AI-Ready Data Governance Leader

Boston Scientific; Arden Hills (MN); On-site; USD 107,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific is seeking a Principal Analyst to define and implement enterprise data governance frameworks. You will lead metadata management, data lineage, and data catalog initiatives while partnering with the Data Strategy team.

You will translate complex data concepts into business-friendly language, establish governance standards, and mentor junior analysts as the program scales across finance and other domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in data governance, data management, data architecture, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in a large enterprise.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK).
• Familiarity with semantic models, metadata management, and master data.
• Knowledge of data privacy and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead metadata management, data lineage, and data catalog initiatives.
• Define governance policies, standards, decision rights, and minimum control requirements for data products, metadata, lineage, semantic models, data quality, access, and lifecycle management.
• Resolve governance issues and competing stakeholder priorities through structured decision-making, escalation, and risk-based recommendations.
• Establish measurable governance outcomes and adoption indicators, and communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and investment needs to senior leadership.
• Create reusable frameworks, standards, implementation patterns, and reference materials that can be adopted across data domains and delivery teams.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives where requirements, ownership, technology direction, or operating models are not yet fully defined.
• Influence build of semantic layer designed for maximum consumption across current and future AI project landscape
• Develop standardized data meanings, derived from master data, and readable by both humans and machines
• Partner with technical team to create metric definitions alongside new data product development
• Partner with business stakeholders to align data and metric definitions with business objectives
• Facilitate data governance councils, working groups, and stakeholder meetings
• Translate technical data concepts into business-friendly language and vice versa
• Identify governance gaps and recommend pragmatic, scalable solutions
• Ensure solutions use governed business definitions, approved semantic models, certified data products, and authoritative metadata
• Support regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX, CCPA, HIPAA)
• As the team grows, mentor junior analysts and act as a subject-matter expert for data governance best practices

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Metadata management

Data quality

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related

Master's degree or relevant certifications

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Purview

SQL

dbt

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

Boston Scientific is seeking a Principal Analyst to define and implement enterprise data governance frameworks. You will lead metadata management, data lineage, and data catalog initiatives while partnering with the Data Strategy team.

You will translate complex data concepts into business-friendly language, establish governance standards, and mentor junior analysts as the program scales across finance and other domains.