Data Consultant III (Data Governance Analyst)

Innova Solutions•Denver, CO

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Innova Solutions is hiring a Data Consultant III (Data Governance Analyst) to support a client’s Global Information Security Data Governance team. This hands-on role specializes in Data Use Governance and provides oversight for how data is requested, sourced, shared, provisioned, and consumed across applications, reports, analytics, APIs, event streams, AI/ML solutions, and other business and technology processes. The analyst manages Data Use Governance requests from intake through final disposition and publication. Responsibilities include evaluating business use cases, identifying appropriate authoritative data sources, determining applicable agreements and governance requirements, coordinating with data providers and consumers, facilitating approvals, and confirming that metadata, lineage, Data Quality controls, security requirements, and governance evidence are complete. The role requires independent judgment, facilitation skills, and the ability to analyze business and technical information, clarify ambiguous requests, distinguish data providers and consumers from transport mechanisms and persistence layers, and translate complex data flows into clear requirements and documented decisions. The position involves managing multiple requests and stakeholders with limited oversight. This is a full-time, onsite contract position for 12–18 months, working onsite five days per week. Locations are Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; or Washington, DC. Applicants must be eligible to work on a W-2 basis. The stated pay range is $40.00–$43.00 per hour. Benefits are offered based on eligibility.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Risk, Data Architecture, or a related discipline.
At least 5 years of direct, hands-on experience in Data Use Governance, data-sharing governance, data-access governance, or a comparable data-consumption governance function.
Demonstrated experience evaluating business use cases and determining data, sourcing, approval, metadata, control, and evidence requirements for an approved use.
Experience working directly with upstream data providers and downstream data consumers to document and govern data-sharing relationships.
Experience coordinating governance decisions across business, technology, security, risk, architecture, and data-management stakeholders.
Experience identifying governance gaps, documenting findings, assigning remediation actions, and tracking actions through closure.
Self-directed and accountable, with the ability to work with limited supervision.
Able to exercise sound judgment when requirements or responsibilities are unclear.
Skilled at asking detailed follow-up questions and identifying gaps that may not be apparent to requestors.
Able to communicate effectively with senior business stakeholders and highly technical teams.
Collaborative and service-oriented while maintaining appropriate governance independence.
Highly organized and able to maintain accurate records across a high-volume workload.
Comfortable facilitating discussions among stakeholders with differing priorities, interpretations, or risk tolerances.
Able to bring structure, ownership, and clear next steps to complex or ambiguous data-governance matters.
Must be able to be engaged on a W-2 basis.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Data Use Governance within an Information Security, Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, or other complex technology organization.
Knowledge of Data Management industry standards, best practices, data-management policies, data standards, and governance operating models.
Experience governing data used in critical reporting, risk metrics, regulatory reporting, analytics, or operational decision-making.
Experience supporting AI/ML or GenAI data-use reviews, including business-purpose validation, sourcing, lineage, metadata, Data Quality, and enhanced approval requirements.
Experience with enterprise metadata repositories, data catalogs, data lineage tools, or registry solutions.
Experience with Jira, SharePoint, or comparable workflow and evidence-management tools.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Data-management or governance certification, such as Certified Data Management Professional, or comparable professional credentials.

Responsibilities

Provide governance oversight for how data is requested, sourced, shared, provisioned, and consumed across business and technology processes.
Manage Data Use Governance requests from intake through final disposition and publication.
Evaluate business use cases and identify appropriate and authoritative data sources.
Determine applicable agreements and governance requirements for proposed data uses.
Coordinate with data providers and consumers and facilitate required approvals.
Confirm that supporting metadata, lineage, Data Quality controls, security requirements, and governance evidence are complete.
Analyze business and technical information, ask follow-up questions, and challenge incomplete or unclear requests.
Distinguish data providers, data consumers, transport mechanisms, and persistence layers.
Translate complex data flows into clear governance requirements and documented decisions.
Coordinate governance decisions across business, technology, security, risk, architecture, and data-management stakeholders.
Identify governance gaps, document findings, assign remediation actions, and track actions through closure.
Maintain accurate records while managing multiple requests and stakeholders.