Data Governance Analyst

At Weyerhaeuser, we are the world’s premier timber, land, and forest products company. Sustainability is the founding concept of our business, and our values drive every decision to ensure we continue to lead the forestry industry in sustainability practices. We recognize that our success is dependent on the success of our people. For over 125 years, our Weyerhaeuser team has been making a difference in the world through the seedlings we plant, the forests and trees we nurture, and the diligent management of every acre.

The Information Governance team’s mission is to establish an exceptional information management environment that facilitates actionable analysis, safeguards vital information, ensures its integrity, and maximizes its value. This team supports Weyerhaeuser’s enterprise data and analytics strategy to leverage information as a business asset, enabling sustainable growth, profitability, and internal efficiency through improved data structures, reporting, analytical tools, and governance. We are also responsible for fostering a more data-literate culture across the enterprise.

About the Role

Weyerhaeuser is seeking an Information Governance Experienced Analyst to drive the execution and scaling of enterprise data governance practices across business domains. This role sits at the intersection of business, data, and technology, partnering with Data Owners, Data Stewards, business stakeholders, and IT to ensure business-critical data is consistently defined, governed, and usable across systems. The analyst supports and leads execution of governance activities within defined enterprise standards and with guidance from governance leads from intake through delivery, translating governance standards into practical, scalable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Governance Execution & Delivery
  • Drive execution of governance work from intake through delivery within established governance frameworks and standards, ensuring outputs are accurate, complete, and stakeholder-ready.
  • Apply governance standards by translating requirements into business-aligned metadata, documentation, and processes that enable consistent use of data.
  • Support and lead discovery with business stakeholders and technical teams to document data creation and flows in alignment with established governance approaches to understand data creation, system flows, dependencies, and business usage, ensuring governance reflects how data is actually produced and used across systems.
• Metadata & Documentation
  • Document and maintain business glossary terms, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), lineage, and trusted, reusable data product artifacts in Microsoft Purview, contributing to increased metadata completeness and usability to support consistent definition and understanding of critical data across domains.
  • Ensure governance artifacts reflect real-world usage and align to enterprise standards, improving consistency and trust in governed data assets.
  • Produce clear, concise, stakeholder-ready deliverables that enable adoption of governed data and support measurable increases in governed asset usage.
• Data Quality, Analysis & Reporting
  • Analyze and support resolution of data quality issues, inconsistencies, and control gaps, including identifying root causes across upstream systems, transformations, and data flows.
  • Perform data validation and quality checks across master and transactional data, contributing to improved data quality scores and reduced defect rates over time.
  • Use Power BI to analyze datasets, identify trends, and communicate insights through dashboards.
  • Contribute to the compilation and publication of quarterly governance dashboards, highlighting trends in metadata completeness, data quality, and adoption of governed data.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement
  • Facilitate governance sessions and working meetings; capture decisions, risks, and actions that drive increased stewardship engagement and measurable progress against governance priorities.
  • Partner across business and IT to define data, clarify business rules, and align governance requirements with system implementation, ensuring consistency between business definitions and technical execution.
  • Develop and deliver training, presentations, and enablement materials to improve data fluency supporting more consistent interpretation and use of governed data across business teams.
  • Support Enterprise Data Council (EDC) engagement by preparing inputs, summarizing outcomes, and maintaining visibility into decisions and actions.
• Data Product Adoption & Value Realization
  • Support identification, documentation, and onboarding of trusted, reusable data products, contributing to increased visibility, discoverability, and adoption of trusted data assets used in reporting, analytics, and business decision-making.
  • Partner with stakeholders to promote usage of governed data products, enabling increased adoption of trusted data in reporting, analytics, and decision-making.
• Standards & Continuous Improvement
  • Contribute to the evolution of governance processes, standards, templates, and tooling to improve consistency, scalability, and measurable governance adoption.
  • Identify and communicate opportunities to improve governance effectiveness, supporting incremental improvements in data quality, metadata completeness, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Contribute to standing up AI governance capabilities by supporting the development of foundational data governance capabilities that improve transparency, traceability, and responsible use of data in AI and advanced analytics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3 - 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data analysis, or related roles.
• Experience working across business and technical teams to define and govern data.
• Strong understanding of data governance concepts, including business glossary, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), lineage, and data quality.
• Ability to apply data governance concepts to business use cases with guidance as needed.
• Ability to translate data governance concepts into practical, business-aligned outcomes within processes, reporting, and decision-making.
• Strong analytical skills (data flow analysis, quality assessment, issue identification).
• Ability to create clear documentation, business rules, and governance materials.
• Proficiency in Power BI (or similar) for data validation, analysis, and governance reporting.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations, applying sound judgment and escalating where needed.
• Proficiency in SQL for querying, validating, and analyzing data across relational databases and data warehouses.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Unified Platform (or similar metadata/governance tools).

Qualifications

• Familiarity with how data is structured, transformed, and integrated across systems (e.g., source systems, pipelines, data warehouses), with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams.
• Experience working with both business stakeholders and technical teams to align data definitions and usage across systems.
• Experience supporting data stewardship operating models, including documenting roles, decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability for governed data.
• Experience in enterprise data environments (e.g., SAP).
• Ability to apply data governance concepts in business contexts; experience in domains such as supply chain or finance is helpful but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to connect business needs with data governance concepts ("talk the talk" and translate to outcomes).
• Ability to extend Microsoft Purview capabilities for harvesting metadata and building data quality controls.

Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Pre-tax Health Savings Account option with a company contribution.
• Voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Support for personal volunteerism, diversity networks, mentoring, and training and development opportunities.
• 401k plan with a company match and an annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation during the first year of employment, accrual of additional vacation after six months, and eleven paid holidays per year.
• Paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

Pay

This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, with a targeted salary range of $82,533 - $123,800 based on skills, qualifications, and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Schedule

Full-time, day shift (1st).