Data Governance Specialist
Core
Establishing, enhancing, and maintaining Master Data Management, Data Quality, and Data Governance practices to improve the accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability of enterprise data.
Role type
Data Governance Specialist (MDM, Data Quality & Governance)
Builds
Enterprise master data standards, governance frameworks, data quality controls, business glossary, metadata, and data stewardship practices.
Domain
Financial Services / Data Governance
Required skills
Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, Data Governance, Business Glossary, Metadata Management, Data Stewardship, Record Matching, Survivorship, Hierarchy Management, Golden Record Processes, Data Profiling, Root-Cause Analysis, SQL, Data Warehousing concepts, ETL best practices
Preferred skills
Financial Services industry experience, Certified Data Management Professional (DAMA), Snowflake, Data Lakes, AWS Kinesis, Kafka, Cloud platforms
Technologies
Ataccama, EDC, Collibra, Informatica DQ, Tableau, SAP Business Objects, Salesforce Einstein Analytics, Snowflake, AWS Kinesis, Kafka
Responsibilities
Support implementation and expansion of MDM capabilities across key enterprise data domains; Define and document master data standards, business rules, ownership, stewardship responsibilities, and governance processes; Support source-system onboarding, data profiling, mapping, validation, testing, implementation, and operational readiness; Participate in record matching, merging, survivorship, hierarchy management, and golden-record processes; Maintain master data definitions, metadata, reference data structures, hierarchies, and related documentation; Identify, investigate, and coordinate resolution of master data issues with business and technology stakeholders; Define and maintain data quality rules, thresholds, controls, and monitoring requirements; Monitor MDM and data quality scorecards, trends, exceptions, and key performance indicators; Support enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies, procedures, and controls; Maintain business glossary terms, metadata, catalog content, Critical Data Elements, and lineage documentation.
Seniority
Mid-Senior level (4-5 years experience)