DATA GOVERNANCE ENGINEER (REMOTE) at Vericast #vacancy #remote

Job Description

The Data Governance (DG) Engineer is passionate about data governance, privacy, and compliance and responsible for enabling a Vericast-wide data governance program, including improving existing processes for managing the control and protection of sensitive data and information assets. The DG Engineer reports directly to the Chief Privacy Officer and will focus on ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework including data policies, standards and practices, and compliance with regulatory and contractual security and privacy requirements for critical company data throughout the information lifecycle.The DG Engineer coordinates with data stewards to help develop new data-centric systems and services, maximize the value of data and minimize risks

associated with its use, management, retention, and deletion/destruction, advise on data use requirements and limitations at the Chief Privacy Officers direction, and serve as an initial point of escalation for data-centric requests concerning data use, data protection and audit, and data incidents or breaches.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Help establish scalable enterprise data governance capabilities including people, processes, and technologies, including building standards, creating data definitions and policies, and training other stakeholders. 20%

Manage the enterprise data governance program, including the business processes within, data profiling, enforcing specific data quality rules, and cataloging data items to ensure proper data lineage is established and maintained. 20%

Develop, improve, and maintain enterprise data asset inventories, including the creation and maintenance of data dictionaries, metadata, and data lineage information to improve data understanding and governance. 15%

Expand data governance across a diverse set of data stewards to ensure consistent processes and outcomes by changing organizational behaviors, developing policies and standards, implementing manual and automated processes, and tracking through established metrics and KPIs. 10%

Collaborate with information security, privacy, and compliance teams and stakeholders to ensure enterprise data governance aligns with regulatory, contractual, and organizational obligations and objectives. 10%

Oversee the implementation and management of data governance platform technologies such as Collibra or similar tools, serving as the primary administrator and subject matter expert for the data governance platform. 10%

Assist business owners and company leadership in using company data assets to achieve business and functional goals with maximum efficiency and minimal friction, while maintaining compliance with all appropriate legal and contractual requirements. 5%

Manage external data requests, including data sharing agreements, privacy requests, and regulatory inquiries, ensuring compliance with legal and contractual obligations. 5%

Lead audits and monitor data usage, access, and handling to identify and address potential issues or breaches. 5%

Privacy management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) data governance metadata Information security

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