Data Governance Specialist

Confidential Company

Job Summary:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Data Governance Specialist to support and implement enterprise data governance strategies, policies, and practices. This role will focus on improving data quality, consistency, protection, and compliance across the organization, working closely with data owners, stewards, IT teams, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain data governance frameworks, policies, and standards across the organization.
• Collaborate with data stewards and data owners to define data definitions, metadata, lineage, and classification.
• Monitor and report on data quality metrics and drive remediation efforts as needed.
• Support data cataloging, master data management (MDM), and metadata management initiatives.
• Assist with regulatory and compliance requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, etc.
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of data access, privacy, and security policies.
• Educate business and technical teams on data governance principles and best practices.
• Document data governance processes, decision logs, and data stewardship roles and responsibilities.