Data Governance Specialist

Data Governance Specialist UK Luxembourg Ireland Netherlands Monday to Friday Remote The Data Governance Specialist supports the implementation and ongoing maturity of the enterprise data governance program within a federated operating model.

The role partners with business data owners, stewards, and technology teams to establish consistent governance practices, strengthen data ownership and accountability, improve metadata and data quality, and support compliance with privacy, retention, and risk requirements.

By coordinating governance activities, facilitating stakeholder engagement, monitoring performance, and promoting adoption of enterprise standards and tools, this role helps ensure data is well-managed, trusted, discoverable, and used responsibly across the organization Some of the things you will be doing: Data Governance Program Support Support the implementation and maturation of the enterprise data governance framework.

Assist in developing and maintaining data governance policies, standards, procedures, and operating models. Facilitate governance councils, stewardship forums, working groups, and governance-related meetings. Track governance initiatives, decisions, action items, risks, and issue remediation activities.

Promote governance awareness and adoption across business and technology teams. Data Ownership and Stewardship Enablement Partner with business unit leads to identify and document Data Owners and Business Data Stewards. Facilitate stewardship onboarding and training activities.

Clarify governance roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and accountability expectations. Coordinate stewardship activities across data domains and business functions. Escalate unresolved ownership, accountability, and stewardship issues through appropriate governance channels.

Metadata and Data Catalog Governance Support the development and maintenance of business glossaries, data dictionaries, and governance metadata. Establish metadata standards, governance wo