Data Governance Coordinator
Electronic Arts (EA) creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. They are looking for an early-career Data Governance specialist to join their Information Architecture team, where the role involves improving data management and quality across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the Data Quality Forum (DQF), including meeting preparation, documentation, stakeholder follow-ups, and tracking action items
- Metric & KPI Management: Review proposed metrics and business definitions to help maintain consistency across reporting and dashboards
- Data Documentation: Maintain and improve documentation in tools like Alation to help teams easily find trusted datasets, KPIs, and business definitions
- Project Coordination: Track requests and updates across teams to help ensure data-related initiatives move efficiently from intake to implementation
- Standardization & Alignment: Work with the Technical Program Manager, Data Governance to create and maintain program standards. Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and define shared business terms, rules, and critical data elements
- Data Quality Advocacy: Implement standards and report issues to ensure they are prioritized
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, or a related field
- 1–2 years of experience in data analytics, reporting, business intelligence, data operations, or data governance
- Internship, academic project, or co-op experience working with data is welcome
- Experience writing SQL queries and working with relational databases
- Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to explain data concepts clearly
- Curiosity and interest in improving data quality, consistency, and usability
- Exposure to Snowflake, Alation, Tableau, or similar analytics/governance tools
- Familiarity with metadata management and KPI documentation
- Understanding of basic data privacy concepts, such as GDPR or CCPA
Benefits
- Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
- 10 days per year of sick time
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
- Extended health/dental/vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan to regular full-time employees
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity
- Healthcare coverage
- Mental well-being support
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off
- Family leaves
- Complimentary games
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