Data Governance Specialist

The Ohio State University

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Data Governance Specialist is a member of the Data Enablement team within the Analytics Center of Excellence and supports the development and operation of the medical center’s enterprise data governance program. The Specialist serves as a primary administrator of the enterprise data catalog and helps ensure enterprise data and analytics assets are trusted, discoverable, well-documented, and consistently defined for both human and AI consumption.

Responsibilities include managing business and technical metadata; maintaining business glossaries, data definitions, metrics, ownership, classifications, and lineage; supporting data stewardship, certification, and governance workflows; monitoring metadata and data quality; and coordinating resolution of governance issues with data owners, subject matter experts, analysts, and technical teams.

The Specialist works across clinical, financial, operational, research, workforce, and other enterprise data domains to promote consistent definitions and appropriate use of data. The position provides training and support to data stewards and catalog users, supports governance requirements for analytics and approved AI use cases, and monitors governance effectiveness through measures such as metadata completeness, adoption, stewardship participation, certified assets, and data quality.

When appropriate, the Specialist may use approved AI-enabled and automation tools to improve documentation, analysis, metadata management, communication, and workflow efficiency while following organizational privacy, security, compliance, and responsible-use standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, data analytics, health information management, business or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 2 years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, metadata management, business intelligence, or another data-intensive role

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Managing business and technical metadata
• Maintaining business glossaries, data definitions, metrics, ownership, classifications, and lineage
• Supporting data stewardship, certification, and governance workflows
• Monitoring metadata and data quality
• Coordinating resolution of governance issues with data owners, subject matter experts, analysts, and technical teams
• Promoting consistent definitions and appropriate use of data across clinical, financial, operational, research, workforce, and other enterprise data domains
• Providing training and support to data stewards and catalog users
• Supporting governance requirements for analytics and approved AI use cases
• Monitoring governance effectiveness through measures such as metadata completeness, adoption, stewardship participation, certified assets, and data quality
• Using approved AI-enabled and automation tools to improve documentation, analysis, metadata management, communication, and workflow efficiency while following organizational privacy, security, compliance, and responsible-use standards

Benefits

• An array of retirement plan options, each with a generous employer contribution.
• Affordable health insurance options, including dental, vision and prescription coverage that begin on day one.
• Paid vacation and sick leave, including short and long-term disability and paid parental leave.
• Get the most out of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

What This Job Offers

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