Data Governance and Management Developer

Company Description

Assent is the leading solution for supply chain sustainability tailored for the world’s top-tier, sustainability-driven manufacturers. Hidden risks riddle supply chains, many of which weren't built with sustainability in mind. That's where we step in. With insights from experts, Assent is the tool manufacturers trust for comprehensive sustainability.

We are proud to announce that Assent has crossed the US$100M ARR milestone, granting us Centaur Status. This accomplishment, reached just 8 years following our Series A, makes us the first and only Certified B Corporation in North America's SaaS sustainability industry to celebrate this milestone.

Our journey from $5 million to US$100M ARR in just eight years has been marked by significant growth and achievements. With our $350 million US funding led by Vista Equity Partners, we're poised for even greater expansion and are on the lookout for outstanding team members to join our mission.

Hybrid Work Model

At Assent, we proudly embrace a remote-first work model, valuing the flexibility and autonomy it provides our team. We also acknowledge the intangible benefits of occasional in-person workdays. For team members situated within 50 kms/31 miles of our five global offices in Ottawa, Eldoret, Penang, Columbus, Pune and Amsterdam, you can expect to come into the office at least one day a week. Similarly, those near our co-working spaces in Nairobi and Toronto are encouraged to work onsite once a month.

Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and conscientious Data Governance and Management Developer to join our Data Governance and Management team. This role is responsible for developing, assessing, monitoring, and improving the quality of critical data across systems and domains. The Data Quality Systems Developer will work closely with cross-functional teams to define and implement data quality standards, identify data issues, and help drive resolution efforts ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and usable across the organization.

This is a key position for supporting product organization-wide data initiatives, ensuring that business decisions are powered by reliable, accurate, and trusted data, as we build out our data governance and management function within the Product organization at Assent. The Data Quality System Developer is a technical role that collaborates closely with partners across the engineering and product organizations, and serves to solve core challenges in our data systems.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities 

• Define and implement data quality rules, validation checks, and metrics for critical business domains.
• Develop Data Quality (‘DQ’) monitoring pipelines and alerts that proactively detect data issues.
• Conduct regular data profiling and quality assessments to identify gaps, inconsistencies, duplicates, and other data anomalies.
• Design and maintain data quality dashboards and reports that provide visibility into trends and issues.
• Leverage generative AI to automate workflows, enhance data quality, and support responsible prompt usage.
• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, and technical teams to triage and resolve data quality issues.
• Develop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs) for issue management, escalation, and stewardship workflows.
• Support root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring or high-impact data quality problems.
• Define and monitor key data quality KPIs, and support continuous improvement through insights and retrospective analysis.
• Evaluate and recommend data quality, testing, or observability tools that scale with the enterprise.
• Provide recommendations for improving data processes, governance practices, and quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with internal data governance policies, privacy standards, and audit requirements.
• Be familiar with corporate security policies and follow the guidance set out by processes and procedures of Assent.

Qualifications

We strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:

• 2–5 years of experience in a data quality, data analyst, or similar role.
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field is typically required.
• Strong understanding of data quality principles.
• Proficiency in SQL, Git Hub, R, Python, SQL Server and experience with BI tools such as Tableau,  Power BI, or Sigma.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery) and data transformation tools (e.g., dbt).
• Experience with Graph database.
• Exposure to GenAI tools and prompt-based automation
• Ability to build and interpret dashboards and communicate data quality findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks and regulatory considerations (e.g., PII handling), is an asset.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Familiarity with agile work environments and scrum ceremonies.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to resolve data issues and align on standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Additional Information

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact talent@assent.com and we will be happy to help.