Data Governance Analyst

Continental Properties is looking for a Data Governance Analyst to join our Data Management team at our home office in Menomonee Falls, WI. As Continental Properties expands AI-driven data access and self-service analytics, you'll play a central role in keeping our data governed and trustworthy. As a Data Governance Analyst, you'll facilitate stewardship decisions, monitor data quality and governance health, and maintain the catalog, business glossary, and lineage that let the business confidently find and use its data. This is a hands-on role built to grow alongside Continental's continuous data and AI footprint expansion. Essential Responsibilities: Facilitate the domain-based data stewardship model, supporting steward decisions on metric definitions, field ownership, and data quality standards as new data and use cases emerge. Monitor data quality and governance health, triaging exceptions and trends on an ongoing basis. Maintain and expand the data catalog, ensuring new datasets, tables, and fields are documented with clear ownership, descriptions, and classifications. Build and continuously curate the business glossary, working with stakeholders to define and standardize new business terms and metrics as they emerge. Document and validate data lineage across ingestion, transformation, and reporting layers, keeping lineage current as pipelines and models change. Skills for Success: Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience. Years of Experience: 2–4 years in data governance, data management, business intelligence, or a closely related analytical role. Hands-on experience with at least one area of governance work: data cataloging, business glossary/definitions, data lineage, or data stewardship. Working knowledge of relational databases and how data moves through modern data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, reporting) Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical data concepts for non-technical business stakeholders and influence without authority. Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of initiatives, and drive them to completion with minimal oversight. Comfort working cross-functionally with engineering, analytics, and business teams. Why You'll Love Life at Continental: Our award-winning culture fosters innovation and empowers our team members to lead. Here are some of the reasons that our team members continue to vote for us as a Top Workplace: Career Growth : You'll have the tools, training, and opportunities for a meaningful career with long-term growth potential. We invest in your learning & development with paid professional memberships, certifications, and tuition reimbursement. Mental Health & Wellness: Your well-being matters. We provide comprehensive mental health support including but not limited to 8-free counseling sessions per year and access to additional wellness resources. Balance: We recognize that balance varies for everyone, and we support our team members with that in mind. Recharge with generous vacation time, 9-paid holidays, and half-days on Fridays during designated months. Community & Connection: Build relationships through informal gatherings, lunches, community and company events, volunteer opportunities, and a vibrant social culture. Learn more about recent Continental events here ! Culture of Belonging: The Continental IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Allies) is our commitment to evolving our culture where team members feel a sense of belongingness each day. Our You Belong Here Initiative and Business Resource Groups focus on fostering an inclusive and equitable work environment for all. Performance Incentives: Participate in our Building Above and Beyond (BAAB) incentive program that rewards team members annually based on company goals and achievements. Industry-Leading Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with company match, and company-paid life and disability insurance. Family Support: Support your growing family with 6-weeks paid parental leave and with family-forming & fertility resources (up to 12-weeks leave for birth mothers). We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and all applicable state and local fair employment practices laws, and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. For the benefit of our residents, the communities we serve, and our co-workers, all applicants are required to pass a post-offer criminal background check prior to joining the Continental team. We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The posted salary range represents our good faith estimate of the base salary for this role at the time of posting. Final compensation is based on a variety of factors, including a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. This range does not include bonus potential or other forms of compensation and benefits. Salary: $67,000- $84,000 Per Year