Data Governance Analyst — Metadata & Quality

Dow Inc.; Alvin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay + bonus

Total rewards program

401(k) with company match

Employee discounts

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Dow Inc. is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to operationalize governance practices, maintain metadata, and improve data quality across business domains.

You will collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure consistent governance standards and governance artifacts are up to date. The role emphasizes documenting definitions, ownership, lineage, and catalog content, while supporting stewardship activities and governance training materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience accepted.
• Minimum of 2 years of data governance, data management, analytics, or related field.
• Foundational understanding of governance concepts, metadata, and data quality management.
• Experience working with business and technical stakeholders to support data-related efforts.

Responsibilities

• Execute established data governance processes, policies, standards, and controls.
• Support enterprise governance initiatives through governance activities and deliverables.
• Create, maintain, and update business metadata, technical metadata, glossary entries, and data catalog content.
• Document business definitions, data ownership, stewardship, and data lineage.
• Maintain governance repositories and standards documentation.

Skills

Business requirements

Critical thinking

Data compilation

Collaborative spirit

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or military experience / 5 years

Tools

Data catalogs

Data quality platforms

Reporting tools

SQL basics

Job description

Dow Inc. is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to operationalize governance practices, maintain metadata, and improve data quality across business domains.

You will collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure consistent governance standards and governance artifacts are up to date. The role emphasizes documenting definitions, ownership, lineage, and catalog content, while supporting stewardship activities and governance training materials.