Senior Data Governance Analyst

Water.org

Senior Data Governance Analyst managing data governance framework for Water.org. Collaborating across teams to implement policies, ensure data quality and compliance.

Posted 5/11/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $85,000 - $100,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leads implementation of the data governance operating model, managing data and change requests across the organization.
Implements and maintains data governance policies, best practices, and data quality standards.
Develops and oversees data stewardship processes to ensure high-quality, well-documented datasets.
Ensures the scope of data governance initiatives align with enterprise strategy and priorities.
Works collaboratively to define policies and ensure regulatory and organizational compliance.
Provides training and support to teams on data governance practices and data management protocols.
Builds data governance methodologies, incorporating enterprise and legal requirements for data privacy and protection.
Collaborates with internal analysts and teams to ensure governed and reliable data assets without owning analytics directly.
Acts as a liaison across departments to translate data needs and collaboratively define requirements that ensure processes work across systems.
Supports enterprise-wide efforts to align metadata, data lineage, and data sharing processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information management, or related fields and/or equivalent related work experience.
Seven or more years of progressive responsibility with data management, including four or more years of experience with data governance management and related disciplines such as metadata management, data quality, and/or data stewardship.
Demonstrated knowledge with data cataloging, data quality management, and data lineage.
Proficient (written and verbal) in English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid time off
holidays
medical
dental
vision
life
long and short-term disability
retirement program

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Hard Skills & Tools

data governancedata managementdata quality managementmetadata managementdata stewardshipdata catalogingdata lineagedata privacydata protection

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationtrainingsupportorganizational compliance