Hybrid Data Governance & Analytics Strategist

Cognizant; Peoria (IL); Híbrido; USD 115.000 - 135.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Ins.

401(k) Plan with Company Contributions

Paid Holidays and PTO

Resumo da vaga

Cognizant is seeking a Data Strategy & Data Governance Consultant to drive enterprise data initiatives that improve quality, governance, analytics enablement, and business decision-making. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, dealers, technology teams, data architects, and governance bodies to maximize the value of data assets.

This role blends data strategy with analytics enablement and data modeling to ensure trusted data supports critical operations and strategic initiatives

Qualificações

• 8+ years of experience in Data Strategy, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, or related disciplines.
• Strong experience gathering business requirements and translating them into enterprise data solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake, SQL, and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong understanding of logical and physical data modeling concepts.
• Experience creating and maintaining data dictionaries, metadata repositories, data lineage documentation, and governance artifacts.
• Experience defining and implementing data governance frameworks, standards, and operating models.
• Proven experience performing data quality analysis, reconciliation, data validation, and source-to-target mapping activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex data-related initiatives.
• Experience working across multiple business functions and stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with business stakeholders, dealers, and technical teams to identify, document, and prioritize data use cases that deliver measurable business value.
• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions and translate business needs into data strategies, governance standards, and analytical solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop analytics, integrations, and business applications leveraging enterprise data assets.
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models supporting enterprise data management and analytics initiatives.
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, metadata repositories, data lineage documentation, interface specifications, and knowledge management assets.
• Define and implement enterprise data governance standards, policies, and change management processes.
• Establish and promote data quality frameworks, validation standards, stewardship processes, and monitoring practices.
• Develop SQL queries and perform source-to-target data validation to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of enterprise data.
• Conduct data quality assessments and maturity evaluations while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Partner with business and technical leadership to resolve data issues, align on data standards, and support enterprise data strategy initiatives.
• Prepare executive-level presentations and recommendations that communicate business value, data insights, and governance outcomes.
• Support a globally distributed stakeholder community, including occasional early morning or evening collaboration sessions.

Conhecimentos

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Ferramentas

Snowflake

SQL

Descrição da vaga

Cognizant is seeking a Data Strategy & Data Governance Consultant to drive enterprise data initiatives that improve quality, governance, analytics enablement, and business decision-making. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, dealers, technology teams, data architects, and governance bodies to maximize the value of data assets.

This role blends data strategy with analytics enablement and data modeling to ensure trusted data supports critical operations and strategic initiatives