Data Governance Manager

Data Governance Specialist (Data Quality – Contract)

The Data Governance Specialist (Data Quality – Contract) plays a pivotal role in establishing, enhancing, and maintaining data quality practices across the client. This position is responsible for developing and implementing data quality frameworks, standards, controls, and monitoring processes to ensure enterprise data is accurate, complete, consistent, and reliable. The specialist will also support enterprise data governance and Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives to strengthen data integrity across the organization.

Responsibilities

Establish and Implement Data Quality Practices : Establish, implement, and document data quality processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability of data across the organization. Drive organization-wide awareness of data quality principles, expectations, and best practices.

Unify Business, Architecture, and Data Teams : Perform data quality assessments for projects and programs through an intake process. Utilize governance artifacts and tools to deliver data governance outcomes while engaging data stewards and data owners as required.

Enterprise Data Collaboration & Culture Building : Partner with business, architecture, and data maintenance teams to promote consistency, quality, integrity, and accessibility of enterprise data. Foster a stakeholder-centric data governance culture across the organization.

Data Quality Issue Analysis and Remediation : Identify, analyze, and resolve data quality issues related to uniqueness, integrity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness to support business reporting needs.

Skills

Strong experience with data governance and data quality frameworks, standards, policies, artifacts, processes, and procedures

Hands-on experience with data governance, data quality, and Master Data Management tools

Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong collaboration and teamwork abilities

Negotiation and persuasion skills

Analytical and problem-solving mindset

Ability to learn quickly and adapt

Solid business acumen

Job-Related Experience

4–5 years of experience in data governance with a focus on measuring and monitoring data quality, recommending improvements, and supporting MDM initiatives

Must Have : Experience implementing real-time data quality solutions

Must Have : Data quality experience within data warehousing environments

Must Have : Experience creating Golden Records for critical data domains

Nice to Have : Financial services industry experience or related domain experience

Education

University degree (Bachelor’s degree)

Preferred : Post-secondary education in IT, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience

Must Have : 3–5 years of experience with business glossary and metadata management tools (e.g., Ataccama, EDC, Collibra)

Must Have : Experience with data quality tools (e.g., AtaccamaOne)

Must Have : Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, SAP Business Objects, Salesforce Einstein Analytics)

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