Data Governance Analyst

Team: Data & AI

Location: Medellin, Antioquia

Commitment: Full-Time Exempt

Workplace Type: hybrid

Duties and responsibilities

• Operational Execution of Data Governance Framework
• Document detailed data domain structures, including boundaries, concepts, attributes, and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Capture and record business definitions, data lineage, and transformation logic for governed data assets.
• Identify, document, and maintain metadata (business, technical, and operational).
• Support the definition and implementation of data quality rules, thresholds, and measurement methodologies.
• Execute periodic data quality assessments, prepare reports, and document findings for review by the Data Governance Specialist.
 
Cross-functional Collaboration
• Conduct interviews and working sessions with business, development, and operational teams to collect domain knowledge and attribute-level details.
• Consolidate documentation for approval by the Data Governance Committee.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure correct usage of governed attributes as system sources of truth.
• Work with the Solutions Architecture and Data Engineering teams to support metadata synchronization with the Data Lakehouse.


Support for Data Catalog Implementation
• Assist in configuring, documenting, and populating the enterprise data catalog.
• Prepare datasets, metadata structures, and governance assets for catalog ingestion.
• Validate catalog entries for completeness, consistency, and compliance with governance standards.
 
AI-Enabled Governance Activities
• Support the preparation of metadata and data quality datasets required for AI-driven classification, anomaly detection, and governance automation.
• Assist in the validation of AI-generated metadata insights, tagging suggestions, and data quality alerts.
• Document and track issues or improvements generated by AI-enabled governance components.


Documentation and Reporting
• Create clear, structured documentation for domains, CDEs, metadata, quality rules, and lineage.
• Maintain updated governance artifacts in standardized templates.
• Prepare operational reports for governance adoption status, data quality results, and metadata completeness.

Requirements and Skills

• Experience & Technical Skills
• Experience working with data management, business analysis, or data governance initiatives.
• Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK disciplines, especially metadata management, data quality, and data modeling.
• Familiarity with data catalog tools (Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Informatica, or similar).
• Basic to intermediate skills in SQL for validating attributes, profiling data, and supporting quality assessment.
• Understanding of data lineage, data lifecycle, and data architecture (Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Lakehouse).
• Experience documenting business processes, attributes, quality rules, and metadata in a structured manner.
• Exposure to AI-assisted metadata discovery or AI-based data quality monitoring is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Spanish to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.


Soft Skills
• Strong organizational capability and ability to work with detailed information.
• Ability to facilitate interviews and working sessions with business users.
• High accountability and ability to follow governance methodologies with discipline.
• Openness to learning and applying modern data governance and AI-enabled practices.
• Team-oriented mindset with willingness to support multiple stakeholders.


Education
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or related field.
• Certifications or coursework in Data Governance, DAMA, or Data Cataloging are a plus.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid in Medellín, with on-site attendance three days per week.
• Hardware is set up for you to work from home.
• Performance Bonus
• Flexible hours - make your schedule.
• Diverse and multicultural work environment.
• An innovative environment with the structure and resources of a leading multinational.
• Here you can grow at the speed of your learning curve.
• This position may require weekend and evening work as we collaborate with our partners internationally on audits and in support of corporate initiatives.