Senior Data Governance Analyst: Elevate Data Quality & Compliance

MyChemist Retail Group; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home 1 day per week

Shuttle service to Preston Office

Paid parental leave (six weeks)

Job summary

Sigma Healthcare is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to advance the Data Governance Framework and maturity across the enterprise in Australia. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, custodians, and business units to improve data quality, manage CDEs, and ensure governance controls meet compliance standards.

You will report to the Data Governance Manager, drive policy enforcement, and help embed a data-literate culture while supporting AI governance initiatives.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Commerce, Business, Data, Analytics or a related discipline.
• Around three years’ experience in data governance, information management or a related technology role.
• Working knowledge of data privacy legislation and compliance requirements, with the ability to implement governance controls that support compliance.
• Experience within the healthcare industry.
• Hands‑on experience implementing data governance frameworks, policies, standards and stewardship models.
• Strong knowledge of Critical Data Elements, data quality rules, metrics and controls.
• Proven ability to identify and resolve data quality issues with business and technical teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and a practical understanding of data stewardship.
• Experience monitoring and reporting on data controls, processes and quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development, implementation, and continuous refinement of the Sigma Data Governance Framework
• Develop data governance artefacts such as standards, policies, risk definitions, controls, procedures, and policies
• Implement data governance processes and lead change management across business units
• Ensure compliance with the Australian Privacy Act, ACCC regulations, and other relevant standards
• Develop and track metrics to assess the effectiveness of data governance initiatives
• Partner with key stakeholders, including information security teams, to control and audit data access
• Drive engagement in data literacy programs and actively participate in community forums to advocate for data governance principles
• Conduct periodic reviews of data policies and provide input for updates or enhancements
• Support the evolution of the organisation’s AI governance capability by embedding data governance practices that enable responsible, secure, and compliant use of data for AI and emerging technologies
• Work closely with the Data Governance Manager to create reports and dashboards to monitor our progress against the Data Governance KPIs for the financial year
• Operate and maintain data governance tools to ensure data assets, metadata, CDE records, risks and controls and stewardship records are up to date

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Privacy compliance

Change management

Analytics

Education

Tertiary qualification in Commerce/Business/Data/Analytics

Tools

Data governance tools

Job description

Sigma Healthcare is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to advance the Data Governance Framework and maturity across the enterprise in Australia. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, custodians, and business units to improve data quality, manage CDEs, and ensure governance controls meet compliance standards.

You will report to the Data Governance Manager, drive policy enforcement, and help embed a data-literate culture while supporting AI governance initiatives.