Data Governance Analyst

Continental Properties • Menomonee Falls, WI

13h • $67,000 - $84,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Continental Properties is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to join its Data Management team at the home office in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. As the company expands AI-driven data access and self-service analytics, this hands-on role helps keep data governed and trustworthy. The analyst facilitates stewardship decisions, monitors data quality and governance health, and maintains the catalog, business glossary, and lineage so teams can confidently find and use data. The role is designed to grow alongside the company’s continued expansion of its data and AI footprint.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in data governance, data management, business intelligence, or a closely related analytical role.
• Hands-on experience in at least one governance area: data cataloging, business glossary or definitions, data lineage, or data stewardship.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and how data moves through modern data pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical data concepts to non-technical business stakeholders and influence without authority.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of initiatives, and drive them to completion with minimal oversight.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with engineering, analytics, and business teams.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the domain-based data stewardship model and support steward decisions on metric definitions, field ownership, and data quality standards as data and use cases emerge.
• Monitor data quality and governance health, triaging exceptions and trends on an ongoing basis.
• Maintain and expand the data catalog, documenting new datasets, tables, and fields with clear ownership, descriptions, and classifications.
• Build and continuously curate the business glossary, working with stakeholders to define and standardize new business terms and metrics.
• Document and validate data lineage across ingestion, transformation, and reporting layers, keeping lineage current as pipelines and models change.

Benefits

• Tools, training, and opportunities for career growth.
• Paid professional memberships, certifications, and tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support, including eight free counseling sessions per year and access to additional wellness resources.
• Generous vacation time, nine paid holidays, and Friday half-days during designated months.
• Informal gatherings, lunches, community and company events, volunteer opportunities, and social activities.
• Annual incentive program based on company goals and achievements.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans; flexible spending accounts; 401(k) with company match; and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Six weeks of paid parental leave and family-forming and fertility resources, including up to 12 weeks of leave for birth mothers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level