Data Governance Analyst III

ICW Group; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Bonus potential

Job summary

ICW Group, a San Diego-headquartered insurer, seeks a Data Governance Lead to drive governance across the enterprise. You will manage metadata, enforce standards, and collaborate with teams to ensure data definitions and quality meet business needs.

The role emphasizes leading data catalog initiatives, training on metadata practices, and delivering governance metrics while aligning with industry nomenclature.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Data Science, IS or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 4–7 years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise data governance support across the organization.
• Develops and maintains metadata repositories and data catalog.
• Oversees data asset documentation and metadata standards in the catalog.
• Drives data quality issue management and remediation across departments.
• Implements data governance processes and trains staff on best practices.
• Collaborates with data owners to ensure data definitions and usage are standardized.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Metadata management

Data quality

Analytical skills

Time management

Communication skills

Project leadership

Excel

Insurance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Data catalog tools

Job description

Are you looking to make an impactful difference in your work, yourself, and your community? Why settle for just a job when you can land a career? At ICW Group, we are hiring team members who are ready to use their skills, curiosity, and drive to be part of our journey as we strive to transform the insurance carrier space. We're proud to be in business for over 50 years, and its change agents like yourself that will help us continue to deliver our mission to create the best insurance experience possible.

Headquartered in San Diego with regional offices located throughout the United States, ICW Group has been named for the twelfth consecutive year in a row and for the 20th time overall as a Top 50 performing P&C organization offering the stability of a large, profitable and growing company combined with a focus on all things people. It's our team members who make us an employer of choice and the vibrant company we are today. We strive to make both our internal and external communities better everyday! Learn more about why you want to be here!

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leads enterprise data governance support.

• Leads the development and maintenance of metadata repositories and management systems (data catalog).
• Performs advanced non-technical tool configuration within the Data Catalog, including complex Catalog UI, Templates, Terms/Glossaries, and Data Asset Curation.
• Oversees documentation of data assets and their relationships in the data catalog.
• Creates, enforces, and updates metadata standards and policies in the data catalog.
• Leads collaboration efforts with teams to capture and maintain accurate metadata.
• Implements and optimizes metadata governance processes.
• Develops and delivers comprehensive training on metadata management best practices.
• Oversees creation and maintenance of data quality documentation.
• Establishes and maintains data governance metrics.
• Collaborates with data owners and stewards to manage data definitions, quality, and usage.
• Drives the use of insurance industry and ICW specific nomenclature/naming standards within all data assets including, but not limited to reports, meta data articles, and project documentation.

Provides data quality issue management and remediation.

• Collaborates with team members throughout business and technical departments to document data quality issues.
• Develops and implements data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the enterprise.
• Works with business partners to gather and understand functional requirements, develops queries and provides reports.
• Ensures that a backlog of issues is consistently refined and updated for agile consumption.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university required in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 4-7 years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related field required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional-Practitioner or Master), Certified Data Governance & Stewardship Professional (DGSP) from ICCP (Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals), or other Data Governance Certification (DGQP) preferred.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Advanced SQL experience, including performance tuning and complex queries.
• Extensive experience with SaaS platforms.
• Proven track record in implementing and managing data catalog and metadata management systems.
• Familiarity with spreadsheet tools (e.g., Excel) for data manipulation.
• Knowledge of insurance industry preferred.
• Strong analytical and time management skills.
• Must be organized, detail oriented, and able to multi-task.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in leading small to medium-sized projects or teams.
• Team-oriented focus; ability to conduct effective meetings with business and project teams.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Office environment – no specific or unusual physical or environmental demands and employees are regularly required to sit, walk, stand, talk, and hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position operates in an office environment and requires the frequent use of a computer, telephone, copier, and other standard office equipment.

We are currently not offering employment sponsorship for this opportunity.

The current range for this position is

$95,378.98 - $160,850.17

This range is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at ICW Group, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors unique to each candidate, including experience, education and the location of the role and considers employees performing substantially similar work.

WHY JOIN ICW GROUP?

• Challenging work and the ability to make a difference
• You will have a voice and feel a sense of belonging
• We offer a competitive benefits package, with generous medical, dental, and vision plans as well as 401K retirement plans and company match
• Bonus potential for all positions
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Want to continue learning? We’ll support you 100%

ICW Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. ICW Group will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

At ICW Group we offer a work environment that encourages entrepreneurialism and celebrates success. Our team members are hands-on contributors who are given the opportunity to make an impact. It's our people who make us an employer of choice and the vibrant company we are today.

Job Category: IT

Job Type: Full time

Req ID: JR101662