Data Governance Specialist

Zinkworks

Data Governance Specialist ensuring trusted data foundations for scalable AI solutions at Zinkworks. Leading data governance projects to embed compliance and quality in enterprise transformations.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeAthlone • 🇮🇪 IrelandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

BigQueryCloudSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead data discovery and identify all data sources required to support AI use cases
Define Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and associated metadata, ensuring clear semantic meaning and relationships
Establish data quality rules and contribute AI-specific requirements into data contracts (e.g. fields, latency, refresh rates)
Define AI data requirements including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and availability
Specify requirements for feature stores, including reusable features, transformation logic, and update frequency
Define embedding and vector store requirements to support semantic search and contextual AI use cases
Document end-to-end data lineage to ensure traceability and trust in AI outputs
Define data lifecycle and retention policies aligned to cost, performance, and compliance needs
Identify and classify sensitive data, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other regulatory obligations
Provide input into AI data readiness assessments in collaboration with Data Governance stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years experience in data governance, data management, or data architecture
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK)
Experience defining data quality rules, metadata, and lineage
Familiarity with AI/ML data requirements, including feature engineering and model inputs
Strong SQL skills with experience working on cloud-based data platforms such as BigQuery (or equivalent)
Experience with data contracts and modern data platforms
Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR)
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Inclusion & Diversity initiatives
Supporting local communities through initiatives promoting equity and opportunity

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Hard Skills & Tools

data governancedata managementdata architecturedata quality rulesmetadatadata lineageSQLfeature engineeringcloud-based data platformsdata contracts

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunication skills