Data Governance Specialist
WealthsimpleFull Time
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)
The role requires experience in driving data governance strategy and execution, including frameworks for data trust, security, and reusability. Candidates should have experience with data quality management, implementing automated checks, monitoring KPIs, and resolving data issues. Product ownership of data governance tooling and metadata platforms is essential, along with experience in cross-functional alignment with engineering, data science, analytics, security, and legal teams. A strong understanding of metadata and lineage tracking across various data tools is needed, as well as experience with regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2) and supporting data audits. Proven ability to champion data stewardship best practices and lead educational efforts is also required.
The Staff Data Governance & Quality Specialist will drive the data governance roadmap, design and implement scalable frameworks, and establish data ownership models. They will partner with Legal and stakeholders on data governance reviews, coordinate policy adoption, and implement automated data quality checks. Responsibilities include monitoring data quality KPIs, collaborating with data engineers on schema validation and anomaly detection, and resolving high-impact data issues. The specialist will serve as product owner for data governance tooling, define roadmaps for metadata management, and partner with engineering to scale solutions. They will also translate data governance needs into technical requirements, ensure stakeholder access to trusted data, oversee metadata and lineage tracking, implement controls for regulatory compliance, and support data audits. Additionally, the role involves championing data stewardship best practices and leading data quality and governance education efforts.
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