Data Governance Specialist
CSC
•Remote
About The Position
The Data Governance Specialist supports the implementation and ongoing maturity of the enterprise data governance program within a federated operating model. The role partners with business data owners, stewards, and technology teams to establish consistent governance practices, strengthen data ownership and accountability, improve metadata and data quality, and support compliance with privacy, retention, and risk requirements. Through coordinating governance activities, facilitating stakeholder engagement, monitoring performance, and promoting adoption of enterprise standards and tools, the role helps ensure data is well-managed, trusted, discoverable, and used responsibly across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Business, Information Systems, Data Management, Analytics, Computer Science, or a related discipline; equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
- 3–5 years of practical experience in data governance, data quality, metadata management, business analysis, risk management, compliance, records management, or a related field.
- Practical experience applying privacy laws such as GDPR and/or CCPA in a corporate environment.
- Practical experience with governance and catalog platforms such as Informatica Data Catalog, Informatica CDGC, Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, or similar tools.
- Proficiency in SQL to pull, audit, and analyze data sets.
- Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK principles and data governance best practices.
- Familiarity with metadata management, business glossaries, data catalogs, and data lineage concepts.
- Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to influence without direct authority.
- Strong organizational and project coordination skills.
- Ability to document policies, standards, procedures, and governance requirements clearly and consistently.
Nice To Haves
- CDMP or comparable data management certification.
Responsibilities
- Support implementation and maturation of the enterprise data governance framework; help develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.
- Facilitate governance councils, stewardship forums, working groups, and related meetings; track initiatives, decisions, action items, risks, and issue remediation.
- Promote governance awareness and adoption across business and technology teams.
- Partner with business unit leads to identify and document Data Owners and Business Data Stewards; facilitate stewardship onboarding and training.
- Clarify governance roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and accountability expectations; coordinate stewardship across data domains and business functions and escalate unresolved issues through appropriate governance channels.
- Support development and maintenance of business glossaries, data dictionaries, and governance metadata; establish metadata standards, workflows, and quality expectations.
- Coordinate metadata collection and validation, monitor metadata completeness and governance compliance, and promote effective use of enterprise data catalog capabilities.
- Support implementation of enterprise data quality policies, standards, metrics, and controls; facilitate identification, prioritization, and escalation of data quality issues.
- Coordinate data quality remediation with business stewards, system owners, and technology teams; track trends, root causes, and corrective actions and report performance and outcomes.
- Support alignment with regulatory, privacy, records retention, and risk management requirements, including data classification, retention, and protection requirements.
- Assist with governance assessments, audits, and compliance reviews; maintain documentation and evidence required for internal and external audits.
- Collaborate with business, technology, analytics, security, privacy, legal, compliance, and risk stakeholders; communicate governance standards, expectations, and objectives.
- Develop training materials, guidance documents, and governance communications; drive adoption through education and stakeholder engagement.
- Define and track governance KPIs and stewardship performance measures; produce dashboards, management reports, and executive summaries.
- Monitor governance maturity and identify continuous-improvement opportunities; report governance risks, trends, and adoption metrics to leadership.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
