Lead Data Governance Analyst

Required Skills & Experience

• Must be comfortable working onsite 5 days per week
• 6 years of experience in Data Quality, Data Governance, or Information Management with a focus on data quality monitoring and reporting
• Experience with data literacy and change management
• Experience with Informatica (or similar tools for data profiling)
• Extensive experience working with SQL, specifically extracting data, writing SQL queries
• Hands-on experience with Power BI (or similar tools) for developing and managing data quality dashboards, reports, and monitoring tools
• Strong critical thinking skills to anticipate data issues, assess root causes, and propose practical, business-aligned recommendations.
• Experience participating in change management and process improvement initiatives related to data quality and data governance practices.
• Experience working with Databricks or Snowflake specifically building pipelines, querying and processing tables, etc.
• Fantastic verbal and writing communication skills

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience working with Master Data Management (MDM) or Data Governance tools and frameworks

Job Description

Our client is looking for a Sr. Data Governance Analyst to join their team. This individual will support the development and execution of data quality monitoring processes, dashboards, and reporting within the Global Analytics & Insights organization. This role will work closely with business data owners and domain leads to define data quality priorities, gather feedback, and address data integrity issues across key systems and processes. The Senior Analyst will assist the Director / Manager of Data Governance in maintaining data quality frameworks, standards, and reporting practices, while collaborating with both technical and business stakeholders to improve data reliability. The position will also help document business rules, monitor critical data attributes, and support continuous improvement initiatives within the data quality space.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders and data owners to gather feedback on data quality issues, reporting needs, and dashboard requirements.
• Participate in tool enhancement projects and contribute to the design of new reporting solutions and data quality monitoring capabilities.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize data quality dashboards and reports to monitor critical data attributes and metrics across core business domains.
• Coordinate with business data stewards and operational teams to document and refine business rules for data quality checks and reporting logic.
• At the direction of team leadership, assess upstream and downstream data flows and ensure data quality monitoring covers key transformation points and business-critical processes.
• Track and document data quality issues, working with business and IT teams to investigate root causes and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure that data quality dimensions (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, validity) are well-defined and appropriately reflected in monitoring tools.
• Coordinate ongoing management of data with business domain owners.
• At the direction of team leadership, understands the upstream and downstream data impacts and develops, implements, and manages control structures and business rules used to govern data transformations.
• Ensures data element lineage and other business and technical metadata is well documented.
• Supports efforts to monitor compliance with established standards and metrics.
• Identifies and supports execution of process improvement opportunities.
• Implements corrective actions to resolve data quality problems at the direction of team leadership.
• Participates in all key meetings and documents minutes and action items.
• Creates and maintains appropriate documentation / operating procedures for all process work.

Compensation:

$50-$63hr

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.