment, and lifecycle management
• Design scalable processes and governance for data accuracy, completeness, freshness, and consistency
• Proactively identify and remediate data issues before they impact reporting, pipeline, or go-to-market execution
• Cross-Functional Enablement
• Partner with:
• Sales Ops / RevOps to ensure data supports territory planning, forecasting, and pipeline management, and sales process
• GTM Systems to align data models with CRM architecture, integrations, and automation
• Marketing Operations to ensure clean inbound data flow, lead-to-account matching, and attribution
• Translate business requirements into scalable data frameworks that work across teams
• Process, Tooling & Scalability
• Own and optimize enrichment strategy (e.g., Clay and related tools), balancing coverage, cost, and accuracy
• Design processes for data ingestion from inbound, outbound, partners, and product-led sources
• Prepare the data foundation to scale with company growth, new segments, new motions, and future tooling changes
• Align on systems roadmap from a RevOps perspective to ensure prioritization is clear
• Leadership & Influence
• Act as the authoritative owner of GTM data, driving alignment without becoming a bottleneck
• Educate stakeholders on best practices around data usage and governance
• Build a roadmap for data maturity that aligns with Chainguard’s growth stage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance or GTM Systems roles
• Deep hands-on experience with CRM systems (Salesforce strongly preferred)
• Experience building or scaling data governance frameworks at a high-growth company
• Proven ownership of account and contact data models in a B2B SaaS environment
• Experience working closely with Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, and Systems teams
• Strong understanding of enrichment providers, inbound data flows, and lifecycle management
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution.
• Traits for Success:
• Opinionated but collaborative — able to drive standards while partnering effectively
• Systems thinker who anticipates second- and third-order effects of data decisions
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and evolving environments
• High bar for data quality, with pragmatism about speed vs. perfection
• Base salary: $174,000-205,000.
• About Us
• We live and breathe our company values:
• We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
• A few of the benefits we offer:
• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
• If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
• Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions
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• other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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