Snowflake

Data Governance Lead, People Analytics

Snowflake

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Menlo Park • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $153,000 - $213,600 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

SQLTableau

About the role

  • Develop, lead, and maintain robust governance frameworks for people and workforce data
  • Set the strategic vision and roadmap for data governance to enable AI and BI applications, including measuring data quality and completeness
  • Standardize key metrics and data definitions across all people domains
  • Collaborate with HR, Legal, IT, and Data teams and with data governance leads in other areas to align policies and data usage
  • Develop and enforce security protocols and ensure data governance by design
  • Define roles and responsibilities for P0 HR datasets and identify data stewards across people data (first 4-6 months)
  • Audit definitions and metrics across people, remove redundancies, and publish a certified metrics calculation list with standard queries (first 4-6 months)
  • Align on a singular reporting hierarchy and provide clear instructions on usage (first 4-6 months)
  • Set guardrails for implementing AI for HR both internally and for customers

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Human Resources, Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, or a related business discipline
  • 5-7 years of experience in data governance, data management, or a similar role
  • Strong understanding of data management technologies, including HRIS (e.g., Workday, Ashby)
  • Experience with data warehousing and data modeling
  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Sigma)
  • Proficiency in SQL
  • Preferred: Master's degree in HR Analytics, Data Science, or Business Analytics
  • Preferred: Familiarity and understanding of Snowflake RBAC/ security
  • Preferred: Strong understanding of the HR landscape, including HR processes, systems (e.g., Workday, Asbhy), and key people metrics
  • Preferred: Proven experience navigating complex data privacy laws and implementing controls to ensure compliance
  • Preferred: Exceptional communication and influencing skills; ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
  • Preferred: Strategic and problem-solving mindset; proven ability to lead through influence and collaborate across teams
  • Must follow company confidentiality and data security standards for handling sensitive data

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data governancedata managementdata warehousingdata modelingSQLdata visualizationdata quality measurementdata security protocolsmetrics standardizationdata auditing
Soft skills
communication skillsinfluencing skillsstrategic mindsetproblem-solvingcollaborationleadershiporganizational skillsability to translate technical concepts
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree in HR AnalyticsMaster's degree in Data ScienceMaster's degree in Business Analytics