Data Governance Lead: Catalog & Quality

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to join the Analytics Center of Excellence. You will support development and operation of the enterprise data governance program and serve as the primary administrator of the enterprise data catalog, ensuring assets are trusted, discoverable, and well-documented for human and AI use.

You will collaborate across clinical, financial, operational, research, and workforce data domains, maintain glossaries and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years in data governance, data management, analytics, metadata management, BI, or related data-intensive role.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Managing business and technical metadata.
• Maintaining business glossaries, data definitions, metrics, ownership, classifications, and lineage.
• Supporting data stewardship, certification, and governance workflows.
• Monitoring metadata and data quality.
• Coordinating resolution of governance issues with data owners, subject matter experts, analysts, and technical teams.
• Training and support to data stewards and catalog users.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data catalog administration

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, data analytics, health information management, business or related field, or equivalent relevant experience

Tools

Enterprise data catalog

Job description

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to join the Analytics Center of Excellence. You will support development and operation of the enterprise data governance program and serve as the primary administrator of the enterprise data catalog, ensuring assets are trusted, discoverable, and well-documented for human and AI use.

You will collaborate across clinical, financial, operational, research, and workforce data domains, maintain glossaries and