Data Governance Specialist

Are you looking for more than just a job? Do you want to have a voice and feel a sense of belonging? At ICW Group, we hire innovative people who consistently adapt, grow and deliver. We believe in hard work, a fun work environment, and embracing creativity that only comes about when talented people collaborate to develop solutions. Our mission is to create the best insurance experience possible.

Headquartered in San Diego with regional offices located throughout the United States, ICW Group has been named for seven consecutive years as a Top 50 performing P&C company offering the stability of a large, profitable and growing company combined with a small-company entrepreneurial spirit. Our purpose-driven ethos provides team members with opportunities to contribute, develop, and belong.

The Data Governance Specialist has the opportunity to become the subject matter expert by providing support to the development and implementation of data standards and governance through ICW Group’s Enterprise Data Strategy Implementation. This role will create, maintain, and advance related meta data and business process documentation that support user consumption, data standards, and the implementation of a control structure. This role will work in collaboration with IT to drive capabilities designed to enable data quality, master data management, and support data policies and process.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Standardizes and Conglomerates Meta Data Platform

• Supports policy, procedure, workflows, and infrastructure for a customer facing meta data platform that is easy to use, accessible by all enterprise employees, and is scalable for future growth.
• Supports the use of insurance industry and ICW specific nomenclature/naming standards within all data assets including, but not limited to reports, meta data articles, and project documentation.
• Completes technical development to auto-ingest reports, catalogs, and federated meta data into single platform.
• Supports the centralization of multiple sources of meta data into a single platform.
• Monitors the quality and completeness of meta data by performing regular data grooming, quality checks, and audit methods.
• Communicates, trains, and supports all meta data stakeholders, users, and contributors throughout the enterprise.
• Creates and executes a multi-level training program to support the meta data platform.
• Supports and maintains enterprise wide promotional programs to drive adoption and usage of meta data platform.

Provides Data Quality Issue Management and Remediation

• Collaborates with team members throughout business and technical departments to surface and document data quality issues.
• Quantifies and qualifies the harm the issue causes, any possible solutions or gaps, cost and care of solution choices, and the ROI for each issue resolution. Coordinates with Project Management if issues become larger executables.
• Ensures that a backlog of issues is consistently groomed and updated for agile consumption.

Provides Enterprise Data Stewardship Support

• Collaborates with leadership on the initiation of ICW’s Enterprise Data Stewardship Network. Comprised of Data Consumers, Stewards, and Owners.
• Participates in user and integration testing for deployment of new data assets. Documents and reports the results accordingly.
• Ensure timelines and completion of delivery are approved and published.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university required with a major or emphasis in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems or related field.
• 3 years of experience with 1 years of data governance experience required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in any data field.
• Experience in designing, developing, and implementing data governance deliverables across an enterprise architecture preferred.
• Prior experience in the development of one or more of the following areas preferred: Data Governance, Data Dictionary, Metadata Repository, Business Data Analysis, and/or Structured Query Language (SQL).
• Experience in Data Governance metadata deliverables for Enterprise/Conceptual, Logical/Business, Data Process, and Physical data asset views.
• CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional), DGSP Certification from ICCP (Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals), or other Data Governance Certification preferred.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Demonstrable aptitude for learning, leadership, and technical documentation preferable.
• A clear understanding of Data Governance, Business Intelligence and Enterprise Data Assets.
• BI tools like SAP BO, Power BI, Tableau is preferred.
• Data Governance or Data Management tools (such as Erwin Data Intelligence suite, Collibra, IBM IIS, Informatica, etc.) is preferred.
• Ability to scope and triage, clearly communicate, iteratively design/test/research/modify, load and support data governance solutions for both Business and Technical teams.
• Strong analytical and time management skills.
• Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Must be organized, detail oriented, and able to multi-task.
• Ability to work well under pressure and deliver results with tight deadlines and under changing priorities.
• Cross collaborate with multiple teams and offer value-added solutions to meet data governance objectives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

WHY JOIN ICW GROUP?

• A flexible work schedule, hybrid and remote opportunities
• Challenging work and the ability to make a difference
• You will have a voice and feel a sense of belonging
• We offer a competitive benefits package, with generous medical, dental, and vision plans as well as 401K retirement plans
• Want to continue learning? We’ll support you 100%

ICW Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. ICW Group will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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