Senior Data Governance Analyst TECHEAD

Techead; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

TECHEAD seeks a Senior Data Governance Analyst for a 1-year contract in Richmond, VA. The role is hybrid with two days onsite and involves governance, data quality, and enterprise collaboration across data owners, stewards, and IT teams.

The ideal candidate has senior-level business analysis experience, strong facilitation skills, and a solid understanding of data governance concepts, DAMA-DMBOK, and data lifecycle management. Remote work is not offered.

Qualifications

• Senior-level business analysis experience and requirements elicitation.
• Ability to translate policies into operational processes and controls.
• Knowledge of enterprise data governance concepts and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance processes and drive improvements across data domains.
• Facilitate cross-functional sessions with data owners and engineers.
• Document decisions and ensure adoption of governance practices.
• Define metrics to measure governance effectiveness and data quality.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements elicitation

Process improvement

Facilitation

Data governance concepts

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems or related field

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

Always Connecting, Always Evolving.

TECHEAD is seeking qualified applicants for the following Contract position – Senior Data Governance Analyst / Richmond VA – (JOB-22794). If you are looking for a new opportunity and this position looks to be a fit, please apply to see the TECHEAD difference that has made us successful for 30+ years!

You can find more about our team and values by checking us out at TECHEAD.com or on Glassdoor

Job Details:

Title: Senior Data Governance Analyst
Location: Richmond, VA
Compensation: $50.00 – $55.00 /
Work Type: Contract
Work Location: Hybrid

Job Description:

Senior Data Governance Analyst

Contract: 1 Year
Hybrid: 2 days onsite:
Local Candidates Only
Richmond, VA

Responsibilities

• Data Governance Business Analysis and Process Improvement
• Analyze business processes and data management practices to identify governance gaps, risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate requirements elicitation, root cause analysis, and current-state and future-state process design for governance-related initiatives.
• Translate governance policies, standards, business needs, and decisions into actionable business requirements, workflows, procedures, and operational controls.
• Develop process maps, business requirements, SOPs, RACI matrices, and performance measures to support governance implementation and accountability.
• Support process implementation, automation, adoption, and continuous improvement to establish sustainable governance practices.

Governance Facilitation and Enterprise Collaboration

• Facilitate cross-functional working sessions involving data owners, stewards, business units, enterprise architecture, engineering, security, analytics, and external partners.
• Facilitate complex discussions, reconcile competing priorities, evaluate alternatives, and support informed governance decisions by authorized stakeholders.
• Clarify governance decision rights, responsibilities, dependencies, and required actions for implementation.
• Document governance decisions, communicate requirements and outcomes to responsible teams, and coordinate follow-through to implementation.
• Foster collaboration and accountability for consistent application of governance practices across business and technical stakeholders.

Data Governance Operations and Continuous Improvement

• Support data owners and stewards in implementing governance policies, standards, roles, and responsibilities within operational processes.
• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, and enterprise partners to define, document, and monitor meaningful measures of governance effectiveness, stakeholder engagement, compliance, and data quality.
• Facilitate data quality issue identification, root cause analysis, remediation planning, and continuous improvement.
• Support data access governance and data sharing processes by ensuring authorized decisions, requirements, and conditions are clearly documented, communicated to execution teams, and tracked through implementation.
• Collaborate with enterprise partners to embed governance requirements into data onboarding, integration, management, and consumption.
• Elicit and document business and analytical requirements to help ensure governed enterprise data products meet consumer needs.

Areas of Contribution

The analyst may lead or support prioritized initiatives involving governance decision processes (Awareness, Risks, Issues, and Decisions ARID), access governance, data sharing, automated data onboarding, Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) and reference data management, data quality improvement, compliance reviews, and data product requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in senior-level business analysis, requirements elicitation, business process improvement, and complex problem-solving.
• Advanced facilitation skills, including leading cross-functional working sessions, navigating competing priorities, building consensus, and driving decisions to resolution.
• Proven ability to analyze, design, document, and support implementation of sustainable business processes.
• Ability to interpret policies, standards, and business requirements and translate them into practical operational processes, business rules, and controls.
• Working knowledge of enterprise data governance concepts, including data ownership, stewardship, access governance, data quality, compliance, and data lifecycle management.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Five or more years of experience in business analysis, requirements elicitation, process improvement, or related enterprise business functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives, including governance process implementation, data stewardship, data quality, metadata, or access governance.
• Experience in government, healthcare, or another regulated environment.
• Familiarity with enterprise data integration, interoperability, master and reference data management, and governed data products.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK, DMMI) and process improvement methodologies (BPMN, Lean, Six Sigma).
• Familiarity with AWS, Snowflake, Commonwealth of Virginia/VITA standards, or relevant professional certifications such as CDMP.

Education

• A bachelor’s degree in information systems, business administration, information management, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent professional experience and relevant certifications may be considered.

TECHEAD’s mission is to make our on-site associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won’t strive for anything less.

TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techead.com.

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