Data Governance Coordinator | Coordonnateur(-trice de la gouvernance des données Job Calgary area,Alberta Canada,IT/Tech

Position: Data Governance Coordinator | Coordonnateur(-trice) de la gouvernance des données

We are currently seeking a Data Governance Coordinator to provide data governance support in connection with the firm’s Data Governance Strategy and accompanying technology. The successful candidate will support the investigation, development, maintenance and implementation of the Data Governance Framework.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Knowledge Services, the Data Governance Coordinator plays a pivotal role in defining data governance across the firm while creating and maintaining frameworks, standards, policies, artifacts, and procedures to support this. Passionate about data governance and data quality, the candidate must have a good understanding of data analysis, data quality, data movement, business glossary, metadata, and data modeling.

The Data Governance Coordinator will work closely with stakeholders from business units throughout Fasken, the Data Management Team, data domain owners and relevant third parties to support the data governance implementation. This will include conducting data management assessments and identifying pain points and gaps for capabilities including data quality, data privacy, data integrity, data retention, compliance with regulations and other data policies and contribute to building the future state of both data governance strategy and its roadmap.

This will also cover the responsibility to execute the identified data governance initiatives ensuring that the right processes and roles/responsibilities are defined and enforced.

The Data Governance Coordinator will be a member of the cross functional Data Management Team and will be responsible for engaging with them, systems owners and business users to ensure that data quality requirements are defined, documented and translated into effective and consistent processes that improve the quality of data.

About Fasken

As a premier law firm with over 900 lawyers worldwide, Fasken is where excellence meets expertise. We are dedicated to shaping the future our clients want, precisely when it matters most. For more information, visit.

At Fasken, success means:

Having a strong client service approach – you are ready, willing, and able to put our clients first and exceed their expectations

Caring about one another – you possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build harmonious working relationships within your immediate team, across other departments in the firm, and in the community

Working collaboratively – you are a self-starter who values working in a collaborative team-based environment

Possessing exceptional communication skills (both verbal and written) when dealing with lawyers, clients, staff and third parties

Approaching your work with agility and the willingness to learn and utilize new technology

Being adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment while being organized and maintaining accuracy with a high attention to detail

Demonstrating strong research, investigative and problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise judgment to resolve issues

Treating sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and diplomacy at all times

Primary Responsibilities

Document the data discovery process to identify key data domains that support business objectives

Document, manage and maintain business and technical metadata repositories (data dictionary, data catalog, business glossary), document existing data classification processes (identification of sensitive data) and data issues in processes for associated projects

Understand how data flows internally through collaboration with data owners to support data governance

Develop and maintain key data governance documentation, user guides, and other necessary training documents and support the implementation and maintenance of data policies and procedures

Contribute to the development of the data governance policy, strategy and processes for the firm

Maintain the Data Governance Framework and work with various business groups to coordinate and document data management processes and data governance policies to ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards

Required Knowledge and Experience

University education, or equivalent…


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