Job Purpose and Impact

Cargill's Data Function is transforming their data platform and analytics foundation through the implementation of new data architecture, process, and standards. We are looking for a Data Platform Governance Analyst to play a significant role in the implementation and operations of the data engineering governance and compliance frameworks. This role will reside in the data engineering organization. The role will focus on data as an asset (with a focus on ownership and compliance) while helping to identify & prioritize use cases for data which will contribute towards the longer-term governance roadmap for the data platform. Key areas of focus, responsibility, and contribution will be: Governance & Compliance Framework Design and Implementation, Data Platform Onboarding and Portfolio Governance, and Assurance of Auditability and Observability with a compliance lens. The role can be divided into two sets of accountabilities.

Governance Implementation -- Identifying and implementing the compliance framework will be key to your success. You will need to ensure engagement from privacy, technology risk, audit and a variety of data and analytics partners throughout the enterprises and function. You will support a central governance committee and data community who will be key customers and contributors toward establishing the proper governance guardrails for data and self-serve analytics.

Ongoing Operations -- Coordinating with enterprise and function data analytics teams, the data community, and the data platform engineering team to ensure we operationalizing policy and ensuring process and standard adherence. You will monitor and support the adoption of the compliance framework by internal and external project teams, as well as data stewards and owners. You will drive the quality and visibility of the data in the platform through adoption and use of tools such as a data discovery platform. The ideal candidate is an organized analyst, a polished communicator, passionate about balanced governance, and experienced in working cross-functionally and globally to solve problems with product and process changes. They thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced, and dynamic environment and are excited to help the Cargill deliver trusted data as efficiently as possible.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with key business and Digital Technology & Data stakeholders to develop, document, maintain enforcement of data governance and compliance policy, framework, and standards.

• Perform analysis of complex data related system and process gaps and recommend and execute corrective action.

• Generate business insights, govern data assets and promote the use of data to achieve strategic goals.

• Provide data solution leadership for large, complex and sometimes multiregional projects.

• Provide governance to ensure proposed projects adhere to the instance data design.

• Ensure technology solutions meet predefined objectives and present a clear understanding of the effect on data design and data governance.

• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum of four years of related work experience in data governance

• Knowledge of master data, metadata, reference data, data warehousing, database structure, and business intelligence principles and processes, including technical architecture

• Knowledge of enterprise information management processes and methodologies

• Proficiency in understanding modern data architectures and concepts such as cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), real-time data distribution (Kafka, Dataflow), and modern data warehouse tools (Snowflake, Databricks)

• Working SQL knowledge

• Strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment. Ability to keep up with several projects at once and understand the impact of projects within a larger system

• Experience in governing and handling sensitive data including personal information

• Experience and or knowledge with data regulations such as GDPR and CCPA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Confirmed experience working with relevant data management systems and applications

• Experience with implementing governance across data platforms and data products

• Experience in implementing and/or working within a Data Governance committee and/or framework

• Experience with Agile/Dev Ops methodologies and tools such as Jira