Data Governance & MDM Specialist

Insight Global is seeking a Data Governance & MDM Specialist for a top financial services client within the investment banking and advisory space. This candidate will play a hands-on, technical role in building and operationalizing data governance and mastered data capabilities across a modern enterprise lakehouse environment. They will partner closely with business stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to implement data quality controls, automation, and stewardship-driven processes that ensure trusted, well-defined data for downstream platforms and analytics. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of data, technology, and the business while helping shape enterprise-wide data governance practices. This is a hybrid role in Midtown, NYC requiring 3 days a week onsite.

Day-to-Day:
• Build and maintain concordance and survivorship processes, including matching rules and workflows
• Implement automation and human-in-the-loop review processes for mastered data
• Support data owners and stewards with business definitions, glossaries, and data domains
• Manage data issue logs and coordinate resolution across advisory businesses
• Design and implement data quality rules, monitoring, and dashboards
• Perform Python- and SQL-based analyses to investigate and resolve data issues
• Partner with data architects, Databricks engineers, and BA/PM teams to ensure governed data implementation
• Define and prioritize data quality metrics across key domains
• Prepare and distribute governance and data quality metrics and updates
• Maintain clear documentation of governance standards, rules, and decisions
• Support training materials and communications related to data governance
• Assist with defining and enforcing CRM data entry standards and validation rules

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Required Skills & Experience
• 3-6 years of experience in data governance, data management, MDM, or analytics engineering
• Strong SQL and Python skills for data investigation, validation, automation, and data quality
• Experience working in modern data environments, including Databricks or similar cloud platforms
• Background supporting environments like investment banking, equities, hedge funds wealth, or asset management
• Effective cross functional partner and communicator with strong attention to detail and follow through


Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Experience with concordance, survivorship, entity matching, or MDM processes
• Exposure to CRM or deal management platforms (DealCloud, Salesforce)
• Experience with BI tools, Excel, and Jupyter notebooks
• Familiarity with enterprise lakehouse architectures


Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.