Business Analyst – Data Governance Steward
Duration: 12 months
Location: Dublin (1 day in the office)
Overview: My tech-focused healthcare services business client requires a Business Analyst with a focus on data governance. This individual will play a crucial role in maintaining data quality, ensuring the ethical use of data, supporting and delivering to the data governance teams, and working with the data scientists.
The Opportunity:
As a Business Analyst (Data Governance), you will collaborate closely with project stakeholders to gain a comprehensive understanding of the various data sources that will support the project's objectives. Your insights will be vital in ensuring that data is effectively utilized to drive informed decision-making and enhance project outcomes. You will play a crucial role in maintaining data quality by identifying and correcting inconsistencies, while also ensuring the ethical use of data. On a weekly basis, you will provide updates to the Data Governance team. Additionally, you will develop templates to facilitate easy access to data for internal processes.
In this role, you will act as the conduit between project stakeholders and the engineering team, facilitating the flow of requirements. You will assist the team with their requirement to migrate data to the cloud. You will assist with transitioning the project from the Proof of Concept (PoC) phase to a full pilot and eventual product launch. As a Business Analyst, you will need exceptional communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams, ensuring that you understand each team's unique requirements while maintaining a holistic view of the project. Your ability to bridge these connections will be essential for the project's success.
Primary Responsibilities:
* Define the data and identify assets within their own data domains.
* Create processes and procedures along with access controls to monitor adherence. This includes establishing internal policies and standards—and enforcing those policies.
* Maintain quality of the data - Work with both business and technical SMEs to document business rules and codify them into data quality rules; and support ongoing monitoring, analysis, and reporting of data quality metrics.
* Monitor data usage to assist teams, share best practice trends in data use, and provide insight into how and where teams can use data to help in day-to-day decision-making.
* Ensure compliance and security of the data. Responsible for protecting the data—while providing information on potential risks and offering regulatory guidance.
* Business Analysis responsibilities including requirements elicitation using interviews, document analysis, workshops, storyboards, surveys, business process analysis, and user stories.
* Collaborate with the company’s Offshore Data Centre of Excellence.
* Produce detailed, high-quality, and clear documentation.
* Perform exploratory data analysis to assist with solutioning efforts.
Qualifications:
* Experience with Data Governance concepts and approaches.
* Experience as a Data Steward or in a similar role.
* Knowledge of Agile concepts.
* Exceptional communication skills.
* Ability to analyze data to assist in requirement definition.
* Strong understanding of relational database concepts.
* SQL querying experience.
* Proficiency with Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
* Fluent in English both written and spoken.
* Excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities. Strong experience with requirements analysis and documentation.
* Elicitation and questioning skills, ability to talk with individuals and groups about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information.
* Strong analytical skills with strong attention to detail for all deliverables.
* Ability to take initiative and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating a good level of maturity.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience with Rally software for Agile development.
* Knowledge of Cloud-based data storage e.g., Snowflake.
* Knowledge of Business Intelligence concepts e.g., Power BI/Tableau.
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Employment Type: Contract
Job Function: Project Management
Industries: Health and Human Services and Technology, Information and Media
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