Senior Specialist, Data Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop, uphold, and enforce comprehensive data governance policies, standards, and procedures across the enterprise.

• Define and document the structures for data ownership, stewardship, and accountability across various business domains.

• Establish and oversee data governance frameworks, councils, and working groups.

• Ensure that data is accurate, consistent, complete, secure, and compliant with regulations.

• Monitor and enhance data quality through profiling, validation, and remediation of issues.

• Identify, analyze, and address data defects and root causes in collaboration with data owners and stewards.

• Support initiatives related to master data management, metadata management, and reference data control.

• Ensure adherence to regulatory, legal, privacy, and security requirements.

• Implement and oversee controls regarding the handling, retention, classification, change management, and access management of sensitive data.

• Assist in internal and external audits, risk assessments, and remediation planning.

• Collaborate with legal, compliance, cybersecurity, and IT teams to manage data-related risks and vulnerabilities.

• Provide training and support to data owners, stewards, and end users.

• Maintain documentation concerning governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and data lineage.

• Investigate complex issues, resolve problems, and implement effective solutions.

• Translate data requirements into actionable governance solutions.

• Keep track of industry trends, emerging regulations, and best practices in data governance.

• Work in partnership with business stakeholders, data owners, IT, legal, compliance, and cybersecurity teams.

• Travel 10–20% for onsite implementations or enterprise solution integrations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in data governance, data management, or a related field.

• Graduate Degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience.

• Alternatively, a minimum of 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.

• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, and ITAR.

• Familiarity with industry standards like DAMA-DMBOK and DCAM.

• Experience in implementing data literacy programs.

• Background in data governance certifications or related compliance disciplines, including CDMP, DGSP, and CIPP.

• Proficiency with ERPs and enterprise software, including SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and CostPoint.

• Understanding of data architecture, data modeling, systems integration, and best practices in data management.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an agile setting.

• Familiarity with data quality tools, data profiling, and data lineage analysis.

• Knowledge of cloud data platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, and detail-oriented skills.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• 10–20% travel is required.

• Capability to support onsite implementation of governance frameworks or enterprise solution integrations.

• English-language working environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health and disability insurance.

• 401(k) match.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Education assistance.

• Parental leave.

• Paid time off.

• Company-paid holidays.

• 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.