DBHDS - Sr Data Governance Analyst (CDC Funded)

Skywalk Global; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Skywalk Global seeks a Senior Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance by integrating people, processes, and technology. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and partners to translate policies into practical solutions and embed governance into operations and technology delivery.

The ideal candidate analyzes complex data management challenges, elicits requirements, and facilitates cross-functional decisions while focusing on governance-by-design and process

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in senior-level business analysis, requirements elicitation, and process improvement.
• Advanced facilitation skills leading cross-functional sessions and decision-making.
• Ability to translate policies into practical operational processes for governance and compliance.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance concepts, including data ownership, stewardship, access governance, and data quality.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate requirements elicitation, root-cause analysis, and current-state and future-state process design for governance initiatives.
• Translate governance policies, standards, business needs, and decisions into actionable requirements, workflows, procedures, and controls.
• Develop process maps, SOPs, RACIs, and performance measures to support governance implementation and accountability.
• Facilitate cross-functional sessions with data owners, stewards, business units, enterprise architecture, engineering, security, analytics, and external partners.
• Clarify governance decision rights, responsibilities, dependencies, and actions for implementation.
• Document governance decisions and communicate requirements and outcomes to responsible teams; ensure follow-through to implementation.
• Support data access governance and data sharing processes with clearly documented and communicated requirements.

Skills

Data analytics

SQL

Data warehouse

Data governance

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Data policies

Education

Bachelor degree in information systems or related field

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Oracle

SQL Server

Job description

Data Analytics, SQL, Data Warehouse, Database programs, AWS, Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server, Data Lineage / Cataloging, DAMA-DMBOK, DMMI, BPMN, Lean, Six Sigma, CDMP, VITA standards

Duration

11/16/2026 - 11/30/2027

Job Summary

SeniorDataGovernanceAnalyst

PositionSummary

DBHDSisseekinganexperiencedSeniorDataGovernanceAnalysttosupporttheimplementationandcontinuousimprovementofenterprisedatagovernancethroughtheeffectiveintegrationofpeople,processes,andtechnology.

Thepositionwillcollaboratewithdataowners,datastewards,andenterprisepartnerstotranslategovernancepolicies,standards,anddecisionsintorepeatable,sustainable,andmeasurablebusinessprocessesthatembeddatagovernanceintooperationsandtechnologydelivery.

Theidealcandidateisaskilledbusinessanalystandfacilitatorwithastrongunderstandingofdatagovernanceprincipleswhocananalyzecomplexbusinessanddatamanagementchallenges,interpretpolicies,elicitrequirements,facilitatecross-functionaldecisions,andtranslategovernanceneedsintopracticalsolutions.

Theroleemphasizesgovernancebydesign,businessprocessimprovement,stakeholdercollaboration,operationalaccountability,andorganizationaladoptionratherthanhands-ontechnicaldevelopment.

KeyResponsibilities

Facilitaterequirementselicitation,rootcauseanalysis,andcurrent-stateandfuture-stateprocessdesignforgovernance-relatedinitiatives.

Translategovernancepolicies,standards,businessneeds,anddecisionsintoactionablebusinessrequirements,workflows,procedures,andoperationalcontrols.

Developprocessmaps,businessrequirements,SOPs,RACImatrices,andperformancemeasurestosupportgovernanceimplementationandaccountability.

Facilitatecross-functionalworkingsessionsinvolvingdataowners,stewards,businessunits,enterprisearchitecture,engineering,security,analytics,andexternalpartners.

Facilitatecomplexdiscussions,reconcilecompetingpriorities,evaluatealternatives,andsupportinformedgovernancedecisionsbyauthorizedstakeholders.

Clarifygovernancedecisionrights,responsibilities,dependencies,andrequiredactionsforimplementation.

Documentgovernancedecisions,communicaterequirementsandoutcomestoresponsibleteams,andcoordinatefollow-throughtoimplementation.

DataGovernanceOperationsandContinuousImprovement

Supportdataownersandstewardsinimplementinggovernancepolicies,standards,roles,andresponsibilitieswithinoperationalprocesses.

Collaboratewithdataowners,stewards,andenterprisepartnerstodefine,document,andmonitormeaningfulmeasuresofgovernanceeffectiveness,stakeholder

Facilitatedataqualityissueidentification,rootcauseanalysis,remediationplanning,andcontinuousimprovement.

Supportdataaccessgovernanceanddatasharingprocessesbyensuringauthorizeddecisions,requirements,andconditionsareclearlydocumented,communicatedtoexecutionteams,andtrackedthroughimplementation.

Collaboratewithenterprisepartnerstoembedgovernancerequirementsintodataonboarding,integration,management,andconsumption.

Elicitanddocumentbusinessandanalyticalrequirementstohelpensuregovernedenterprisedataproductsmeetconsumerneeds.

AreasofContribution

Theanalystmayleadorsupportprioritizedinitiativesinvolvinggovernancedecisionprocesses(Awareness,Risks,Issues,andDecisions—ARID),accessgovernance,datasharing,automateddataonboarding,EnterpriseMasterPersonIndex(EMPI)andreferencedatamanagement,dataqualityimprovement,compliancereviews,anddataproductrequirements.

RequiredQualifications

Demonstratedexperienceinsenior-levelbusinessanalysis,requirementselicitation,businessprocessimprovement,andcomplexproblem-solving.

Advancedfacilitationskills,includingleadingcross-functionalworkingsessions,navigatingcompetingpriorities,buildingconsensus,anddrivingdecisionstoresolution.

Provenabilitytoanalyze,design,document,andsupportimplementationofsustainablebusinessprocesses.

Abilitytointerpretpolicies,standards,andbusinessrequirementsandtranslatethemintopracticaloperationalprocesses,businessrules,andcontrols.

Workingknowledgeofenterprisedatagovernanceconcepts,includingdataownership,stewardship,accessgovernance,dataquality,compliance,anddatalifecycle

management.

Stronganalytical,communication,stakeholdermanagement,andorganizationalskills,withtheabilitytoworkindependentlyandcollaboratively.

Fiveormoreyearsofexperienceinbusinessanalysis,requirementselicitation,processimprovement,orrelatedenterprisebusinessfunctions.

PreferredQualifications

Experienceingovernment,healthcare,oranotherregulatedenvironment.

Familiaritywithenterprisedataintegration,interoperability,masterandreferencedatamanagement,andgoverneddataproducts.

FamiliaritywithAWS,Snowflake,CommonwealthofVirginia/VITAstandards,orrelevantprofessionalcertificationssuchasCDMP.

Education

Abachelor'sdegreeininformationsystems,businessadministration,informationmanagement,orarelatedfieldispreferred.Equivalentprofessionalexperienceandrelevantcertificationsmaybeconsidered.

DataAnalysisRequired10Years

ExperiencewithDataLineage/CatalogingRequired10Years

DataPolicy/ProcedurecreationRequired10Years

ProficiencywithSQLRequired10Years

DatawarehouseExperienceRequired10Years

ExperiencewithDatabases(Relationaldatabases,SQLServer,Oracle,Snowflakeetc)Required7Years