Metadata Governance Lead

Genesis10 is seeking a Business Analyst (IT): IV (Lead) for a 3-month hybrid contract to hire position with a leading client in Columbus, OH. This role can be hybrid in either Columbus, OH or Pittsburgh, PA.

Compensation: $67 per hour W2.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Metadata Governance Lead to join our team as an individual contributor. This role will be focused on the implementation, curation and governance of our enterprise data catalog in Alation, ensuring that metadata management processes are effectively established and maintained across the organization. The Metadata Governance Lead will play a critical role in enhancing data discoverability, usability, and compliance with data governance policies.

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Data Catalog Implementation: Assist in the implementation of the enterprise data catalog, ensuring it meets the needs of various business units and aligns with organizational goals.
• Product Ownership: Assist the product owner of the catalog in prioritizing features and enhancements based on business value and user feedback.
• Metadata Management: Develop and maintain metadata management processes, including metadata collection, documentation, and standardization.
• Governance Processes: Establish and enforce governance processes for metadata management, ensuring compliance with data governance policies and regulatory requirements.
• Business Requirements Gathering: Lead the collection and documentation of business requirements to ensure the data catalog aligns with user needs and the organization's strategic objectives and priorities.
• Data Catalog Metamodel Ownership: Own and manage the metamodel, ensuring it accurately represents the structure and relationships of metadata within the organization.
• Data Catalog Curation: Curate the data catalog to ensure it is comprehensive, up-to-date, and accurately reflects the organization's data assets.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data stewards, data owners, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate and comprehensive metadata documentation.
• Data Quality: Implement and monitor data quality metrics related to metadata, ensuring high standards of data accuracy and consistency.
• Training and Support: Provide training and support to users of the data catalog, promoting best practices for metadata management and data governance.
• Continuous Improvement: Regularly assess and refine metadata governance processes to adapt to evolving business needs and technological advancements.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for metadata governance processes and the enterprise data catalog.
• Alation Administration: Implement template and workflow design, modify QLI and Alation Analytics Queries, Write APIs for updating Alation lineage or bulk metadata uploads, Document testing QA/UAT of changes

• Bachelor's degree in business Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent relevant work experience
• 7+ years of related experience working with data, metadata and reference data frameworks, and experience in metadata and/or data quality monitoring
• 3+ years of experience leading colleagues/work efforts and managing toward deadlines
• 2+ years' experience in SQL with strong working knowledge and active skills
• Deep experience in leveraging and maintaining data catalog tools (i.e., Alation, Collibra, Informatica) and delivering frameworks for roles, responsibilities, and sustainable processes for data catalog governance
• Expertise in managing data domains, developing taxonomies, and creating ontologies to enhance metadata organization and usability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Demonstrated experience with data management concepts including data governance, data quality, master data management, data lineage, metadata, and reference data management
• Demonstrated technical competency of organizing and facilitating problem solving in a group environment
• Business acumen in relating data to business process drivers and performance management
• Collaborative, team-focused, delivery experience
• Experience working independently with minimal direction
• Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
• Strong knowledge of business analysis and process engineering
• Familiarity with Python

Genesis10 Contract & Perm/Direct Hire

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client.

Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.

The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.

Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)

Behavioral Health Platform

Medical, Dental, Vision

Health Savings Account

Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)

Voluntary Term Life Insurance

401K

Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)

Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.