[Hiring] Metadata Analyst / Consultant @First San Francisco Partners

Role Description

First San Francisco Partners is seeking both employees and contractors for the Metadata Analyst role. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the establishment and delivery of enterprise Metadata solutions.

We are looking for a positive, highly effective communicator that can lead without authority and has a passion for engaging with business, IT, and C-suite stakeholders on Data Management projects to join our Delivery team remotely. Priorities change quickly within a consulting business, and we need someone who can recognize these changes and proactively shift work assignments to support the company. This position reports to the Director of Delivery and Operations and will collaborate and support our consultants and clients.

What You'll be Doing:

• Assess, define, and optimize various metadata management processes and standards such as business metadata definitions and technical metadata requirements
• Recommend new use cases, processes, and standards as needed
• Support identification, prioritization, and approach to remediate existing metadata
• Deliver ongoing remediation cycle for prioritized business and technical metadata
• Support review and approval of extracted current metadata with relevant Business Data Stewards, Business SMEs, Data Custodians, etc.
• Support ingestion of updated and approved metadata into metadata tools
• Create and deliver metadata awareness, education, training, and communication materials
• Participate in business development, proposal creation, and the contracting process
• Support the development of project deliverables, synthesize findings, and integrate them into strategic-level deliverables
• Provide overall accountability for logistics within metadata engagement
• Provide quality assurance review of all metadata deliverables
• Document and analyze results from meetings, research, and review relevant documents
• Capture and document business, functional, and technical requirements
• File all project artifacts and deliverables and maintain document inventory
• Facilitate required interactions and meeting sessions
• Work on tasks as directed by the Engagement Lead
• Coordinate the scheduling of meetings and develop, distribute, and store project artifacts, work papers, and deliverables

Qualifications

• BA/BS or advanced degree in Business/Computer Science/MIS or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in Information Management: Data or Enterprise Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Warehousing, and Business Analytics
• Familiarity with Business glossary, data dictionary, data catalog, and data lineage
• Experience in business analysis: gathering data, synthesizing information, forming insights, and providing feedback
• Experience with Metadata tools, such as Collibra, Alation, Purview
• Excellent attention to detail, a passion for quality work, and the ability to communicate at various levels
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills

Requirements

• This range is based on our market pay structures. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity, and candidate qualifications, such as skills, experience, and education.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(K) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident coverage
• Vacation time and paid holidays

EEOC Statement

First San Francisco Partners is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.