Data Governance Specialist (Banking)

Contract Type

Role Summary

Axon Governance Platform

• Configure and maintain business glossaries, policies, data quality objects, and governance workflows within Axon.
• Build and manage workflow automations for approvals, stewardship assignments, and exception handling processes.
• Support onboarding and enablement of business and IT users on governance platform capabilities and processes.
• Drive adoption and operational usage of governance tooling across multiple business domains.

Data Lineage & Impact Analysis

• Capture and maintain end-to-end business and technical data lineage across enterprise systems and reporting layers.
• Partner with engineering and data teams to ingest metadata through APIs, scanners, and manual curation methods.
• Conduct impact analysis related to system changes, regulatory requirements, and data transformation initiatives.
• Improve lineage transparency and self-service capabilities for business users.

Data Quality Management

• Define and implement data quality rules, KPIs, monitoring controls, and dashboards aligned with business objectives.
• Coordinate with data stewards and stakeholders to investigate, triage, and remediate data quality issues.
• Monitor data quality trends and support continuous improvement initiatives across priority datasets.
• Support governance reporting and metrics for leadership and governance councils.

Policy & Stewardship Enablement

• Translate internal policies and regulatory requirements into operational governance rules and workflows.
• Support data ownership models, stewardship onboarding, and RACI alignment across data domains.
• Maintain metadata standards, naming conventions, classifications, and governance taxonomies.
• Promote governance best practices while ensuring practical adoption across teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–11 years of experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, or data quality roles.
• Expert-level hands-on experience with Axon including:
• Workflow design
• Governance modeling
• User and role management
• Reporting and operational administration
• Strong practical experience in data lineage and metadata management using Axon, Informatica, or similar governance platforms.
• Proven experience implementing data quality frameworks including profiling, rule creation, monitoring, and remediation.
• Strong understanding of:
• Data governance frameworks
• Data modeling concepts
• SQL
• Metadata management
• Experience collaborating across business and IT teams to resolve ownership, governance, and data quality challenges.
• Familiarity with data privacy and governance regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and enterprise data classification standards.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Axon certification or equivalent governance platform certification.
• Experience integrating governance platforms with:
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Informatica
• dbt
• Tableau
• Exposure to enterprise data catalog and governance ecosystems.
• Experience within financial services or other highly regulated industries is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of enterprise governance operating models and governance councils.