Data Governance SME

This role is hybrid in Los Angeles. Please submit your resume and send to recruiters@vsearchgroup.com if you are interested. Thank you! Description We are seeking a Data Governance Expert/Lead to work closely with Product and Engineering teams across the organization to enhance data-driven decision-making by developing processes to solve business problems and promote the utilization of data governance best practices. Basic Functions • Collaborate with stakeholders in cross-projects and team settings to identify and clarify business or product questions to answer. Provide feedback to translate and refine business questions into tractable analysis, evaluation metrics or mathematical models. • Use custom data infrastructure or existing data models as appropriate, using specialized grip. Design and evaluate models to mathematically express and solve defined problems with limited precedent. • Apply analytics, experimentation, causal inference and Large Language Model (LLM) to address business challenges. • Own the process of gathering, extracting, and compiling data across sources via relevant tools (e.g., SQL, R, Python). Independently format, re-structure or validate data to ensure quality and review the dataset to ensure it is ready for analysis. • Frame and solve ambiguous business problems while researching and developing new methodologies to solve them when needed. Knowledge & Experience Requirements • Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field. • Ataccama Tool Configuration and Management • Manage the AD configuration, Keycloak realm roles definitions, user setup, stewardship group definitions, governance roles access definitions. • Establish connectivity to data sources that are profiled into the catalog. • Establish business glossary terms that will be used to associate business attributes across the organization into a common language. • Create and assign data quality rules at the business glossary and attribute level as appropriate • Automate data profiling of assets into the tool and set up methods for detecting anomalies • Work with business units and translate their use cases into solutions provided by Ataccama, where possible. • 8 years of work experience using analytics to solve product or business problems, coding (e.g., Python, R, SQL), querying databases or statistical analysis, or 6 years of work experience with a PhD degree. • 4 years of experience in predictive modeling. • Experience applying large language models to help solve problems. Skills • Track record of solving unstructured business problems with data science and translating results into impactful business/product recommendations. • Ability to think critically, analyze complex problems, and develop data-driven solutions. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to inspire other data science team members. • Proven experience with one of the following systems (Ataccama (preferred) Informatica, Collibra)