Data Analyst V (Senior Data Governance Specialist)

Position Summary

The Senior Data Governance Specialist is responsible for establishing, driving, and maturing the enterprise data governance framework. This role ensures the organization’s data is trustworthy, compliant, secure, and aligned with business strategy.

The specialist provides cross-pillar leadership across metadata, lineage, data quality (DQ), access governance, policies, MDM, compliance, and change-management initiatives. This role works closely with senior business stakeholders, technical teams, Legal, Security, and audit partners.

Key Responsibilities

1. Data Governance Strategy & Framework

Develop and maintain enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and processes

Define and implement scalable operating models (centralized, federated, hybrid)

Lead KPI development, maturity assessments, and continuous improvement cycles

2. Data Quality Management

Define enterprise DQ dimensions, rules, and controls

Drive identification and governance of Critical Data Elements (CDEs)

Lead issue triage, root cause analysis (RCA), and remediation efforts

3. Metadata, Lineage & Catalog Management

Lead enterprise adoption of metadata standards

Govern Atlan catalog (domains, glossary, lineage, personas, policies)

Partner with architecture & engineering for automated/manual lineage expansion

4. Data Ownership & Stewardship

Establish Data Owner, Steward, and Custodian accountability models

Lead Data Governance Council and steward community

Ensure alignment on definitions, usage, and controls

5. Policy, Controls & Compliance

Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations (GDPR, CCPA, SOX, HIPAA as applicable)

Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance teams

Lead audit evidence collection and regulatory readiness initiatives

6. Master & Reference Data Governance

Govern master data domains in collaboration with MDM/architecture teams

Oversee enterprise reference data lifecycle and approved definitions

7. Data Access & Security Governance

Define classification schemes and access policies

Partner with IT/Security on RBAC, entitlement reviews, and data protection validation

8. Technology & Tools Enablement

Evaluate and implement DG tools (Atlan, Monte Carlo, MDM, workflow automation, ITSM integrations)

Lead Atlan & Monte Carlo enablement across the enterprise

Integrate metadata and quality signals into BI dashboards

Champion automation through APIs

Required Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Data Management, or related field

7–10+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Analytics Engineering, or Data Quality

Strong expertise in:

Metadata management

Master Data Management (MDM)

Data Quality frameworks

Data lineage

Regulatory compliance

Hands-on experience with Atlan and Monte Carlo (preferred)

Strong SQL and BI background

Experience integrating catalog/observability tools into dashboards

Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders across Business, Engineering, Legal, Security, and Compliance

Excellent communication skills with ability to simplify complex data concepts