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Job Description
Are you a highly motivated and engaged individual looking for your next challenging assignment? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic transformational environment focused on driving tangible value to the organization? If so, a role as a Data Governance Analyst in General Motors Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO) function may be a good fit for you.
CDAO Enterprise Data Governance Background: The Enterprise Data Governance team is a function within the Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO). The team partners across the enterprise to recognize and build data as a corporate asset. The enterprise data governance program is being designed and implemented as part of this strategy to enable:
Better understanding of data and data usage, reduce duplication of data assets, enable data reuse, avoid bad data investments, create operational efficiencies within CDAO and other functional areas across the enterprisse
External data licensing and internal analytics teams to access data faster with higher confidence, reducing time to market, creating additional revenue growth and reducing cost
Reduction of enterprise risk by enabling compliance with Legal, Privacy and other regulatory needs, creating auditable & reportable procedures, protecting brand reputation and avoid legal action and penalties
Spend reduction and optimize third party data management and data investments for the enterprise
Position Overview: The Data Analyst role will provide expertise, guidance, and support in establishing, operationalizing and sustaining a data governance program that identifies, defines, manages and publishes data standards and policies for enterprise data assets to the success of General Motors. The role will work with various management, subject matter experts and executive stakeholders from cross functional areas throughout the enterprise.
Major Duties / Responsibilities:
Enterprise Data Governance
Guide and support data governance activities to include initial exploration and analysis of the data landscape, business socialization, data profiling, and determine data fit for use, etc.
Meet with multiple levels of the organization across multiple business functions to identify, understand and document data requirements and usage and to facilitate alignment on current and future data standards
Assist with the creation of new data standards
Provide coaching and data-centric insight to business initiatives
Monitor program metrics and dashboard reporting for review and presentation
Participate in facilitating meetings, trainings, and communication between several stakeholders
Other Responsibilities include:
Collaborates with IT, evaluate/assess new and existing governance tools to meet the governance needs of the selected application(s)
Support the build out of these tools to manage the new data standards, including building export files, perform data validations, create design requirements/documents, develop workflow requirements, liaise with IT and perform testing.
Additional Job Description
Required Qualifications:
- Candidates should have 5+ years understanding of:
Data governance including metadata hierarchies, attribute definitions, and common use
Software development methodologies and lifecycles
Understand data structure, data interfaces and how data flows and transforms from source systems to the downstream systems.
-A bachelor's or graduate degree and approximately 3-5 years of related work experience in Data Governance, Process Facilitation, Business Analysis or similar areas
- Maintain effectiveness in continually evolving environment - Ability to be a change agent, using influence, education and persuasion to build relationships and gain support for difficult changes - Ability to rethink existing processes and design a future state aligned with a newly envisioned operating model - Demonstrated ability to support multiple phases of the delivery life cycle, including defining requirements, design, development, testing and deployment - Strong written and verbal communication - Demonstrated effective collaboration skills up, down and across the organization - Problem solving and analytical abilities - Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to teamwork and partnerships - Strong Microsoft Office suite abilities in Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Power BI
Please only apply if you DO NOT need sponsorship to work in the Unites States now or in the future. We are unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others: • Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents; • Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family; • Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement; • Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values; • Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing; • Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.