Data Governance - Analyst

TalentReady; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentReady in Sydney, Australia, is seeking a Data Governance Analyst on a contract basis. You will help implement and scale the Data Governance Framework, working across business, architecture, data and technology teams to translate data problems into governance actions.

The role focuses on better ownership, data quality, trusted reporting, and measurable business outcomes through governance enablement.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance consulting or equivalent.
• Ability to talk to business users about data problems, not just technology.
• Understanding of data ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata and lineage.

Responsibilities

• Extend Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Snowflake and drive adoption of governance capabilities.
• Evolve the Data Governance Framework documentation.
• Engage stakeholders to uncover data issues and understand business impact.
• Translate business problems into data outcomes and actionable governance steps.

Skills

Data governance

Purview

Stakeholder engagement

Business communication

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Varonis

Snowflake

Job description

Data Governance - Analyst

Sydney NSW, Australia

Contract

Role purpose

Assist with the practical adoption of Data Governance across the business, extending our implementation and Data Governance Framework. The tech available includes Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Snowflake

The role bridges business and technology: engaging stakeholders to understand their data problems, translating those problems into actionable data initiatives, and demonstrating the value of Data Governance through better ownership, quality, trust and business outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Extend Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Snowflake and drive adoption as the enterprise data governance and discovery capabilities.
• Evolve the Data Governance Frameworkdocumentation.
• Engage business stakeholders to uncover data issues and understand the business impact.
• Translate business problems into data outcomes, connecting issues such as inconsistent reporting or poor data quality to practical actions.
• At a high level discuss Data Governance in business language, focusing on better decisions, trusted reporting, efficiency and reduced risk.

What we're looking for

• Data Engineering / Governance consulting experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview.
• Stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to talk to business users about their problems without leading with technology.
• Ability to turn ambiguous business problems into outcomes.
• Knowledge of concepts around data ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata, lineage and business glossaries. They do not need to be experts
• Comfortable working across business, architecture, data and technology teams.

What success looks like

Business problems -> clearly understood data issues -> accountable owners -> governed data -> measurable business outcomes.

The role should ultimately help make governance an enabler of business outcomes rather than an administrative exercise, supporting trusted data and better decisions.

Additional information

• Data Governance
• he tech : Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Snowflake
• Sydney CBD