Hybrid Senior Data Governance Architect

New York Life Insurance Co.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Life Insurance Co. is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to design, implement, and optimize metadata management, data catalogs, and governance workflows using Atlan and Unity Catalog.

This role collaborates with data product managers, business SMEs, and technology teams to improve data discoverability, quality, and compliance across the enterprise. You will curate glossaries, design governance workflows, support data quality and lineage validation, and promote tool adoption through

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of professional experience in data governance.
• 2-3+ years in a data governance function.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, CS, IT, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Curate and maintain glossaries, taxonomies, and metadata for assets.
• Design and implement governance workflows (stewardship approvals, certifications, access protocols).
• Support PII/PHI classification, data quality checks, and lineage validation.
• Collaborate with product managers, SMEs and engineers to capture business context and align with technical architectures.

Skills

Governance & metadata

SQL

Agile/Jira

Data catalogs

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Atlan

Unity Catalog

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Databricks

Redshift

dbt

FiveTran

Streamlit

Job description

New York Life Insurance Co. is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to design, implement, and optimize metadata management, data catalogs, and governance workflows using Atlan and Unity Catalog.

This role collaborates with data product managers, business SMEs, and technology teams to improve data discoverability, quality, and compliance across the enterprise. You will curate glossaries, design governance workflows, support data quality and lineage validation, and promote tool adoption through