Senior Data Governance Analyst
About The Position
By joining our team, you'll be part of our life-changing Mission and Vision. You'll work in a truly inclusive environment where diversity and equity are championed through words and actions. You'll contribute to an innovative culture that is second to none, one that embraces curiosity, discovery and compassion. You'll play a role in something that's never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes - as we Advance Human Ability, together. Job Description Summary The Senior Data Governance Analyst plays a critical role in advancing the maturity of the organization's data governance program. This role drives metadata management, data quality, data stewardship coordination, and policy adoption across clinical and business data domains. The Senior Analyst partners with business and technical stakeholders to define trusted data, improve data transparency, and support regulatory compliance. This role requires experience with Informatica Data Governance tools Informatica IDMC (Intelligent Data Management Cloud), (i.e., Cloud Data Governance Catalog (CDGC) and other Informatica solutions) and knowledge of healthcare data. The Senior Data Governance Analyst will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute The Senior Data Governance Analyst will demonstrate Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, & Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in data management, health informatics, or related field and systems analysis in a complex business setting required. Will consider a combination of education and experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
- 4+ years of experience in data governance and/or data quality.
- Hands-on experience with Informatica CDGC and/or Axon.
- Exposure to healthcare data systems such as Cerner EMR, Workday, or Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).
- Understanding of data governance methodologies (DAMA, DCAM).
- Knowledge of HIPAA regulations and data privacy compliance.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into data requirements.
- Analytical mindset with problem-solving ability.
- Collaboration across business and technical teams.
- Commitment to data quality and integrity.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a healthcare provider, payer, or life sciences organization.
- Experience using SQL and/or data profiling tools.
- Experience with workflow and issue management in data governance. Informatica certification or similar credentials.
- Experience with data governance operating models and stewardship frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead data governance initiatives across business and clinical domains including patient, provider, HR, and financial data.
- Facilitate data stewardship working groups and partner with data owners to define data standards and business rules.
- Assist in training, onboarding, and support for Data Stewards and governance tool users.
- Maintain and evolve the enterprise data glossary and metadata documentation.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise data policies for data ownership, classification, and lifecycle management.
- Capture and curate metadata using Informatica IDMC and any other data governance program tools and applications.
- Document and maintain data lineage to support transparency and root cause analysis.
- Collaborate with technical teams to onboard new systems into the metadata catalog.
- Define and manage business terms and data domains for consistent semantic definitions.
- Define and monitor data quality rules and metrics using Informatica.
- Identify, prioritize, and remediate data quality issues across domains.
- Develop and publish data quality dashboards and scorecards.
- Support continuous data quality improvement initiatives.
- Performs data profiling and evaluation of existing data for duplication, security, privacy, retention, and gaps and/or quality issues to ensure the most accurate data is available for consumption.
- Proactively identifies data solutions based on a data governance framework and business strategies to improve data management at source, transformation and consumption points.
- Drive adoption of data governance tools and standards across departments.
- Provide training and guidance to data stewards and business teams.
- Collaborate with IT and Analytics teams to operationalize governance policies.
- Support HIPAA, HITECH, and organizational privacy compliance.
Benefits
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a comprehensive benefits program that is competitive with our industry peers in our geographic locations: https://www.sralab.org/benefits
- Benefits and benefits' eligibility can vary by position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Hospitals
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
