MDM Project Analyst

Jobtailor; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Data Management professional to lead master data initiatives in a data-driven environment. You will analyze enterprise customer and contact data, profile quality issues, support cleansing and validation, and collaborate with governance teams to ensure data integrity.

Based in Minnesota, this on-site role requires 5+ years in MDM/Data Quality, strong SQL skills, and the ability to translate analytics into governance decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Master Data Management (MDM) or related areas.
• Experience with data profiling, data cleansing and validation, data reconciliation, and data quality analysis.
• Experience with enterprise customer/contact master data and strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and profile enterprise customer data to identify data quality issues.
• Support data cleansing, standardization, enrichment, and validation.
• Test and validate match/merge logic and survivorship rules in MDM.
• Perform data reconciliation between source systems and MDM.
• Validate delta processing across multiple source systems.
• Develop and execute test plans for data loads and integrations.
• Support UAT, including defect tracking and validation.
• Analyze customer affiliations, hierarchies, and relationships.
• Monitor data quality metrics and investigate anomalies.
• Prepare reports and summaries for governance and decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality master data.

Skills

Data profiling

Data cleansing

Data reconciliation

Data governance

MDM

SQL

UAT / Test case development

Data quality analysis

Enterprise data

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Analyze and profile enterprise contact and customer data to identify data quality issues, trends, and inconsistencies.
• Support data cleansing, standardization, enrichment, and validation efforts.
• Test and validate match/merge logic and survivorship rules within the MDM platform.
• Perform data reconciliation between source systems, MDM, and downstream applications.
• Validate new and updated record processing (delta detection) across multiple source systems.
• Develop and execute test plans for data loads, integrations, and transformation processes.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including defect tracking and validation.
• Analyze customer affiliations, hierarchies, and relationship structures.
• Monitor data quality metrics and investigate anomalies.
• Prepare reports, extracts, and analytical summaries supporting governance and business decision-making.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and data governance groups to ensure high-quality master data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, Data Governance, or Data Stewardship.
• Strong experience with:
• Data profiling
• Data cleansing and validation
• Data reconciliation
• SQL
• UAT/Test Case development
• Data quality analysis
• Experience working with enterprise customer/contact master data.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.