Data Governance Analyst

Genworth North America Corporation; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Genworth North America Corporation is seeking a Data Governance Analyst in Richmond, VA, with a hybrid schedule (in-office Tue-Thu) and core hours 9am-5pm EST. The role focuses on operationalizing governance standards, metadata workflows, and collaboration with data stewards to ensure data assets are well-defined and trusted.

You will work in a cloud-native environment leveraging Databricks, Unity Catalog, and Acryl DataHub to enable governance initiatives, data literacy, and accountability for

Qualifications

• Experience with data governance programs and data stewardship.
• Experience with metadata management and data quality workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Onboard and train domain data stewards; prepare steward-facing materials.
• Facilitate working sessions with business stewards for attribute naming/definitions.
• Track governance actions across workstreams using program logs and RACI matrices.
• Contribute to DG roadmap execution across Data Atlas, DataQuality, Governance, and RDM epics.
• Maintain governance artifacts such as data dictionaries and policy standards.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Strong communication

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Acryl DataHub

Job description

At Genworth, we empower families to navigate the aging journey with confidence. We are compassionate, experienced allies for those navigating care with guidance, products, and services that meet families where they are. Further, we are the spouses, children, siblings, friends, and neighbors of those that need care-and we bring those experiences with us to work in serving our millions of policyholders each day.

We apply that same compassion and empathy as we work with each other and our local communities. Genworth values all perspectives, characteristics, and experiences so that employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and our company succeed. We celebrate our diversity and understand that being intentional about inclusion is the only way to create a sense of belonging for all associates. We also invest in the vitality of our local communities through grants from the Genworth Foundation, event sponsorships, and employee volunteerism.

Our four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions:

• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
• Make it about others. We do what's best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress.
• Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together.
• Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other.

POSITION TITLE

Data Governance Analyst

At this time, Genworth will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

POSITION LOCATION

Richmond

*A Hybrid schedule of both Remote and In-Office days is required. In office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with working hours targeting our core business hours of 9am-5pm EST.

YOUR ROLE

As an IT team member, you'll play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing technology solutions that are the foundation of the world class customer service that our customers expect and deserve - now and in the future.

What you will be doing

The Data Governance Analyst supports the Genworth Data Governance program (DGPO) by operationalizing governance standards, managing metadata and data quality workflows, and collaborating with business stewards to ensure that critical data assets are well-defined, trusted, and fit for use. This role operates within a modern cloud-native environment, leveraging Databricks/Unity Catalog for data engineering and Acryl DataHub as the enterprise data catalog.

The ideal candidate is analytically minded, a strong communicator, and comfortable working at the intersection of data technology and business operations. They will serve as a practitioner-level contributor on governance initiatives across the data lifecycle from metadata curation to data quality remediation to stewardship enablement.

Data Governance Analyst at Genworth will:

• Support data stewardship activities across assigned business domains, partnering with data stewards and subject matter experts to define, document, and maintain critical data elements and business glossary terms.
• Monitor and manage data quality issues by tracking DQ findings, coordinating remediation efforts with data owners, and escalating systemic issues through appropriate governance channels
• Facilitate governance workflows including metadata review cycles, steward sign of, and CDE validation to ensure data assets meet standards
• Maintain governance documentation and artifacts such as data dictionaries, domain taxonomies, RACI matrices, and policy standards, keeping them current as business needs evolve.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business stakeholders, data engineering, and analytics teams to champion data governance adoption, support data literacy initiatives, and drive accountability for data quality at source.

The ideal candidate effectively prioritizes activities within resource constraints, identifies and documents business problems, gathers both business and system requirements, works with technical/functional leads to design and deliver innovative solutions. You will assist with keeping projects on schedule by resolving roadblocks, coaching/assisting with complicated tasks and escalating when needed.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Stewardship Enablement & Program Operations

• Support onboarding and training of domain data stewards; prepare steward‑facing materials including CDE Registers, readiness audits, and data dictionaries.
• Facilitate working sessions with business stewards to gather input on attribute naming, definitions, and classification decisions.
• Track open governance actions and decisions across workstreams using program logs and RACI matrices.
• Contribute to DG roadmap execution by delivering against quarterly epics across the Data Atlas, DataQuality, Governance, and RDM categories.

Metadata Management & Data Catalog

• Curate and maintain business glossary entries, domain taxonomies, and data asset metadata within Acryl DataHub
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