Data Governance Analyst

• Author, maintain, and version taxonomies, business term definitions, and classification hierarchies in the governance platform.
• Translate approved governance decisions into structured, testable data rules and apply rule IDs consistently across taxonomies.
• Run routine rule-library analysis to detect duplicates, conflicts, and coverage gaps, and prepare findings for governance review.
• Maintain metadata, documentation, and change history so definitions and rules remain traceable and auditable.
• Support intake and triage of new rule and definition requests from Data Operations and business stakeholders.
• Prepare reference data and golden-record candidates for governance certification, flagging anomalies and exceptions.
• Produce documentation and quick-reference guides that help stewards and analysts apply standards independently.
• Assist in preparing governance reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder updates.
• Maintain rule and taxonomy integrity, coverage, turnaround, traceability, usability, and operationalization.

• 2–5 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, analytics, or data operations.
• Hands-on experience maintaining taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, or rule libraries.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with structured data, spreadsheets, and governance tooling.
• Ability to translate governance decisions into precise, consistent, testable rules.
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving standards in a maturing governance environment.
• Familiarity with data quality dimensions (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness).
• Exposure to DAMA / DMBOK concepts a plus.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.