Data Governance Specialist — Taxonomies & Quality Rules

MediaRadar; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MediaRadar seeks a detail-oriented Data Governance Analyst to support taxonomy, rules, and reference data framework. You will author and maintain taxonomies, business term definitions, and data rules in our governance platform, keeping them accurate and auditable as the organization scales.

You will work closely with the Senior Data Governance Lead, Data Operations, and the Reference Data team to maintain rule and taxonomy libraries that drive data quality and classification in production.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, analytics, or data operations.
• Hands-on experience maintaining taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, business glossaries, or rule libraries.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with structured data, spreadsheets, and governance tooling.
• Ability to translate governance decisions into precise, consistent, testable rules.
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving standards in a maturing governance environment.

Responsibilities

• Author, maintain, and version taxonomies, business term definitions, and classification hierarchies in the governance platform.
• Translate approved governance decisions into structured, testable data rules and apply rule IDs consistently across taxonomies.
• Run routine rule-library analysis to detect duplicates, conflicts, and coverage gaps, and prepare findings for governance review.
• Maintain metadata, documentation, and change history so definitions and rules remain traceable and auditable.
• Support intake and triage of new rule and definition requests from Data Operations and business stakeholders.
• Prepare reference data and golden-record candidates for governance certification, flagging anomalies and exceptions.
• Produce clear documentation and quick-reference guides that help stewards and analysts apply standards independently.
• Assist in preparing governance reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder updates.

Skills

Attention to detail

Structured data handling

Governance tooling

Documentation

Communication skills

Rule translation

Job description

MediaRadar seeks a detail-oriented Data Governance Analyst to support taxonomy, rules, and reference data framework. You will author and maintain taxonomies, business term definitions, and data rules in our governance platform, keeping them accurate and auditable as the organization scales.

You will work closely with the Senior Data Governance Lead, Data Operations, and the Reference Data team to maintain rule and taxonomy libraries that drive data quality and classification in production.