Data Governance Manager

We are seeking a Data Governance Product Lifecycle Analyst to operationalize enterprise data governance practices across the product lifecycle. This role focuses on improving data security, compliance, quality, and transparency through structured cataloging and governance checkpoints.

The analyst will collaborate with Product Operations, Data Governance, Architecture, Engineering, and Business teams to ensure data assets are cataloged, classified, traceable, and compliant before release.

The role emphasizes:

• Metadata quality & governance
• Business glossary alignment
• Data lineage visibility
• Sensitive data handling
• Lifecycle governance controls
• Data quality coordination

Key Responsibilities

Data Cataloging & Governance

• Coordinate cataloging activities across lifecycle checkpoints
• Ensure documentation of:
• Data assets
• Business terms
• Ownership
• Classification
• Lineage
• Ensure completeness before release approvals

Metadata Management

• Maintain and enhance metadata in:
• Microsoft Purview
• Databricks Unity Catalog
• Manage:
• Business definitions
• Ownership & stewardship
• Sensitivity classification
• Lineage mapping

Security & Compliance

• Support governance reviews for:
• Sensitive data classification
• Data retention policies
• Access controls
• Compliance evidence

Data Quality Coordination

• Coordinate:
• Data quality rules
• Profiling inputs
• Issue tracking & remediation
• Ensure catalog-driven quality governance

Lifecycle Integration

• Embed governance checkpoints into:
• Intake
• Design
• Change reviews
• Release readiness

Workflow & Reporting

• Track:
• Governance approvals
• Exceptions
• Lineage gaps
• Data quality issues
• Provide reporting dashboards for leadership

Business Glossary Alignment

• Align:
• Catalog entries
• Business glossary
• Reporting definitions
• Improve business-data traceability

Stakeholder Communication

• Communicate:
• Governance risks
• Change impacts
• Compliance gaps

Required Technical Skills

• Microsoft Purview cataloging, metadata, lineage, glossary
• Databricks & Unity Catalog governance, metadata, access control
• SQL / Databricks SQL data validation, analysis
• Power Automate workflow automation
• Power BI governance dashboards & reporting
• Microsoft 365 Copilot documentation & productivity
• SharePoint, Teams, Excel collaboration & tracking

Experience Required

• 47 years in:
• Data Governance
• Metadata Management
• Business Analysis
• Product/Data Operations
• Hands-on experience with:
• Data cataloging
• Data quality
• Compliance & lifecycle governance

Desired Skills

• Purview & Unity Catalog integration experience
• Business glossary management
• Privacy & compliance (Retention, DSAR, etc.)
• AI/ML governance basics (data/model lineage)
• Experience working with Product/Release teams

Education

• Bachelors degree in:
• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Data/Analytics
• Business or related field