Senior Data Governance Analyst — Drive Data Quality

Empower; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Casual environment

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Empower is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to strengthen enterprise governance. You will work with data owners and data stewards to improve metadata, lineage, and data quality across the organization.

The role operates independently, contributing to governance maturity with responsibilities such as supporting standards, coordinating stakeholders, and applying governance to improve the reliability of reporting.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in data governance, data management, or related work.
• Experience contributing to data governance programs.
• SQL knowledge and the ability to work directly with data.
• Experience with metadata and lineage.
• Knowledge of data quality and governance processes.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and privacy frameworks such as CCPA, ERISA, FINRA, and SEC requirements.
• Ability to work directly with business partners, data owners, and data stewards.
• Ability to independently investigate data governance and ownership issues and coordinate the appropriate stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of enterprise data governance processes and standards.
• Maintain and improve metadata and lineage for governed data.
• Work directly with data to understand its meaning and identify anomalies or areas requiring stronger governance.
• Support data quality processes and issue resolution.
• Work with data owners and data stewards to clarify ownership and stewardship responsibilities.
• Independently coordinate with stakeholders when ownership or governance issues need to be resolved.
• Support stewardship meetings and help data owners and stewards understand their responsibilities.
• Apply governance processes to improve the reliability and consistency of data and reporting.
• Participate in working groups and projects where data governance involvement is needed.
• Provide input based on prior experience to help improve and mature governance processes.

Skills

SQL

data governance

data management

data ownership

data lineage

data quality

regulatory knowledge

Job description

Empower is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to strengthen enterprise governance. You will work with data owners and data stewards to improve metadata, lineage, and data quality across the organization.

The role operates independently, contributing to governance maturity with responsibilities such as supporting standards, coordinating stakeholders, and applying governance to improve the reliability of reporting.