Data Governance Lead - Business Analyst

IntePros; Bridgewater Township (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intepros is seeking a Data Governance Consultant to advance governance maturity across the enterprise. You will collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Cybersecurity, and IT to collect and analyze critical data, document data creation and usage, and ensure governance, retention, and accuracy per policy.

The role is hands-on, interfacing with multiple business areas to translate governance standards into practical data decisions and ensure ongoing adherence and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• 4 to 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst or Data Steward, ideally in data governance, records or information management.
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts: data ownership, stewardship, data quality, metadata, classification and lineage.
• Experience gathering requirements and documenting business processes, data flows and data dictionaries.
• Ability to work with stakeholders in several business areas, including Legal, Compliance and Cybersecurity to drive maturity and initiatives.
• Understanding of data retention, privacy and regulatory requirements and how they affect business data.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain data topics to non-technical audiences.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage several areas and priorities at the same time.

Responsibilities

• Drive functional area adoption of Data Governance across the enterprise.
• Define and maintain data definitions, classifications, business rules and metadata for critical data elements.
• Apply governance standards including retention requirements and classification standards within each business area.
• Resolve data issues and conflicts by working with data creators and users; develop escalation paths for audits.

Skills

Data governance concepts

Data ownership

Data quality

Metadata management

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/information systems or related field

Tools

SQL

Excel

Purview

Collibra

Alation

Job description

Role Overview

Our client's Enterprise Data Retention and Governance team is hiring a Data Governance Consultant to help drive the maturity of Data Governance capabilities across the enterprise. You will work across business areas to identify, collect and analyze critical data, document how it is created and used, and make sure it is governed, accurate and retained according to policy. This is a hands‑on analyst role that connects business teams, Legal, Compliance, Cybersecurity and technology, and turns governance standards into practical decisions about the data each area depends on.

Key Responsibilities

Drive functional area adoption of Data Governance

• Work with leaders across various functional departments to develop core Data Governance teams to drive initiatives
• Define and maintain data definitions, classifications, business rules and metadata for critical data elements
• Apply the team's governance standards, including retention requirements and classification standards within each business area
• Resolve data issues and conflicts by working with the people who create and use the data. Develop escalation paths to resolve and audit data-related issues.

Analysis And Requirements

• Collect, inventory and analyze critical data from multiple systems and business areas
• Document data sources, data flows, lineage and process maps, and identify gaps and risks
• Gather and write business and data requirements, and translate them for technical and platform teams

Governance and collaboration

• Monitor data quality against agreed measures and lead remediation of recurring problems
• Work with Legal, Finance, IT and business owners to confirm that data handling meets policy and regulatory needs
• Ensure data is properly classified according to policy and disposed and archived per the data retention policy and standards
• Support the Retention Specialist and platform teams by supplying business context for retention decisions
• Run working sessions with stakeholders, keep decisions and procedures documented, and support audits and reviews

Required Skills And Experience

• 4 to 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst or Data Steward, ideally in data governance, records or information management
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts: data ownership, stewardship, data quality, metadata, classification and lineage
• Experience gathering requirements and documenting business processes, data flows and data dictionaries
• Ability to work with stakeholders in several business areas, including Legal, Compliance and Cybersecurity to drive maturity and initiatives
• Understanding of data retention, privacy and regulatory requirements and how they affect business data
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain data topics to non-technical audiences
• Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage several areas and priorities at the same time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data catalog or governance tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra or Alation
• Strong analytical skills, including SQL for querying and profiling data and Excel for analysis, nice to have
• Certifications such as CBAP, CDMP, CIP or IGP, nice to have
• Experience with data quality tools and master or reference data management , nice to have
• Experience with legal or finance data, including audit and regulatory reporting
• Background in a regulated or large enterprise environment, such as healthcare, higher education or financial services
• Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, data science or a related field, or equivalent experience