Data Governance Analyst

Data Governance Analyst | Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Job Summary:

Data Governance Analyst (Remote
- India, 12-Month Contract) About the Role Join a dynamic central Data Governance team as a Data Governance Analyst, supporting multiple brands and business functions. In this remote role, you'll champion enterprise data governance initiatives, ensuring the accurate onboarding and management of governed data assets across a leading global organization. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, gain exposure to enterprise technologies, and drive data transparency and integrity while developing your expertise in the fast-growing field of data governance.

Responsibilities
- Implement and operationalize enterprise data governance policies, standards, and procedures.

- Deliver governance assessments to ensure consistent application of global data standards across business units.

- Collaborate with business, BI, data engineering, and platform teams to validate and onboard governed data assets.

- Support data stewardship activities, including onboarding and ongoing maintenance in the enterprise data catalog.

- Ensure completeness and accuracy of governance metadata, including business and technical descriptions, ownership, lineage, domains, and quality rules.

- Interpret and translate business and technical artifacts into structured governance metadata.

- Perform metadata scanning, data domain discovery, curation, and lineage documentation to improve transparency.

- Administer and maintain governance assets in tools such as Informatica Axon, EDC, CDGC, MCC, or IDMC.

- Manage governance assets, glossaries, datasets, policies, processes, and stewardship workflows.

- Coordinate intake and onboarding activities using Jira, breaking work into actionable tasks and tracking progress.

- Support agile delivery routines, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, status updates, and cross-team handoffs.

- Manage parallel governance work streams and project priorities while delivering high-quality outputs.

- Partner with stakeholders to close metadata gaps, resolve data ownership issues, and promote best practices adoption. Required Skills and Experience - 2-4 years of experience in data governance, management, metadata management, data quality, stewardship, or analytics.

- Proven hands-on experience with data governance or catalog platforms, particularly Informatica Axon and/or EDC.

- Strong command of core data governance concepts: business glossary management, data ownership, metadata management, lineage, data domains, quality, and policy management.

- Ability to analyze business and technical documentation and translate into governance metadata.

- Technical aptitude for understanding complex datasets, data flows, and governance requirements.

- Proficiency with Jira or similar work management tools.

- Experience in agile delivery environments.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

- Self-starter attitude with strong organization, multitasking, and attention to detail.

- Willingness to work overlapping hours with U.S. Eastern Time for effective collaboration. Preferred Skills

- Experience with Informatica CDGC, MCC, IDMC, Informatica Cloud, or on-premise governance solutions.

- Administration of Informatica Axon or EDC, including glossary, dataset, process, policy, and data quality rule management.

- Data profiling, rule specification, and governance workflow familiarity.

- Exposure to data integration, mappings, transformations, and pipeline documentation.

- Participation in governance tool rollouts, platform implementations, or proof-of-concepts.

- Experience with stakeholders in retail, restaurants, banking, government, or enterprise tech.

- Familiarity with cloud data platforms, BI, data lakes, warehouses, and reporting environments.

- Experience collaborating across distributed, global teams. Benefits - 100% remote opportunity with a global enterprise, based in India.

- Collaborate with talented teams across time zones and gain visibility with U.S.

-based stakeholders.

- Expand your skillset with hands-on experience in leading data governance technologies and agile delivery.

- Opportunity to contribute to high-impact, enterprise-scale data initiatives.

- Grow your career in the rapidly evolving data governance and management domain.

How to Apply

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