Senior Analyst, Data Governance, Policy & Practices

Njoyn; Vaughan; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Njoyn is forming a Data Management Services Function and an Enterprise Data & Analytics capability to drive governance, quality, and trusted decision-making across the organization.

As the Senior Analyst, Data Governance, Policy & Practices, you will design, implement, and operationalize the Enterprise Data Governance Framework, ensuring data is managed as a strategic asset with robust policies, standards, and stewardship.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing an enterprise data governance framework.
• Ability to translate strategy into scalable governance capabilities.
• Experience establishing data policies, standards, and stewardship practices.
• Bridge business and technology teams to improve data quality and compliance.
• Familiarity with metadata management, lineage, and data catalogs.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalize the enterprise data governance framework.
• Develop and implement governance policies, standards, and controls.
• Lead enterprise metadata management, data glossary, and lineage initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and IT to improve data quality and decision-making.
• Operationalize Microsoft Purview as the data governance platform.

Skills

Data governance

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Business-IT liaison

Data quality

Governance processes

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Job description

We are establishing a Data Management Services Function and Enterprise Data & Analytics capability to drive data governance, data quality, metadata management, analytics enablement, and trusted decision-making across the organization.

As the Senior Analyst, Data Governance, Policy & Practices, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and operationalizing the organization's Enterprise Data Governance Framework.

You will be responsible for ensuring that data is managed as a strategic business asset through the establishment of policies, standards, controls, stewardship practices, governance processes, and enterprise metadata management capabilities.

This role serves as a bridge between business and technology teams, translating enterprise data strategy into practical, scalable, and measurable governance capabilities that improve data quality, accountability, compliance, discoverability, and business decision-making.

The successful candidate will thrive in an evolving environment, helping define governance capabilities, formalize processes, build sustainable data management practices, and operationalize Microsoft Purview as the enterprise platform for data governance, metadata management, business glossary, lineage, and data catalog capabilities.