Data Governance COE Lead (Canal Winchester)

Metadata Governance Lead

We are seeking an experienced Metadata Governance Lead to join our team as an individual contributor. This role will be focused on the implementation, curation, and governance of our enterprise data catalog in Alation, ensuring that metadata management processes are effectively established and maintained across the organization. The Metadata Governance Lead will play a critical role in enhancing data discoverability, usability, and compliance with data governance policies.

The Data Governance Center of Excellence (COE) is responsible for establishing and maintaining high standards for data management across the organization. This includes defining a clear vision and strategy aligned with organizational goals, securing top management commitment, and engaging stakeholders. The COE develops and enforces data governance policies, appoints data stewards, and implements processes to monitor and improve metadata quality. Additionally, it provides training to foster a data-driven culture and continuously refines practices to adapt to changing business needs. By ensuring effective data management and governance frameworks, the COE supports better decision-making and improved business outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Enterprise Data Catalog Implementation : Assist in the implementation of the enterprise data catalog, ensuring it meets the needs of various business units and aligns with organizational goals.
• Product Ownership : Assist the product owner of the catalog in prioritizing features and enhancements based on business value and user feedback.
• Metadata Management : Develop and maintain metadata management processes, including metadata collection, documentation, and standardization.
• Governance Processes : Establish and enforce governance processes for metadata management, ensuring compliance with data governance policies and regulatory requirements.
• Business Requirements Gathering : Lead the collection and documentation of business requirements to ensure the data catalog aligns with user needs and the organization's strategic objectives and priorities.
• Data Catalog Metamodel Ownership : Own and manage the metamodel, ensuring it accurately represents the structure and relationships of metadata within the organization.
• Data Catalog Curation : Curate the data catalog to ensure it is comprehensive, up-to-date, and accurately reflects the organization's data assets.
• Collaboration : Work closely with data stewards, data owners, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate and comprehensive metadata documentation.
• Data Quality : Implement and monitor data quality metrics related to metadata, ensuring high standards of data accuracy and consistency.
• Training and Support : Provide training and support to users of the data catalog, promoting best practices for metadata management and data governance.
• Continuous Improvement : Regularly assess and refine metadata governance processes to adapt to evolving business needs and technological advancements.
• Documentation : Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for metadata governance processes and the enterprise data catalog.
• Alation Administration : Implement template and workflow design, modify QLI and Alation Analytics Queries, Write APIs for updating Alation lineage or bulk metadata uploads, Document testing QA / UAT of changes

Basic Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Yes = not eligible for overtime pay

Workplace Type : Office

Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We're combining the best of both worlds : in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.

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