Hybrid Data Governance Specialist - Policy & Stewardship

Saipro Systems Llc.; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Saipro Systems Llc. in Indianapolis is seeking a Governance Analyst – Intermediate for a hybrid role. You will support IDOH data governance through data dictionaries, stewardship initiatives, and policies, with a focus on data quality and protection of sensitive information.

You will develop training programs, manage data requests, and collaborate across divisions to implement governance guardrails and SOPs, enabling informed decisions and improved data assets.

Qualifications

• Experience with data lineage tools and methods.
• 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.
• Ability to take critical feedback in stride and adjust approaches accordingly.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Intake, triage, and route internal/external data requests.
• Maintain audit trails and enforce director accountability and delegation.
• Coordinate with Legal on Data Sharing Agreements, retention, and destruction obligations.
• Track request timelines, SLA adherence, and elevate overdue items.
• 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.
• 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.
• Develop and deliver data literacy, stewardship, and governance training for agency staff.
• Measure training effectiveness and iterate materials for divisions with varying maturity.
• Create and publish job aids, templates, and stewardship guides.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Data governance

Communication skills

Project planning

Relationship management

Critical thinking

Decision making

Time management

Attention to detail

Tools

Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Saipro Systems Llc. in Indianapolis is seeking a Governance Analyst – Intermediate for a hybrid role. You will support IDOH data governance through data dictionaries, stewardship initiatives, and policies, with a focus on data quality and protection of sensitive information.

You will develop training programs, manage data requests, and collaborate across divisions to implement governance guardrails and SOPs, enabling informed decisions and improved data assets.