Data Consultant

MSP•Denver, CO

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to support the Global Information Security Data Governance team at a global financial institution. This onsite contract position is based in Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; or Washington, DC, and is expected to last 12 or more months. The analyst provides governance oversight for data requests, sourcing, sharing, provisioning, and consumption. The role manages Data Use Governance requests from intake through final disposition and publication, evaluates business use cases, identifies appropriate data sources and governance requirements, and coordinates with data providers and consumers to facilitate approvals and ensure supporting documentation and controls are complete.

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 the data, sourcing, approval, metadata, control, and evidence requirements needed to support 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.
Self-directed and accountable, and comfortable working 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 capable of maintaining accurate records across a high-volume workload.
Candidates must be available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees.

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.
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 applications, reports, analytics, APIs, event streams, AI/ML solutions, and other business and technology processes.
Manage Data Use Governance requests from intake through final disposition and publication.
Evaluate business use cases, identify appropriate and authoritative data sources, and determine applicable agreement and governance requirements.
Coordinate with data providers and consumers, facilitate required approvals, and confirm that supporting metadata, lineage, Data Quality controls, security requirements, and governance evidence are complete.
Analyze business and technical information, challenge incomplete or unclear requests, and translate complex data flows into clear governance requirements and documented decisions.
Identify governance gaps, document findings, assign remediation actions, and track actions through closure.
Maintain accurate records across a high-volume workload.