Data Governance Strategist — Hybrid (Richmond)

Yakshna Solutions, Inc.; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Paid time off

Training and development

Job summary

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. (YSI) in Richmond, VA is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance. You will partner with data owners and stewards to translate governance policies into sustainable processes that improve data quality and compliance.

The analyst will lead or support ARID governance activities, data access and sharing, EMPI and reference data management, and data product requirements, while guiding cross‑functional teams to adopt governance practices.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in business analysis, requirements elicitation, process improvement, or related enterprise business functions.
• Advanced facilitation skills, including leading cross-functional working sessions, navigating competing priorities, building consensus, and driving decisions to resolution.
• Ability to interpret policies, standards, and business requirements and translate them into practical operational processes, business rules, and controls.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data governance concepts, including data ownership, stewardship, access governance, data quality, compliance, and data lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business processes and data management practices to identify governance gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, root cause analysis, and current- and future-state process design.
• Translate governance policies, standards, and business needs into actionable requirements, workflows, procedures, and controls.
• Develop process maps, business requirements, SOPs, RACI matrices, and performance metrics.
• Support governance implementation, process automation, stakeholder adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions with data owners, stewards, business units, and technical teams to align priorities and support governance decisions.
• Clarify governance roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and implementation requirements.
• Document governance decisions, communicate outcomes, and coordinate follow-through.
• Support data owners and stewards in embedding governance policies, standards, and responsibilities into daily operations.
• Define and monitor measures of governance effectiveness, compliance, stakeholder engagement, and data quality.
• Facilitate data quality issue analysis, remediation planning, and continuous improvement.
• Support data access, sharing, onboarding, integration, and management processes to ensure governance requirements are consistently applied.
• Gather and document business and analytical requirements to ensure governed data products meet business and consumer needs.

Skills

Senior-level business analysis

Facilitation

Governance

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems information management or related field

Tools

BPMN

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. (YSI) in Richmond, VA is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance. You will partner with data owners and stewards to translate governance policies into sustainable processes that improve data quality and compliance.

The analyst will lead or support ARID governance activities, data access and sharing, EMPI and reference data management, and data product requirements, while guiding cross‑functional teams to adopt governance practices.