Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, seeking a Data Governance Analyst to strengthen their Enterprise Data Governance and Master Data Management capabilities. The role involves operationalizing governance practices by partnering cross-functionally to enhance master data management and improve data quality and accountability.
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to support governance and MDM initiatives aligned to business and operational priorities
- Contribute to stewardship processes, governance standards, and change management practices that improve consistency and trust in governed data assets
- Support governance KPIs and operational reporting that measure data quality, ownership, and adoption
- Own governance workflows and metadata practices for one or more domains, including lineage coordination, dependency tracking, and operational stewardship activities
- Contribute to metadata standards, glossary governance, and lineage documentation in partnership with Platform and BI&A teams
- Support adoption of governance tooling and stewardship practices that improve discoverability, accountability, and operational consistency
- Contribute to governance controls, remediation workflows, and stewardship accountability processes for governed domains
- Partner with Infrastructure, Platform, and BI&A teams to support operational governance requirements and trusted data practices
- Support governance and compliance initiatives by improving consistency, traceability, and operational accountability for governed data assets
- Coordinate governance activities across stakeholders and help operationalize governance processes within business domains
- Communicate the operational value of governance initiatives through documentation, enablement, and stakeholder engagement
- Balance short-term governance needs with scalable process improvements that improve trust and operational efficiency
Skills
- Strong understanding of Master Data Management, metadata management, reference data, and governance frameworks in multi-domain environments
- Experience operationalizing canonical data models, stewardship operating models, and governance policies within governed domains and workflows
- Familiarity with metadata catalog tools such as Atlan and enterprise lineage practices
- Working knowledge of modern data architectures and how governance integrates with data engineering and analytics workflows
- Foundational understanding of AI-assisted governance, entity resolution concepts, and how automation can support trusted MDM processes
- Ability to partner effectively with technical teams while maintaining governance accountability and operational consistency
- Demonstrated ability to translate governance requirements into clear business value narratives
- Strong communication skills with the ability to distill governance concepts for technical, operational, and business audiences
- Proven ability to manage priorities and drive accountability across matrixed stakeholders
- Strategic and systems-oriented thinker with strong operational discipline and attention to process consistency
- Experience independently driving governance initiatives or operational data management workflows across one or more domains
- 4–6+ years of experience in data governance, MDM, analytics, operations, or related enterprise data roles
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or regulated data environments
- Experience standing up or maturing enterprise data governance programs
- Exposure to entity resolution systems or AI-assisted data quality workflows
- Experience supporting data privacy, classification, or retention initiatives
Benefits
- At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.
- To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
- Datavant is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need an accommodation while seeking employment, please request it here, by selecting the ‘Interview Accommodation Request’ category. You will need your requisition ID when submitting your request, you can find instructions for locating it here. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
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