Data Governance Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and continuous improvement of the enterprise Data Governance framework, policies, standards, and controls.
• Develop and maintain business glossaries, data definitions, critical data elements, classifications, and ownership information with business and technology teams.
• Facilitate stewardship engagement, governance working groups, issue management, and governance reporting.
• Define and support monitoring of data quality rules, metrics, dashboards, and remediation across critical data domains.
• Maintain metadata, data lineage, governance artifacts, and data lifecycle controls.

Work arrangement

• Hybrid position requiring attendance at a Cognizant or client office in Toronto or London, Ontario on designated days each week.
• Working arrangements may change based on project and business or client requirements.

Required qualifications

• 3–7+ years in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Master Data Management, Business Analysis, or related data disciplines.
• Experience supporting data governance programs, stewardship initiatives, and enterprise data management practices.
• Strong understanding of metadata management, business glossaries, data lineage, data cataloging, and data ownership frameworks.
• Experience defining and monitoring data quality metrics and controls, and addressing issues and remediation.
• Ability to collaborate with business, technology, risk, compliance, privacy, and security stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Additional qualifications

• Enterprise data governance or data catalog platform experience is helpful.
• Knowledge of data privacy, classification, information security, and regulatory compliance is helpful.
• Governance KPI, scorecard, dashboard, and reporting experience is helpful.
• Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK or similar frameworks is helpful.
• Experience supporting large-scale data transformation, analytics, or regulatory initiatives is helpful.

Compensation

• Base salary range is $90,000–$107,000 per year; the position is also eligible for a discretionary annual performance-based bonus.

Work authorization

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Applications are accepted until November 15, 2026.