What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Governance Lead position at Excella?
Overview
Data Governance leaders at Excella possess a combination of both technical knowledge of data implementations and project management skills. We are looking for a Data Governance leader to join our growing data community and enable our clients to implement and sustain effective enterprise data governance. Our data professionals are team-oriented, collaborative, and focus on delivering value in everything we do. We support our clients in their data and analytics needs – from vision to roadmap to execution.
Responsibilities
Coordinate with data governance board, business stakeholders data, security and privacy teams to:
- Develop a thorough understanding of the business context and objectives by, among other things, eliciting and prioritizing data needs
- Advise and guide organizations on appropriate data standards, policies and processes to support increasing data quality
- Ensure policies and controls are properly defined, communicated and implemented to manage appropriate use of critical data assets
- Build and maintain an enterprise data catalog, enterprise data dictionary, business glossary, data lineage and champion adoption across the organization
- Identify, build and maintain data quality reporting to support data quality standards and increase user confidence in data assets
- Promote data governance awareness and engage with data stewards to implement enterprise stewardship practices
- Liaise with cross-functional teams to develop and optimize usage and usability, and reduce redundancy of data products
- Monitor, prioritize and resolve data issues and remove impediments to the use of data assets
- Define key performance indicators and deliver reports and action plans to guide data governance initiatives
- Prepare and present briefing materials and reports to advise and inform clients on project progress and recommendations
- Provide or mobilize subject matter expertise on technical topics such as modern data architecture, data analysis, data visualization, and model development
Qualifications
- B.A. or B.S. (focus in Computer Information Systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related area of study is a plus)
- 5 years experience in IT or related industry.
- Experience leading data governance or stewardship programs
- Experience with leading vendors and tools providing data cataloging/inventory, metadata management and stewardship capabilities
- Preferred experience with Collibra or other data governance products such as Precisely, AWS Glue Data Catalog, Alation, Informatica, etc.
- Intermediate/Advanced SQL skills
- Prior consulting or client management experience preferred
- Strong analytical aptitude and ability to structure complex or undefined business problems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to report and present findings to varying stakeholders
- Knowledge of change management concepts and approaches
- Knowledge and practice of core Agile values and principles a plus
- Initiative to learn new strategies and trends to continue to educate self analytically, technically, and technologically
- Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel and Power Point
- Understanding of DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) and the capabilities within the DORA capability catalog is encouraged
