Banking Data Governance Specialist — Policy & Quality

Burke & Herbert Bank; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Burke & Herbert Bank seeks a Data Governance Specialist to advance the bank's enterprise data governance program across a multi-state community banking environment. You will define data ownership, strengthen data stewardship, and promote policies to improve data quality, security, accessibility, and retention, enabling trusted data-driven decision-making across the Bank.

The role collaborates with business lines, technology, compliance, risk management, privacy, information security, operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, data management, computer science, analytics, or a related field.
• Three+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, or information security.
• Experience in a financial institution or highly regulated industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining enterprise data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Partner with data owners and technology teams to define data roles, accountability, and decision processes.
• Identify, classify, and document critical data assets across lending, deposits, customer information, and risk management.
• Maintain metadata, data definitions, lineage, glossaries, and data quality rules.

Skills

Governance principles

Data stewardship

Data ownership

Collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field

Tools

SQL

Data governance tools

Data catalogs

Data quality tools

Job description

Burke & Herbert Bank seeks a Data Governance Specialist to advance the bank's enterprise data governance program across a multi-state community banking environment. You will define data ownership, strengthen data stewardship, and promote policies to improve data quality, security, accessibility, and retention, enabling trusted data-driven decision-making across the Bank.

The role collaborates with business lines, technology, compliance, risk management, privacy, information security, operations,