<p>Our client is looking for an experienced Data Governance Analyst to join their growing team. They need someone who can: Lead the development and implementation of data governance frameworks to support academic, administrative, and research data needs across the university system. Establish data stewardship roles and clarify data ownership for key institutional domains such as student information, financial aid, HR, research compliance, and finance. Create and enforce data policies, standards, and procedures to improve data quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security across campuses and departments. Ensure compliance with higher-ed regulatory and reporting requirements (e.g., FERPA, IPEDS, NCAA, state reporting), and coordinate with Legal, IT Security, and Institutional Compliance teams. Implement and optimize governance technology (data catalog, lineage, and quality tools) to support system-wide reporting, analytics, and decision support. Promote data literacy and provide training to faculty, staff, and administrators to enhance responsible and effective data use. Facilitate collaboration across academic units, administrative offices, and central IT to align governance efforts with institutional priorities and operational needs. Monitor data quality and governance KPIs, report progress to leadership, and drive continuous improvement to support strategic planning, accreditation, and institutional research initiatives. Expereince as a Data Governance analyst. They have a fragmented Data Governance framework in place, and the goal is for this person to unify it across the enterprise. The ideal candidate will be a data Governance Analyst looking for a more challenging opportunity to lead the implementation of Purview and advancing our data governance practices. Administration experience with Microsoft Purview or a similar tool like Collibra, Informatica, Databricks, Etc. This role will be assisting to connect Microsoft Fabric to Purview. Experience with Microsoft Purview is preferred. They have the Data Security layer of Purview implemented. This role will be working with the Microsoft partner implement the Data Governance layer (Unified Data Catalogue, Data Quality, Data Lineage, Data Health management.) See attached overview. Excellent communication skills. Someone who will lead change and help advance their DG practice. Get buy in from stakeholders. </p>

Data Governance Microsoft Purview Good communication skills

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