Data Governance Specialist

The primary responsibility of the Data Governance Specialist is supporting the development and implementation of data standards and management of data governance efforts .
This role will support the creation and maintenance of data glossaries, information and business process documentation that support data standards and controls by which to govern. This role is responsible for the daily operations within the Data Governance team. This role will also work in
collaboration with Enterprise Data Management team to drive tool capabilities designed to enable data quality and management of data policies and process.

Main responsibilities:

Create and manage process workflows and standard operating procedures documentation relating
to data standardization and governance activities.
Provide support to implement and develop data standards, facilitate data standardization workshops, facilitate data governance council meetings and support continuous improvement efforts to expand data governance framework.
Support in developing and managing data standards. Ensure that the policies and processes
created are carried out.
Manage all data standardization documentation.
Develop and manage change control.
Collaborate with technical development partners at operational level to help implement
and drive MDM tool capabilities designed to bridge data governance processes with
technology.
Engage in tool evaluations from a data management perspective, create data governance strategies
and deploy recommendations and roadmap.
Ability to communicate and present to various levels of the organization with business facing skills to lead discussions as needed.
Provide technical assistance to business users
Develop roadmap/methodology required to move from current state to future state Drive DG strategy,
Process, requirements and the implementation roadmap.
Provide expert knowledge of enterprise Data Governance strategies and best practices
Partner to execute training and communication supporting the Data Governance program.

Knowledge / skills / experience:
3 + years relevant experience in information data standardization, governance and data management.
Understanding of enterprise Information Management and data management principles, alongside
experience managing metadata in a repository or supporting a data management program.
Experience with industry leading metadata and data quality tools.
Knowledge of data governance industry best practices and understanding of governance structures and frameworks.
Experience in developing and implementing data governance policies, processes and standards.
Experience gathering data, soliciting information and synthesizing feedback.
Awareness of the security, privacy and quality requirements for critical data entities
Technical abilities and analytical skills to perform root cause and other related technical analyses.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills.
Data Governance-related certification is a plus
Experience working as a management consultant implementing Strategy & full SDLC solutions is a plus.