Data Governance Engineer, Early Careers

generalmotors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an entry‑level Data Governance Engineer at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, MI. The role focuses on expanding data literacy, governance enablement, and community engagement across the organization.

You will support steward onboarding, training coordination, analytics reporting, and cross‑functional program execution, under guidance from experienced team members. This is an ideal fit for a student eager to connect technology with business needs.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in MIS/IS/Business Analytics/Data Analytics/CS.
• Interest in data governance, data literacy, or related areas.
• Ability to organize information, manage details, and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate data literacy events, workshops, and community meetings with calendars and attendance tracking.
• Support Data Steward onboarding, learning paths, and access tracking.
• Assist with intake of data governance and data transfer documentation, routing questions to SMEs.
• Research and organize content on governance, metadata, and data quality.

Skills

Data governance

Data literacy

Communication

Team collaboration

Microsoft Office

SQL familiarity

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in MIS / IS / Data Analytics / CS

Tools

SQL

Microsoft Office

Data visualization

Job description

Job Description

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

This role is located at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.

The Enterprise Data Governance Office is seeking an early careers Data Governance Engineer to help expand data literacy, data stewardship growth, governance enablement, and community engagement across General Motors. This entry-level role combines technical learning with business and process support. The Data Governance Engineer will help make governance concepts, learning resources, onboarding steps, and practical guidance easier to understand, find, and apply across technical and business audiences.

Working under the guidance of experienced data governance and data literacy team members, the Data Governance Engineer will support steward onboarding, community growth, training coordination, communications, learning-path development, documentation, reporting, stakeholder follow-up, and measurement. This is an opportunity to gain practical experience in enterprise data governance, data literacy, data stewardship, change enablement, and cross-functional program execution.

The Role

At General Motors, data literacy helps employees understand, question, and responsibly use data and artificial intelligence to make informed decisions. Data stewardship helps ensure that data has clear ownership, useful metadata, appropriate classification, measurable quality, and accountable support across its lifecycle. The Data Governance &

The Data Governance Engineer will contribute to the operating work that turns these activities into a repeatable capability. The role is well suited for a student who enjoys connecting technology, business needs, and practical processes; communicating with different audiences; organizing work; using metrics to understand participation and adoption; and learning how governed data is used across a large enterprise.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate data literacy events, workshops, office hours, community meetings, and learning campaigns, including calendars, registrations, materials, attendance, and follow-up.
• Help grow the Data Stewardship community by supporting invitations, agendas, discussion topics, feedback collection, recaps, and approved collaboration channels.
• Support Data Steward onboarding, including required learning, Atlan onboarding steps, approved access tracking, cataloging activities, office-hours participation, and follow-up actions.
• Assist with intake and triage of data governance, data literacy, and data transfer documentation; route policy, privacy, access, data-quality, and tool-specific questions to the appropriate subject-matter expert.
• Research and organize content on data governance, metadata, ownership, inbound and outbound data exchange documentation/tracking, stewardship, data quality, responsible data use and analytics.
• Create and maintain plain-language communications and reusable materials, including FAQs, job aids, onboarding checklists, quick-start guides, presentations,
• announcements, learning paths, recordings, and documentation.
• Under supervision, help verify approved metadata such as ownership, descriptions, and classifications.
• Maintain metric definitions, source notes, reporting trackers, and simple dashboard quality checks; prepare status updates, dashboard summaries, community recaps, and presentations.
• Coordinate with data stewards, domain representatives, technical teams,
• communications partners, learning partners, and governance subject-matter experts while following GM requirements for data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, access, and responsible use of data and artificial intelligence.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Your Skills & Abilities

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of how business processes, information systems, and data support organizational decisions.
• Interest in data governance, data literacy, data stewardship, analytics enablement, responsible artificial intelligence, or related areas.
• Ability to organize information, manage details, follow established processes, and complete assignments on time.
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain technical or process topics to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and work effectively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated curiosity, willingness to learn, and ability to receive and apply feedback.
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office or comparable productivity tools, including document, presentation, spreadsheet, and collaboration applications.
• Ability to work at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan and

participate in virtual and in-person meetings as required by the team.

What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage

• Coursework, project work, or internship experience involving data governance, data stewardship, data quality, business process analysis, learning design, communications, community engagement, or program coordination.
• Familiarity with SQL, spreadsheets, data visualization,