Data Governance Analyst

Role: Data Steward Senior Analyst (Record Retention & Deletion policy and processes ) - Hybrid Location: Phoenix AZ As a Data Steward Senior Analyst, you are part of a team responsible for enabling and supporting compliance with data-related enterprise policies within their domains/business units. You and your team are responsible for identifying critical data and associated risks, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, measuring Data Risk Controls, and confirming Data Issues are remediated. You have the opportunity to partner across various business units, technology teams, and product/platform teams to define and implement the data governance strategy, supervising and leading data quality, resolving data/platform issues, and driving consistency, usability, and governance of specific product data across the enterprise. Your Primary Responsibilities may include: • Assist in identifying data-related risks and associated controls for key business processes. Risks relate to Record Retention (primary), Data Quality, Data Movement, Data Stewardship, Data Protection, Data Sharing, among others. • Develop training materials and educate organization on Record Retention and Deletion processes and procedures. • Develop deep understanding of key enterprise data-related policies and serve as the policy expert for the business unit, providing education to teams regarding policy implications for business. • Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policies. • Influence and contribute to strategic improvements to data assessment processes and analytical tools. • Support current regulatory reporting needs via existing platforms, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams. • Subject matter expertise on multiple platforms. • Responsible to partner with the Data Steward Manager in developing and managing the data compliance roadmap. Qualifications include: • 3 – 5 years of experience in a similar role involved with ensuring compliance with Record Retention and Deletion policies. • Strong communication skills and ability to influence and engage at multiple levels and cross functionally. • Intermediate understanding of Data Management and Data Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, etc.) and prior experience. • 2 – 5 years of Data Quality Management experience. • Strong familiarity with data architecture and/or data modeling concepts • 2 - 5 years of experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or other similar fields. • Preferred: Experience in Travel Industry. • Preferred: Knowledge of RCSA (Risk Control Self-Assessment) methodology Leadership Skills may include: • Makes Decisions Quickly and Effectively: Drives effective outcome through decision making authority. Displays judgement and discretion in order to ensure deliverables are sufficient to the American Express policy and overall compliance. • Drives Innovation & Change: Provides systematic and rational analysis to identify the root cause of problems. Is prepared to challenge the status quo and drive innovation. Makes informed judgments, recommends tailored solutions. • Leverages Team - Collaboration: Coordinates efforts within and across teams to deliver goals, accountable to bring in ideas, information, suggestions, and expertise from others outside & inside the immediate team. • Communication: Influences and holds others accountable and has ability to convince others. Identifies the specific data governance requirements and is able to communicate clearly and in a compelling way.