Data Governance Analyst

Data Governance Analyst

Weyerhaeuser recognizes the critical role of data, analytics, and reporting in driving business success and gaining a competitive advantage. Our mission is to establish an exceptional information management environment that facilitates actionable analysis, safeguards vital information, ensures its integrity, and maximizes its value. The Information Governance team's primary focus is to support the execution of Weyerhaeuser's enterprise data and analytics strategy to leverage information as a business asset, enabling sustainable growth, profitability, and internal efficiency through improved data structures, reporting, analytical tools, and governance. We are also responsible for fostering a more data literate culture across the enterprise.

Weyerhaeuser is seeking an Information Governance Experienced Analyst to drive the execution and scaling of enterprise data governance practices across business domains. This role sits at the intersection of business, data, and technology, partnering with Data Owners, Data Stewards, business stakeholders, and IT to ensure business-critical data is consistently defined, governed, and usable across systems. The analyst supports and leads execution of governance activities within defined enterprise standards and with guidance from governance leads from intake through delivery, translating governance standards into practical, scalable outcomes. This includes documenting data definitions, mapping data flows, enabling consistent application of standards, and improving data quality and transparency. Work is performed in Microsoft Purview and related tools (e.g., Power BI) to manage business glossary terms, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), lineage, and data product documentation, as well as governance reporting and dashboards. As a full-time role, this position contributes to the continuous improvement of governance processes, templates, and tools to support scalable and consistent adoption across domains.

Responsibilities include:

• Governance Execution & Delivery
• Metadata & Documentation
• Data Quality, Analysis & Reporting
• Stakeholder Engagement & Enablement
• Data Product Adoption & Value Realization
• Standards & Continuous Improvement

Required qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3 - 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data analysis, or related roles
• Experience working across business and technical teams to define and govern data
• Strong understanding of data governance concepts, including business glossary, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), lineage, and data quality
• Ability to apply data governance concepts to business use cases with guidance as needed
• Ability to translate data governance concepts into practical, business-aligned outcomes within processes, reporting, and decision-making
• Strong analytical skills (data flow analysis, quality assessment, issue identification)
• Ability to create clear documentation, business rules, and governance materials
• Proficiency in Power BI (or similar) for data validation, analysis, and governance reporting
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Proficiency in SQL for querying, validating, and analyzing data across relational databases and data warehouses
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview Unified Platform (or similar metadata/governance tools)

Preferred qualifications include:

• Familiarity with how data is structured, transformed, and integrated across systems (e.g., source systems, pipelines, data warehouses), with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams
• Experience supporting data stewardship operating models, including documenting roles, decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability for governed data
• Experience in enterprise data environments (e.g., SAP)
• Ability to apply data governance concepts in business contexts; experience in domains such as supply chain or finance is helpful but not required
• Ability to extend Microsoft Purview capabilities for harvesting metadata and building data quality controls

What We Offer:

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $82,533 - $123,800 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 7% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

Attention Internal Applicants: To ensure transparency across the organization, please have a discussion with your manager prior to applying for any new opportunities. If you need any help facilitating this conversation, please reach out to your HR Representative for guidance.

Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.