The responsibilities and rules for managing data quality, access and use.
Data governance establishes who is responsible for data and the standards that guide its handling. Work can include agreeing definitions, assigning owners, setting quality checks and deciding who may access particular information. Metadata describes the data, while lineage records where it came from and how it changed. These details help teams understand whether information is suitable for a decision or report. Governance sits within the broader practice of data management. Its distinctive contribution is accountability and consistent rules, which technical teams and business users then apply when collecting, transforming and using data.
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Holt Renfrew’s Manager, Digital Analytics & Organic Growth role in Toronto included ownership of the measurement strategy for holtrenfrew.com. The remit explicitly covered KPI definitions, tracking requirements, data governance, data quality and reporting standards. Here, governance formed part of establishing consistent information for evaluating the retailer’s digital activity. Search local jobs for “data governance”.
