AltaGas - Data Governance Specialist

Job Description

AltaGas - Data Governance Specialist

Playing a key role in supporting and managing data as a strategic asset within Midstream division. Develop and implement data standards, policies, and procedures to ensure the quality, availability, integrity, and security of data assets. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of data governance principles, data management, and regulatory requirements.

You will:

• Support the implementation and sustainment of Data Governance development (policy, procedure, guides etc) within Midstream and/or additional areas of the business as required
• Participate in the development and support of data governance and management strategies, roadmaps, projects and maturity plans.
• Monitor compliance with data governance policies and standards, and report on data governance metrics and KPIs. Assist in the resolution of data-related issues and conflicts, serving as a liaison between business and IT teams
• Support and provide direction the management and sustainment Midstream data assets, ensuring data integrity and availability.
• Collaborate with various teams (compliance, IT, business) to mature data standards and ensure adherence to established data governance practices that enhance data quality and trust in the data. Ensure alignment with corporate and IT governance.
• Support the development of Master and Metadata Management: Assist in creating and implementing strategies for master data and metadata management to ensure data consistency, accuracy, and accessibility across the business.
• Assist in implementing and supporting data management platform activities -enable data catalogues, data quality, and data management capabilities
• Participate in the development and creation of data products, models and architecture to support data governance and data management initiatives. Identify business requirements for standardization, management and sustainment activities.
• Support, develop and maintain data dictionaries, data lineage, data flow documentation and other data related documentation as required
• Support and provide direction the management and sustainment Midstream data assets, ensuring data integrity and availability.
• Support, monitor and resolve data governance-related issues.
• Support Organizational Change Management: train and educate the organization on the importance of data governance, data quality, data roles (data owners, stewards, custodians etc), and other data-related management and best practices

You have:

• Bachelor's Degree Data Science, Computer Science, Information Management, Business Administration, or related field preferred. required
• 5+ Years Oil and gas industry knowledge/experience in the areas of: data analytics, data use, data-related roles, with technical acumen in data governance and management functions/principles, data quality, master/metadata, and data integration required
• 5+ Years Experience in data profiling, cleansing, and enrichment techniques to ensure high data quality standards. Experience with managing enterprise data assets and ensuring data integrity and availability within its lifecycle required
• 3+ Years Balanced background of the business use and technical dimensions/requirements of data. Leveraging and understanding data and data lineage to drive business decisions using data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) or data governance/management tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Unified Catalogue, SAP) required
• Data governance or data management certifications (e.g., CDMP) are considered beneficial. preferred
• Analytical Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data issues and develop effective solutions.
• Communication and Collaboration: Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align data governance initiatives with business objectives and drive strategic data management goals.

Why work at AltaGas?

AltaGas is a North American energy infrastructure company with a focus on owning and operating assets that provide clean and affordable energy to our customers. AltaGas assets include Washington Gas/WGL, SEMCO, and Petrogas. Our talented team, nearly 3,000 strong, leverages the strength of our assets and expertise along the energy value chain to connect customers with premier energy solutions – from the well sites of upstream producers to the doorsteps of homes and businesses to new markets around the world.

We deliver clean and affordable natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers’ homes and businesses through regulated natural gas distribution utilities across four jurisdictions in the United States and two regulated natural gas storage utilities in the United States. Learn more about our team, vision, and strategy.

To learn more about our mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYAAg21IuU

For Canadian hires: AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job-related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

For U.S. hires: WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.

U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.