The opportunity
You are a data leader who understands that trustworthy analytics doesn’t happen by accident — it has to be built, maintained, and governed. You think in programs, not tickets.
What you'll do
Lead and develop the Data Governance team: currently two ICs (a Senior Analytics Engineer and a Data Governance Analyst), with further growth anticipated this year — through clear priorities, coaching, and recognition.
Own the foundational governance buildout: metadata standards and taxonomy, business domain framework, glossary migration and enrichment, data profiling governance, and model conformance for silver- and gold-layer assets.
Run the ongoing governance programs: asset certification and re-certification, data quality observability, glossary and metrics-catalog freshness, standards enforcement and audit, new asset intake and review, and stakeholder education and adoption.
Own the data catalog (Atlan): ensuring the continued accuracy, completeness, and hygiene of asset metadata, glossary terms, and data products; and driving adoption of Atlan as the primary way stakeholders engage with certified data across Justworks.
Set and enforce certification standards: Governance holds the right to withhold or revoke certification on assets that fail to meet the standard. You’ll exercise that authority credibly and collaboratively.
Serve as a key subject matter expert for Data & Analytics and: cross-functional stakeholders : arbitrate metric and definition differences, and drive company-wide adoption of best practices.
What they're looking for
- + years of experience in a data role such as analytics engineering, data: engineering, or data governance, with hands-on experience in SQL and dbt.
- + years in people management, with a demonstrated track record of developing ICs and managing team delivery.
- Experience owning data governance, data quality, or data standards programs — not just contributing to them.
- Strong proficiency in SQL; working experience with dbt and dimensional: modeling sufficient to define standards and review model conformance.
- Demonstrated experience with managing data catalogs or data governance: tooling (Atlan, Alation, Collibra, or similar).
- Hands-on fluency with AI tooling as a productivity and automation lever;: ability to apply it within the context of metadata management, documentation, and governance workflows.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to drive alignment: across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong program ownership mindset: comfortable prioritizing proactively, operating without a defined ticket queue, and driving initiatives that span teams and timelines.
