Data Governance Analyst - Data Strategy - Burnaby

Randstad Canada; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance initiatives and prioritized business use cases. The role will span policy development, data quality, metadata management, and governance tooling across business and technical teams.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to mature data governance practices, reinforce accountability, and position data as a strategic asset within a public-sector context. On-site in Burnaby with flexible remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, and metadata management.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks, standards, and compliance.
• Knowledge of governance tools like Purview/Collibra/Informatica and related platforms.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data governance policies, standards, and documentation.
• Define data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models for key domains.
• Establish data quality rules, KPIs, metrics, and remediation plans.
• Perform governance assessments, gap analyses, and provide improvement recommendations.
• Create governance artifacts: glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, lineage, and catalog content.
• Maintain inventories of critical data elements and governance controls.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

SQL

BI tools

Project management

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in information management

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

SQL

ETL

BI tools

Job description

Role Summary

Our public sector client is seeking a highly skilled Data Governance Analyst to play a pivotal role in advancing the organization’s overarching Data Strategy. Functionally reporting to the Manager, Data Governance, this role is responsible for supporting the analysis, design, and execution of enterprise data governance initiatives and prioritized business use cases.

Working across business, technical, and change management teams, the successful candidate will help mature data governance practices, reinforce data accountability, enhance data quality, and position data as a strategic organizational asset.

This position is based in Burnaby and requires going on-site 1 day/ week.

Advantages

7 month contract with the potential for extensions

Work primarily remote with minimal on-site

Responsibilities

• Data governance policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models for prioritized business domains and use cases.
• Data quality rules, monitoring metrics, issue logs, and remediation plans.
• Data governance assessments, gap analyses, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Governance artifacts, including business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, data lineage, and data catalog content.
• Critical Data Element (CDE) inventories and associated governance controls.
• Data governance reporting, dashboards, KPIs, and maturity assessments.

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Must-have:

• Degree in Information Management, Business, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Considerable knowledge of data management principles and practices with a minimum of 5 years, including Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, and related DAMA-DMBOK disciplines.
• Experience implementing and supporting data governance frameworks, standards, policies, and compliance requirements within a complex organization.
• Strong knowledge of data governance and metadata management tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica, or similar platforms.
• Sound understanding of data architecture, data modelling, data integration, data warehousing, and enterprise data platforms.
• Knowledge of data security, privacy, records management, and applicable regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Proficiency with data management and analytical tools and technologies, including SQL, ETL processes, Business Intelligence (BI) tools, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex environment.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with business and technical teams and present information to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to support organizational change and data transformation initiatives through collaboration, training, communication, and the adoption of new governance practices.

Preference will be given to candidates with the following:

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services, healthcare, public sector).
• Experience implementing or supporting enterprise data governance programs, including governance frameworks, data stewardship, metadata management, and policy development.
• Occupational certification in data governance or data management (e.g., CDMP, DGSP, or equivalent) is considered an asset.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, or data catalog platforms (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica, or similar tools) is considered an asset.

Summary

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.