Data Governance Specialist

Job Summary :

The Data Governance Specialist supports the design, development, and execution of the organization’s data governance framework. The role ensures alignment of data practices with business objectives, promotes data as a strategic asset, and collaborates with data owners, stewards, and cross-functional teams to strengthen data quality, compliance, and organizational data maturity.

Key Responsibilities :

• Support the development and implementation of data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Collaborate with data stewards, domain owners, and business / tech teams to embed governance principles into BAU and transformation initiatives.
• Maintain data definitions, metadata, data lineage, and other governance artifacts in the data catalog (Informatica Axon / EDC / IDQ).
• Drive awareness and adoption of data governance practices through training, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support data stewardship activities, data quality monitoring, and issue remediation.
• Manage smaller data initiatives / projects and coordinate governance forums.
• Contribute to regulatory and compliance activities and monitor trends in data management and governance.
• Support Informatica IDMC migration and cloud-based data governance initiatives.
• Promote sharing and reuse of data assets and ensure alignment with enterprise data strategy and architecture.
• Engage with internal stakeholders and external partners (vendors, regulators, consultants) to advance governance maturity.

Requirements :

Qualifications & Experience

Master’s or DAMA / related certifications preferred.

Skills & Knowledge