Data Governance Specialist

Summary

The Ohio State University is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to support its medical center’s enterprise data governance program. The role administers the enterprise data catalog, manages metadata and governance workflows, coordinates data quality and governance issue resolution, and supports data stewardship, analytics, and approved AI use cases.

Responsibilities

• Managing business and technical metadata; maintaining business glossaries, data definitions, metrics, ownership, classifications, and lineage; supporting data stewardship, certification, and governance workflows; monitoring metadata and data quality; and coordinating resolution of governance issues with data owners, subject matter experts, analysts, and technical teams
• The Specialist works across clinical, financial, operational, research, workforce, and other enterprise data domains to promote consistent definitions and appropriate use of data
• The position provides training and support to data stewards and catalog users, supports governance requirements for analytics and approved AI use cases, and monitors governance effectiveness through measures such as metadata completeness, adoption, stewardship participation, certified assets, and data quality
• When appropriate, the Specialist may use approved AI-enabled and automation tools to improve documentation, analysis, metadata management, communication, and workflow efficiency while following organizational privacy, security, compliance, and responsible-use standards

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, data analytics, health information management, business or related field, or equivalent relevant experience and 2 years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, metadata management, business intelligence, or another data-intensive role
• Healthcare experience preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, data analytics, health information management, business or related field, or equivalent relevant experience and 2 years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, metadata management, business intelligence, or another data-intensive role

Nice to Haves

• Healthcare experience preferred

Benefits

• An array of retirement plan options, each with a generous employer contribution.
• Affordable health insurance options, including dental, vision and prescription coverage that begin on day one.
• Paid vacation and sick leave, including short and long-term disability and paid parental leave.
• Get the most out of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.