Specialist, Data Governance Advisor

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

A little bit about the role and team:  

• This Specialist position is on the Enterprise Data Governance team and reports to the Director.  

• In collaboration with business stakeholders and Technology partners this role will be responsible for defining data governance principles and practices.  

• This individual will be responsible for assisting in efforts to meet Enterprise goals for Data Governance in collaboration with Data Governance and Technology partners. 

 

Primary duties and responsibilities will include: 

• Collaborate with Enterprise Data Office teams to develop and execute on Enterprise Data Governance Activation Strategy  

• Develop collaborative relationships with business and Technology partners, communicating key data governance activities, strategies, data impacts, and quality issues. 

• Partner with the Business Application Owner of Data Governance applications to implement, support and maintain those applications.   

• Partner with Business Data Owners, Data Stewards and Data SME’s to drive implementation of data governance standards, applications, practices and principles across the organization.  

• Guide processes, analyses, communication, and change management related to data governance applications, principles, and practices, with the primary goal of activating data governance across the Enterprise.  

• Collaborate with the Enterprise Data Office and Local Data Governance teams to enable Local Data Strategies and to drive consistency on data governance practices and drive interoperability of data across organizations. 

• Support the development and maintenance of practices and standards to drive consistency of data governance across the Enterprise.  

 

Preferred Experience:  

• 2+ years of experience in data governance, data analytics, or data management role.  

• Experience with analytically intense projects, which confirm common understanding of the data.   

• Experience profiling data, detecting data quality issues, and defining data quality business rules.  

• Experience with data governance tools including Master Data Management, data dictionaries, and data lineage.  

• Experience in change management and data analysis.  

• Demonstrated expertise in bridging communication between IT and the business.  

• Demonstrates