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, global data governance team as a Data Governance Analyst supporting enterprise data initiatives across leading brands and business functions. Drive data quality, transparency, and trust by onboarding, managing, and curating governed data assets in a collaborative, agile environment. Work remotely from India with preferred overlap to U.S. Eastern Time for real-time collaboration with international teams. Advance your career in a high-impact, fast-paced setting that values innovation, growth, and teamwork.

[Responsibilities]

- Implement and operationalize enterprise data governance policies, standards, and procedures
- Onboard and curate datasets, dashboards, KPIs, reports, business terms, and data quality rules to enterprise data catalog and governance platforms
- Collaborate with business, BI, engineering, and stewardship stakeholders to validate and maintain governed data assets
- Ensure completeness, accuracy, and reliability of governance metadata, including ownership, lineage, business and technical descriptions, and data quality metrics
- Interpret business and technical documentation, translating into structured metadata and catalog assets
- Support metadata scanning, data domain discovery, lineage documentation, and quality validation to enhance data transparency
- Administer and maintain governance assets in Informatica Axon, EDC, and related tools
- Manage intake and onboarding activities, breaking work into trackable tasks and monitoring progress with Jira
- Drive agile routines: backlog refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, and handoff coordination
- Identify metadata gaps, resolve data ownership issues, and champion best practices in data governance

[Required Skills and Experience]

- 2-4 years' experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, analytics, or related fields
- Hands-on experience with data governance or catalog platforms (e.g., Informatica Axon, EDC)
- Strong technical aptitude with the ability to analyze complex datasets, data flows, and governance requirements
- Proficiency in Jira or similar task management tools
- Agile delivery experience, with strong organizational and multitasking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication for cross-functional collaboration
- Self-starter with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Comfort working with distributed teams; overlap with U.S. Eastern Time preferred

[Preferred Skills]

- Experience with Informatica CDGC, MCC, IDMC, Informatica Cloud, or on-premise solutions
- Administration of Informatica Axon: glossary, systems, datasets, processes, policies, data quality rules
- Informatica EDC expertise: metadata scanning, data curation, lineage documentation, catalog enrichment
- Familiarity with data profiling, rule specification, and quality workflows
- Data integration, mapping, transformation, or pipeline documentation experience
- Exposure to retail, restaurants, banking, government, or enterprise technology sectors

- Experience with enterprise data ecosystems: cloud platforms, BI tools, data lakes, warehouses

[Benefits]

- 100% remote work flexibility with global team collaboration
- Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale data initiatives across multiple industries
- Career advancement in a rapidly growing data governance discipline
- Exposure to leading-edge data governance platforms and agile delivery methodologies
- Collaborative, supportive environment focused on professional growth

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How to Apply

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Take the next step in your data career-apply now by submitting your updated resume and a brief cover letter highlighting your relevant experience in data governance and metadata management.