Senior Associate, Data Governance Analyst

Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week

The Data Governance Analyst plays a key role in advancing New York Life’s data governance initiatives. This individual contributor role is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing metadata management, data catalogs, lineage documentation, and governance workflows using platforms such as Atlan and Unity Catalog.

Working closely with data product managers, business SMEs, and technology teams, the analyst enhances data discoverability, quality, and compliance across the enterprise; supporting New York Life’s Data Strategy and enabling timely, data-driven decisions built on trusted information.

What You’ll Do:

• Curate and maintain glossaries, taxonomies, and metadata for business and technical assets. • Design and implement governance workflows (e.g., stewardship approvals, certifications, data access protocols). • Support PII/PHI classification, data quality checks, and lineage validation. • Collaborate with data product managers, SMEs, and engineers to capture business context, align it with technical architectures and strengthen metadata documentation. • Drive adoption of governance tools through road-shows, training sessions, user enablement, and data owner/steward playbooks. • Participate in Agile ceremonies by contributing to backlog building and sprint events in Jira.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5–7+ years of professional experience, including 2–3+ years in a data governance function. • Bachelor’s degree in…