Advanced Analytics Governance Analyst Senior

The Advanced Analytics Governance Analyst Senior plays a critical role in advancing our enterprise-wide analytics governance strategy, with a specific focus on metadata management. This role ensures that data assets are well-documented, consistently defined, and easily discoverable across the organization. The analyst will collaborate closely with data stewards, product owners, and analytics teams to maintain high standards of data clarity, usability, and trust.

This position requires strong communication skills, a deep understanding of data governance principles, and the ability to present metric definitions and metadata standards to the Analytics Governance Council. Familiarity with modern data cataloging and analytics tools is essential.

*This is a Remote Position

• Own and manage metadata documentation, including table and column descriptions, across enterprise data platforms
• Generate, present, and explain metric definitions and metadata standards to the Analytics Governance Council and other stakeholder groups
• Collaborate with data owners and stewards to ensure consistency and accuracy of business definitions and data lineage
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Advanced Analytics Governance Framework
• Partner with analytics teams to ensure that governed metrics are aligned with business objectives and are consistently applied across dashboards and reports
• Maintain and enhance metadata repositories using tools such as Databricks Unity Catalog and Metric Insights

• Education:
  • 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field required. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, four (4) years of additional relevant experience, beyond the minimum experience requirement, will be considered.
• Experience: 3 years Experience in data governance, metadata management, or data cataloging, required.
• Additional Skills (required):
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, data lineage, and business glossary concepts.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.
  • Experience working with stakeholders across business and technical domains.
  • Familiarity with Databricks Unity Catalog, Metric Insights, or similar metadata/cataloging tools.
  • Knowledge of healthcare data and analytics is required.
  • Experience with Epic and other EHRs is required.
• Additional Skills (preferred):
  • Experience with AI tools that use prompting (e.g., copilots) is a plus

At Novant Health, we believe remarkable care starts with compassion for our patients, our communities, and each other. We value belonging, courage, personal growth, and teamwork, creating a space where everyone is respected, supported, and safe to show up as their full selves. 

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Business Analytics or related field required (or 4 years additional experience); 3 years data governance, metadata management, or data cataloging experience; healthcare data knowledge; Epic and other EHR experience required.

Key Responsibilities

• managing metadata
• presenting metric definitions
• collaborating with data owners

Skills & Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog, Metric Insights, Epic, EHR

Job Details

• Category: Data and Analytics
• Seniority: Mid Level
• Commitment: Full Time
• Workplace: Remote — North Carolina, United States
• Languages: English

About Novant Health

A healthcare organization providing advanced analytics governance and data management. — Industry: Healthcare