Data Governance Analyst

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

How We LEAD

Universal Music Group is seeking an experienced Data Governance Analyst, particularly in an environment utilizing Google BigQuery to join our Global Data Governance team.

The Analyst will work across our Data Governance team and UMG business teams playing a critical role in establishing and maintaining the organization's data management best practices. In essence, the Analyst acts as a bridge between business needs and technical solutions, ensuring that data is used effectively and responsibly across the organization.

You will support Data Governance operations, as well as the establishment and integration of measures to drive our audit compliance objectives. In addition, you will be responsible for supporting our data management disciplines across UMG's ecosystems

How You'll CREATE

• Create, institutionalize, and promote data management best practices with other data citizens in multiple business units and departments throughout Universal Music Group.
• Leverage BigQuery's built-in data governance features and integrate with other Google Cloud services like Dataplex for comprehensive data governance across diverse data sources.
• Conduct our user access reviews (UARs), and audit individuals' access rights are appropriate for their roles.
• Work with stakeholders to manage datasets, remove duplicate access and cleanup individual access memberships.
• Recommend and enable a specific Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy across our organization’s Google Cloud projects.
• Act as the liaison and executor, ensuring the data owner's policy decisions are properly implemented for the specific datasets.
• This role is responsible for updating critical data identification, tagging, and data lineage.
• Facilitating the development of data catalogs and promoting the use of standardized data definitions and glossaries.
• Maintaining and enforcing the data governance frameworks, guidelines, and publications across the organization. (Including drafting policies, standards, and runbooks.)
• Must be comfortable facilitating workshops, and discovery sessions involving stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Develop and publish data governance user friendly training materials to promote data literacy across the organization.
• Apply creative problem-solving skills to data governance efforts and identifies alternative solutions where needed.
  
  

Bring Your VIBE

• 3 minimum years of direct experience in data governance and/or data management roles.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and BigQuery's data governance features.
• Advanced hands-on SQL skills, particularly with BigQuery-specific syntax and functions.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts.
• Must be familiar with Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Access models (or similar).
• Demonstrable experience in creating and managing data governance artifacts.
• Experience with governance technologies such as Google Dataplex or similar Catalogs.
• Create compelling data visualizations, dashboards, and reports using tools like Looker a plus.
• Experience with other Google Cloud Platform services (e.g., Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Composer/Airflow) a plus.
• Person must be flexible, with an ability to work in an independent, proactive manner, as well as part of a team.
• Bachelor's Degree minimum education in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in the Music Industry or entertainment industry a plus.
  
  

Perks Playlist

• Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
• 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
• Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
• A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
• 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
  
  

• Variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
• 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
• 2-weeks paid Winter Break
• 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
• Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
• Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
  

Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

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Job Category

Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence

Salary Range

$89,600 - $125,400

The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. All candidates are encouraged to apply.