Data Governance Specialist

3 weeks ago


Montréal, Canada Canadian National Railway Full time

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward. Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion. From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks. You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

**Role description**

The Data Governance specialist will actively engage Business, I&T and OT stakeholders, facilitate communication and foster collaboration within Business sectors & projects. This will include conducting data management assessment and identifying pain points and gaps for capabilities including data quality, data privacy, data retention and other data policies and contribute to building the future state of both data governance strategy and it’s 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.

**Summary of tasks**

Perform data discovery process to identify key data domains that support business objectives
Create and maintain Business and Technical metadata management repositories such as business glossary and data catalog
Understand how data flows internally as well as collaboration with data owners to support data governance
Ability to identify and classify sensitive data and define data masking rules for personal identifiable information
Support identification, analysis, and resolution of data issues
Support the implementation and maintenance of data policies
Work with delivery teams to maintain/evolve data governance model as well as the definition of best practices
Ability to develop and maintain key data governance documentation, user guides, and other necessary training documents

**Competencies**

Inspires others with impactful communications and adapts to the audience through speech and writing
Applies analytical thinking
Innovates through problem solving
Knows the business and stays current with industry trends to elevate expertise and work
Demonstrates organizational abilities
Collaborates with key internal stakeholders to enable higher productivity
Works independently with little supervision

**Experience**

Minimum 5 years of Total IT experience as Business Analyst, Systems Analyst or related roles.
Minimum 2 years of relevant Data Governance experience

**Technical Skills / Knowledge**

Axon, Enterprise Data Catalog or other comparable Data Governance tools (Collibra / Alation, etc. )
Generic Understanding of Cloud concepts and ecosystem (AWS, Azure or GCP)
Exposure to Data quality and Data Profiling concepts and tools
Knowledge of Excel or equivalent productivity tools

**Education/Certification/Designation**

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business field, with an interest in data management

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or Engineering*
- Any designation for these above would be considered as an asset

**About CN**

CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. At CN, we work as ONE TEAM, focused on safety, sustainability and our customers, providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.


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