Governance Analyst

Oorwin AI; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Oorwin AI seeks a Data Governance professional to support Indiana IDOH's data governance program. You will help develop data dictionaries, lead stewardship initiatives, write governance policies, and deliver training across agency staff.

You will collaborate with data owners and program directors to roll out governance guardrails, enforce data protection, and measure training uplift. This role emphasizes stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog or similar.
• Integrity and strong work ethics.
• Relationship Management across IDOH divisions.
• Project Oversight aligning priorities with strategy.
• Root-cause analysis and timely decision-making.
• Excellent critical thinking, time management, and communication.
• Experience with data lineage tools and methods.
• Understand the data analysis life cycle in a business setting.
• Ability to accept feedback and adjust approaches.
• Build trust and cooperation across teams.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Intake, triage, and route internal/external data requests.
• Maintain audit trails and enforce accountability.
• Coordinate with Legal on Data Sharing Agreements and retention/destruction obligations.
• Track timelines, SLA adherence, and escalated overdue items.
• Identify and document metadata sources and enrichment requirements.
• Maintain catalog fields and Dataset Reference Sheets.
• Draft and operationalize data governance policies and SOPs.
• Develop data literacy and governance training for staff.
• Collaborate with data owners to align priorities across divisions.
• Define KPIs and report governance progress.

Skills

Informatica ED Catalog

Integrity & ethics

Relationship management

Project oversight

Decision making

Critical thinking & time management

Data lineage tools

Data analysis lifecycle

Adaptability to feedback

Team trust & cooperation

MS Office suite

Job description

Engagement Type

Contract

Complete Description

• Help IDOH’s data stewards to develop and maintain data dictionaries,
• Lead and support data stewardship initiatives,
• Author and update data governance policies and SOPs,
• Deliver data literacy and quality training programs for agency staff,
• Collect and analyze data requests in the centralized data sharing system,
• Support the roll‑out and continuous improvement of the IDOH data governance framework,
• Enhance data quality and protection for sensitive data throughout the agency,
• Serve as a resource for policy interpretation, training, and stewardship best practices.

JOB DUTIES

Centralized Data Sharing & Access Governance

• Intake, triage, and route internal/external data requests,
• Maintain audit trails and enforce director accountability and delegation,
• Coordinate with Legal (OLA) on Data Sharing Agreements, retention, and destruction obligations,
• Track request timelines, SLA adherence, and escalated overdue items.

Data Stewardship & Metadata Management

• Identify and document technical metadata sources and business enrichment requirements,
• Maintain required catalog fields and Dataset Reference Sheets,
• Author and update data quality rules tied to critical data elements,
• Track and resolve data quality issues, report aging and closure metrics.

Policy Writing & Governance Operations

• Draft, review, and operationalize agency data governance policies and SOPs,
• Maintain SOP libraries, change logs, and decision records,
• Translate policy into practical guardrails for analysts and stewards (classification, handling, retention).

Education & Training

• Develop and deliver data literacy, stewardship, and governance training for agency staff,
• Measure training effectiveness (“training uplift”) and iterate materials for divisions with varying maturity,
• Create and publish job aids, templates, and stewardship guides.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with data owners, stewards, custodians, and program directors to align priorities,
• Communicate complex governance topics to non‑technical staff,
• Build trust and cooperation across divisions while enforcing governance guardrails.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Define and document indicators of performance (KPIs) and quality metrics.
• Provide progress reports to leadership and oversee periodic updates to the data governance roadmap,
• Identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of data assets for efficiency and effectiveness.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience

Experience using Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog,or similar,Personal and professional integrity with strong work ethics,Relationship Management: ability to develop and maintain relationships across IDOH divisions,Project Oversight: ability to align priorities with strategic initiatives,Decision-making: ability to identify root cause of issues and make sound and timely decisions to resolve problems,Excellent critical thinking,time management,and communication skills,Experience with data lineage tools and methods,Ability to understand the data analysis life cycle and its application in a business setting,Ability to take critical feedback in stride and adjust approaches accordingly,Effective in building trust,respect,and cooperation among teams,Ability to use Outlook,Word,Excel,and PowerPoint in a professional setting

Skills :

• Experience using Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog,or similar
• Personal and professional integrity with strong work ethics
• Relationship Management: ability to develop and maintain relationships across IDOH divisions
• Project Oversight: ability to align priorities with strategic initiatives
• Decision‑making: ability to identify root cause of issues and make sound and timely decisions to resolve problems
• Excellent critical thinking,time management,and communication skills
• Experience with data lineage tools and methods
• Ability to understand the data analysis life cycle and its application in a business setting
• Ability to take critical feedback in stride and adjust approaches accordingly
• Effective in building trust,respect,and cooperation among teams
• Ability to use Outlook,Word,Excel,and PowerPoint in a professional setting