Lead Data & Business Analyst - Enterprise Data Catalog

Location:

"This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship"

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a highly capable and proactive Senior Data & Business Analyst to join our Enterprise Data Catalog (DataNav) Product Team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, takes ownership of complex initiatives, and can drive outcomes across multiple workstreams. You'll be instrumental in scaling our enterprise data catalog platform and enabling data governance and discovery across the organization.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Initiative Leadership: Own and drive key deliverables across the DataNav platform, ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy and stakeholder needs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with data owners, data custodians, product owners, engineers, and business leaders to gather requirements, define use cases, and prioritize enhancements.
• Metadata Management: Curate and maintain business and technical metadata, data lineage, and glossary terms to improve data discoverability and trust.
• Enablement & Adoption: Design and execute a comprehensive engagement strategy to drive awareness, understanding, and usage of the DataNav platform. Develop targeted training materials and self-service resources tailored to various user personas. Lead onboarding sessions, office hours, and workshops to support new users and reinforce best practices. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify adoption barriers and implement tactical solutions that promote sustained platform value across the enterprise.
• Workflow Optimization: Design and implement catalog workflows and automation to streamline metadata capture and governance processes.
• Strategic Thinking: Apply structured problem-solving and critical thinking to navigate complex data ecosystems and deliver scalable solutions.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years' experience working in data governance, data catalogs, or other data management specific roles
• Strong understanding of data catalogs and their respective capabilities including data dictionaries, business glossaries, business lineage, technical lineage, and data mgmt. workflows
• Hands-on experience with the design, configuration or roll-out of data catalog tools such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica or similar
• Hands-on experience with on-boarding technical and functional metadata from various sources including cloud data platforms, traditional RDBMS systems e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, etc. or Business Intelligence (BI) platforms e.g. Tableau
• Understanding of cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (preferable), Azure, or AWS
• Intermediate SQL skills and foundational knowledge of database models
• Familiar with data quality practices and its integration within a data catalog
• Comfortable working independently and with other teams/vendors to resolve issues
• Strong presentation skills and being able to effectively communicate across all levels of the enterprise

• Key has implemented a role-based Mobile by Design approach to our employee workspaces, dedicating space to those whose roles require specific workspaces, while providing flexible options for roles which are less dependent on assigned workspaces and can be performed effectively in a mobile environment. As a result, this role may be mobile or home based, which means you may work either at a home office or in a Key facility to perform your job duties. If located near a KeyBank location, the position in the future may work partially from a Key facility. If not located near a Key facility, team will consider remote workers.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $68,000 to $103,000 annually depending on location and job-related factors such as level of experience. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for short-term incentive compensation and deferred incentive compensation subject to individual and company performance

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