Data Governance Analyst

What you'll do

• Support data stewardship activities by defining and maintaining critical data elements and business glossary terms.
• Monitor data quality issues, coordinate remediation efforts with owners, and escalate systemic problems.
• Facilitate governance workflows including metadata review cycles, steward sign-offs, and CDE validation.
• Maintain governance artifacts such as data dictionaries, domain taxonomies, RACI matrices, and policy standards.
• Curate and maintain business glossary entries and data asset metadata within the Acryl DataHub catalog.
• Author and publish business definitions for Critical Data Elements (CDEs) in collaboration with domain owners.
• Assist in authoring and refining data quality rules for completeness, validity, consistency, and timeliness.
• Draft and maintain process flows, naming convention guides, and medallion architecture governance controls.

What we're looking for

• Degree in a technical/analytical field; non-technical degrees are considered with strong technical experience.
• 2+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, or a related analytics or data operations role.
• Hands-on experience with at least one enterprise data catalog platform such as Acryl Datahub, Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.
• Working knowledge of SQL for data querying, profiling, and validation in a cloud or warehouse environment like Databricks, Snowflake, or Redshift.
• Experience contributing to or executing data quality monitoring, issue tracking, and remediation workflows.
• Good working knowledge of SDLC and Agile Methodologies, specifically Kanban and Scrum.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present findings and facilitate working sessions with business stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or insurance industry; familiarity with Unity Catalog, DAMA-DMBOK, or CDMP certification (preferred).