Data Governance Analyst

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Master Data Management (MDM) & Data Governance Analyst to design, implement, and operate data governance processes and master data solutions across our enterprise. This role will lead data standards, metadata, data quality monitoring, and reference/master data domains (e.g., Customer, Product, Vendor), with a strong emphasis on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) capabilities (BigQuery, Dataplex, Data Catalog).

Responsibilities

• Drive domain-level MDM (e.g., Customer, Product, Vendor, Location) including survivorship rules, match/merge, golden record creation, and hierarchy management.
• Define and execute data stewardship processes; triage master data issues and change requests.
• Establish policies, standards, and controls for data quality, metadata, lineage, and access.
• Define business glossaries, data definitions, and critical data elements (CDEs).
• Participate in governance councils and run working groups; track adoption and compliance KPIs.
• Design and implement data quality rules, profiling, and monitoring dashboards for priority data domains.
• Coordinate issue management and remediation with data owners and engineering teams.
• Implement preventative/automated checks and SLAs for data reliability across pipelines.
• Integrate metadata, lineage, and DQ workflows with GCP-native tools such as Dataplex and/or governance platforms (e.g., Collibra/Alation).
• Collaborate with data engineering on ingestion, transformation, and model design aligned to governance standards.
• Align governance and controls with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR/CCPA, SOX), security standards, and internal audit findings.
• Support access reviews, data retention/archival, and sensitive data handling (PII/PHI).
• Build training, playbooks, and communications to drive adoption of governance processes.
• Contribute to enterprise initiatives and participate in cross-functional projects to ensure data governance requirements are embedded in system implementations and process changes.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to establish and operationalize core MDM capabilities, including governance, data quality controls, and domain stewardship.

Requirements

• 1-2 years in Data Governance, MDM, Data Quality, and Metadata Management/or Data related roles.
• Hands-on experience with GCP data ecosystem: BigQuery (SQL, performance tuning, partitioning/clustering), Dataplex (data domains, policies), Data Catalog (tags, metadata, lineage), IAM (RBAC/ABAC, service accounts).
• A strong understanding of data quality techniques (profiling, rules, thresholds, remediation workflows).
• Experience defining data standards, business glossary, and metadata models.
• Experience with documentation.
• Experience with MDM platforms (e.g., Teradata, Informatica MDM/360, Reltio, Profisee) or custom MDM implementations.
• Experience with Data Governance tools such as Dataplex, Collibra, Alation, Informatica.
• Proficiency in SQL; familiarity with Python or data pipeline tooling a plus.

Qualifications

• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Skills

• Data Governance
• Data Management
• Data Quality
• Data Standards
• Data Modeling
• Data Stewardship
• Data Engineering
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• BigQuery
• Dataplex
• Data Catalog
• IAM
• Data Quality Techniques
• Data Standards
• Data Models
• Data Stewardship
• Data Engineering

Benefits

All the traditional benefits like health insurance, 401k/401k match, employee assistance programs and time away – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $61,773. to $95,474. annually.

Schedule

Hybrid Work schedule