Athene · 2 days ago
Senior Data Governance Analyst
West Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAthene is a company driven to do more for its customers and financial professionals. The Senior Data Governance Analyst will lead the advancement of enterprise data governance, ensuring data quality and compliance while enabling AI readiness and advanced analytics across the organization.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsuranceRetirement
Responsibilities
Lead the enhancement design and implementation of enterprise data governance framework, and processes to ensure data integrity, consistency, and compliance
Drive alignment between data governance, data architecture, and AI strategy to ensure the organization’s structured and unstructured data is AI-ready, well-curated, and responsibly managed
Continued collaboration with business and technology teams to establish clear data ownership, accountability, and stewardship on new domains and stronger ties to quality along with learning the business domain knowledge
Chair or coordinate cross-functional data governance working groups related to portfolio projects, initiatives and company objectives
Develop and maintain data standards, documentation, and classification to support AI initiatives and the use of AI models in the market
Assess and improve data quality, lineage, and metadata completeness to enhance deployed AI performance and reliability
Partner with AI governance and AI engineers to identify data readiness needs specific to training data, bias detection, and traceability
Support ethical AI practices through transparent data lineage and usage documentation
Lead automation initiative requirements for metadata capture, lineage extraction, and data catalog population using APIs, AI/ML-based discovery, and integration tools
Drive adoption and optimization of Collibra enterprise metadata management platform
Ensure that metadata is continuously enriched, accurate, complete and integrated with data quality, classification, and controls
Establish monitoring and reporting capabilities for metadata completeness and governance KPIs
Promote and mature data quality framework with automated validation, profiling, and anomaly detection
Partner with risk, compliance, and privacy teams to align governance with regulatory and ethical standards (e.g., NIST, NAIC, SEC)
Maintain master and reference data governance to ensure consistent definitions across systems and lines of business
Serve as the liaison between business units, IT, and analytics teams to ensure data governance supports operational and strategic goals
Communicate governance outcomes, data quality metrics, and AI readiness progress to executive stakeholders
Promote a culture of data literacy, stewardship, and responsible AI use throughout the organization
Continuously evaluate and refine governance tools, processes, and automation capabilities
Monitor emerging trends in AI-driven data management, metadata automation, and governance technology
Mentor analysts and stewards to strengthen the organization’s data governance maturity and AI enablement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Computer Science, Business, or a related field
5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or enterprise data analytics roles
Proven experience leading governance or AI data readiness initiatives in a data-driven organization
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK)
Expertise with data catalog, lineage, metadata, quality tools
Experience automating metadata ingestion and lineage using APIs, AI tools, or pattern-recognition techniques
Knowledge of cloud data ecosystems (AWS), data warehouse (PostgreSQL) and AI data pipelines
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Strategic thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Comfortable leading initiatives across business, data, and technology domains
Preferred
Master's degree in Data Management, Computer Science, Business, or a related field
Collibra DIP and Collibra DQ
Company
Athene
Athene Holding is a life insurance company that provides retirement savings products for individuals and institutions.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.43B2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2025-05-14Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-10-07Post Ipo Debt· $600M
Leadership Team
Martin P. Klein
Executive VP & CFO
Mike Downing
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Athene Holding Ltd.
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