Sr. Data Governance Analyst

Insight Global; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Sr. Data Governance Analyst to lead data governance in a large enterprise data transformation within a global life sciences organization.

You’ll establish governance standards, ownership models, and improve data quality as data migrates across more than 100 applications and systems. You will partner with business and technical stakeholders, build governance processes from the ground up, and drive outcomes in a greenfield environment, balancing remediation, profiling,

Qualifications

• Experience defining, implementing, and governing data management policies, standards, and principles.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and profile data across the landscape.
• Facilitate governance discussions and define business rules/ownership.
• Support remediation efforts and validate migration readiness.
• Ensure alignment between business and technical teams during governance initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive data governance outcomes across ERP environments.
• Work hands-on in the data landscape to progress governance initiatives to completion.

Skills

Data governance policies

Enterprise data landscapes

Business/technical collaboration

Requirements to data solutions

Data profiling & remediation

Tools

OCPLM

EDW/CDW

Databricks

Salesforce

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Sr. Data Governance Analyst to support a large enterprise data transformation and migration initiative within the Filtration and Separation Division (FSD) of a global life sciences organization. This individual will serve as a key member of the Data Governance organization and will be responsible for driving data governance outcomes across the division while supporting the migration of data from a recently acquired business into the company's enterprise application ecosystem. The environment is highly complex, with data being migrated across more than 100 applications and business systems.This person will partner closely with both business and technical stakeholders to understand how data moves throughout the organization, establish governance standards, improve data quality, and ensure data is migration-ready. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of enterprise data landscapes, experience navigating ambiguity, and the executive presence needed to influence stakeholders and drive decisions across multiple functional teams. This individual will be walking into a relatively greenfield environment and should be comfortable building governance processes, definitions, ownership models, and standards from the ground up.Day-to-day responsibilities will include analyzing and profiling data, developing a deep understanding of business processes and data flows, facilitating governance discussions, defining business rules and ownership, supporting remediation efforts, validating migration readiness, and ensuring alignment between business and technical teams. Roughly 20-30% of the role will involve stakeholder meetings and governance discussions, while the majority of the role will be hands-on working within the data landscape, partnering with teams, and driving governance initiatives to completion.

Skills and Requirements

• Experience defining, implementing, and governing data management policies, standards, and principles.
• Strong understanding of complex enterprise data landscapes, including environments with numerous ERP systems (experience supporting 20+ ERP instances preferred).
• Deep knowledge of Product, Item, and Material Master Data and how master data supports key business processes across the organization.
• Ability to work effectively across both business and technical teams, translating business requirements into actionable data requirements and solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (OCPLM) and managing product master data throughout the product lifecycle.
• Experience working with Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW/CDW) environments and understanding how master data integrates across reporting and analytics platforms.
• Experience with Databricks for data integration, transformation, and analytics.
• Experience integrating and managing master data across Salesforce and other enterprise applications.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].