Data Governance & Analytics

Data Governance & Analytics

New York, NY

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Communications

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -092026-108821

Date Posted: 09/28/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/dHdZkM

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Description:

Hybrid 3-4 days onsite in New York, NY

Our client seeks a highly technical Data Governance & Analytics professional to lead data governance standards, oversee marketing analytics data quality, and partner across analytics, engineering, legal, privacy, and product teams. This role will help establish scalable processes that ensure marketing reporting and data pipelines remain accurate, compliant, trustworthy, and business-ready.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

JN -092026-108821

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead data governance standards, policies, and best practices across marketing analytics environments.

• Own and enhance the data quality framework, including QA processes, monitoring, validation, and escalation procedures.

• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness across marketing data sources, reporting platforms, and dashboards.

• Oversee automated workflows supporting data collection, transformation, reporting, and analytics.

• Partner with engineering teams to establish scalable, governed data pipelines.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for data lineage, access controls, governance standards, and compliance-related questions.

• Conduct root cause analysis on recurring data issues and drive long-term corrective solutions.

• Maintain governance documentation, data dictionaries, validation frameworks, and reporting standards.

• Stay current on emerging data governance, privacy, and data engineering best practices.

• Collaborate with data engineering, product, marketing analytics, legal, privacy, and finance to resolve discrepancies and systemic reporting issues.

• Mentor junior analysts on QA and governance best practices and translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.

• Perform ad hoc analyses to support strategic initiatives and deliver insights that improve marketing performance and reporting effectiveness.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years in data governance, data quality/QA, data engineering, or marketing analytics.

• Advanced SQL and strong Python experience.

• Deep understanding of data governance frameworks, data lineage, access controls, and marketing data compliance.

• Experience overseeing multiple enterprise data pipelines.

• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT processes, data ingestion workflows, validation methodologies, deployment processes, and backend data systems.

• Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as Tableau, Looker, or AWS QuickSight.

• Experience with orchestration and pipeline tools such as Airflow or dbt.

• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities with strong communication and presentation skills.

• Proven cross-functional partnership across technical and business teams and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Detail-oriented with strong analytical thinking, sound judgment, proactive risk identification, and issue resolution.

• Preferred: prior streaming media experience, support for digital marketing organizations, experience establishing or scaling a data governance program, leadership or people management, large-scale analytics or governance initiatives, familiarity with GDPR and CCPA, and executive-facing communication abilities.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( [email protected] , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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