Data Governance Analyst: Catalog & Stewardship Champion

Independence Pet Group; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Parental leave

Wellness day off

Group Pet Insurance

Employee training

Job summary

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a Data Governance Analyst to support and manage governance tech platforms, enabling metadata management, data quality, and MDM initiatives across business stakeholders. You will own cataloging, lineage, and privacy compliance efforts within a growing pet-health brand portfolio.

The role requires strong collaboration with Data Governance, Security, Engineering, and Legal teams, driving adoption of governance practices and ensuring scalable data management across

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Governance or related field.
• Hands-on with data catalog platforms, including metadata management.
• Experience building and operating a Data Stewardship Program from the ground up.
• Strong knowledge of data governance principles, metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and stewardship best practices.
• Experience supporting Databricks Unity Catalog or similar governance platforms.
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) and data quality processes.
• Experience with privacy, consent, and compliance technologies such as Osano.
• Strong technical, analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across Data Governance, Security, Engineering, Product and business teams.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks and operating models.
• Experience measuring governance adoption and data quality metrics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support the enterprise Data Catalog in partnership with the Data Governance team.
• Lead the data catalog roadmap, including metadata collection, onboarding, classification, glossary, and lineage documentation.
• Support and administer Databricks Unity Catalog, including data asset registration and access governance.
• Partner with data owners and engineers to improve data discoverability and governance adoption.
• Design, implement, and lead the Data Stewardship Program in alignment with catalog deployment and governance objectives.
• Serve as the administrator for Osano and coordinate governance-related compliance requests.
• Support MDM platforms and governance processes including stewardship workflows and data quality initiatives.
• Monitor adoption, governance metrics, and usage trends to drive improvements.
• Support governance projects and strategic initiatives as needed.
• Develop governance documentation, standards, and procedures for scalable data management.

Skills

Data governance principles

Metadata management

Data cataloging

Data lineage

Stewardship best practices

Privacy compliance

Stakeholder management

Cross-team collaboration

Governance frameworks

Technical problem solving

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Osano

Job description

Independence Pet Holdings seeks a Data Governance Analyst to support and manage governance tech platforms, enabling metadata management, data quality, and MDM initiatives across business stakeholders. You will own cataloging, lineage, and privacy compliance efforts within a growing pet-health brand portfolio.

The role requires strong collaboration with Data Governance, Security, Engineering, and Legal teams, driving adoption of governance practices and ensuring scalable data management across