Senior Data Analyst V

Experience: 14+ Years

Job Responsibilities:

Data Governance Strategy & Framework

• Develop and maintain the enterprise DG strategy, policies, standards, and processes.
• Define and implement scalable operating models (centralized, federated, hybrid).
• Lead DG KPI development, maturity assessments, and continuous improvement cycles.

Data Quality Management

• Define enterprise DQ dimensions, rules, controls, and remediation workflows.
• Drive organization wide identification and governance of Critical Data Elements.
• Oversee issue triage, RCA, and remediation with clear business/technical ownership.

Metadata, Lineage & Catalog Management

• Lead enterprise adoption of metadata standards and quality expectations.
• Oversee Atlan catalog governance (domains, glossary, lineage, personas/policies).
• Partner with architecture and engineering to expand automated and governed manual lineage.

Data Ownership & Stewardship

• Establish and operationalize Data Owner, Steward, Custodian roles and accountability models.
• Lead the Data Governance Council and steward communities; ensure alignment on definitions, usage, and controls.

Policy, Controls & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with internal DG policies and external regulations (GDPR/CCPA/SOX/HIPAA depending on industry).
• Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance to define and maintain privacy, access, retention, and risk controls.
• Lead audit evidence collection and regulatory readiness for data related controls.

Master & Reference Data Governance

• Drive governance for master data domains in partnership with MDM/architecture teams.
• Oversee enterprise reference data lifecycle, definitions, and approved values.

Data Access & Security Governance

• Define and govern classification schemes, access policies, and protection controls.
• Work with Security/IT on RBAC, entitlement reviews, and data protection validation.

Technology & Tools Enablement

• Evaluate and implement DG technology stack: Atlan, Monte Carlo, MDM tools, workflow automation, ITSM integrations.
• Lead Atlan/MC enablement, ensuring enterprise adoption of metadata, lineage, DQ, and certification workflows.
• Integrate metadata/QoS signals into BI dashboards; champion automation via APIs.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management

• Serve as a primary ambassador for DG, translating technical governance concepts into business impact.
• Lead education sessions, awareness campaigns, onboarding for DG roles.
• Influence senior stakeholders and drive organization wide adoption.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Data Management, MIS, or related field.
• 14+ years relevant experience in data governance, data management, analytics engineering, or data quality.
• Deep expertise in metadata, master data, data quality, lineage, and regulatory compliance.
• Hands-on experience with Atlan and Monte Carlo or comparable platforms is strongly preferred.
• Strong SQL + BI background, with experience in integrating catalog/observability data into dashboards.
• Proven stakeholder leadership with ability to influence senior leaders across business, engineering, Legal, Security, and Compliance.
• Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex data concepts.