Data Governance Data Business Analyst

About the role

We are seeking a highly qualified candidate to serve as a Data Governance Data Business Analyst and, when necessary, a Technical Innovation resource. The successful applicant will be responsible for introducing technical innovations that enhance our team in improving users’ data capabilities and implementing our data strategy along with developing, implementing, and maintaining data governance solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate effectively as part of the Data Governance team with a range of technology, legal, and business stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Be an active participant in the implementation and execution of Ford Credit’s Data Strategy.
• Leverage expertise in end-to-end data processes and data governance regulatory environment to understand and assure data governance is properly applied and managed for both Ford Credit and US Bank.
• Advance capabilities for Data Discovery through proper metadata management, discovery tools, and use of AI to enable stakeholders to more easily and quickly find the data they need and request access.
• Assure proper data access controls are in place to support data minimization, data privacy, and business needs. Conduct access reviews and audits as required.
• Assure proper data privacy classifications are applied to data via use of AI tools and collaboration with Data Product Owners and Data Engineering.
• Partner with Ford GDI&A to strengthen and improve the Enterprise Data Platform so that Ford Credit can gain more business value from the platform for end users, Data Engineering, and Data Governance.
• Review current data governance processes for improvement opportunities or propose new procedures to strengthen team and process efficiency.
• Utilize GCP and technical skills to explore and query the data environment to provide information needed to support data governance when that information isn’t available though the EDP tools.
• Proactive research and implementation of industry trends regarding data governance, especially those leveraging AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years technical expertise working with data products (analytics, governance, dashboards, data structures)
• Proficient with multiple aspects of data governance implementation: classification, metadata, discovery, access management
• Experience with data privacy regulations, practices and compliance (e.g. GDPR/CCPA)
• Proficient in SQL
• Experience with AI usage to improve data management and governance
• Proficient in PowerBI and MS Excel
• Proficient with GCP tools (Big Query, Dataplex)
• Familiarity with data analysis best practices
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with data usage in a financial and/or automotive organization
• Understanding of data ingestion, migration, and warehousing
• Product Management experience
• Experience with agile software delivery
• Demonstrated capability of operational execution and management
• Practical experience implementing non-functional requirements for data management/governance solutions
• Understanding of data modelling and architectural design
• Practical experience with Data Quality