Data Governance Analyst (CDC Funded)

Senior Data Governance Analyst
Richmond,VA
Hybrid

Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years in Data Governance, Management, Quality, or related disciplines.

• Proven experience implementing enterprise governance programs and leading stakeholder workshops.

• Strong SQL skills for data analysis, profiling, and validation.

• Hands-on background documenting metadata, glossaries, data dictionaries, and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS S3, Glue), modern data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake), Python, and BI tools (e.g., Power BI).

• Background in highly regulated enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance & Stewardship: Drive program implementation, onboard new applications, and partner with data owners to define policies and standards.

• Metadata & Lineage: Capture business/technical metadata, maintain the enterprise glossary, and document end-to-end data flows.

• Data Quality: Define quality rules, monitor metrics, perform reconciliation, and assist with remediation planning.

• Platform Collaboration: Support cloud data pipelines, data lake layers (raw, curated, analytical), and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

• Communication: Present governance metrics and requirements to executive and technical audiences.