Sr Specialist, People Data Governance
anglogold•Greenwood Village, CO
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About The Position
The Senior Specialist, People Data Governance, will play a critical role in ensuring our HR data is accurate, secure, compliant, and analytics-ready. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving data challenges, improving processes, building automation, and partnering across HR and IT to create trusted data foundations across a global organization. If you’re someone who believes data governance shouldn’t be an afterthought — this is your opportunity to build it the right way.
Requirements
- 3–5 years in HR systems, data governance, or data quality
- Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM, ADP)
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience with BI tools (Power BI or Tableau)
- Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) tools
- Understanding of data architecture and integration basics
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting SOX/ITGC compliance (preferred)
- Experience in regulated industries (a plus)
- Familiarity with SQL or relational databases (preferred)
- Experience building automation (Power Automate, Python, RPA tools a plus)
Responsibilities
- Maintain accuracy and integrity of foundational HR data
- Ensure governance policies and standards are followed
- Support data migrations during system upgrades and implementations
- Coordinate governance across HR technology platforms
- Maintain documentation and audit trails
- Prepare documentation for internal and external audits
- Support compliance with data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
- Monitor HR system access controls
- Support security protocols to protect sensitive employee data
- Lead governance training related to compliance
- Conduct data audits and quality assessments
- Cleanse and validate HR data across systems (HRIS, ATS, LMS, analytics platforms)
- Troubleshoot data issues and recommend solutions
- Maintain data standards documentation
- Produce compliance and integrity scorecards
- Design automation tools and workflows to improve data validation and reporting
- Leverage Master Data Management (MDM) tools
- Build dashboards to monitor compliance and data quality
- Implement alerts for data exceptions
- Identify opportunities to streamline HR data processes
- Create dashboards and reports (Power BI/Tableau)
- Deliver compliance scorecards to leadership
- Extract and validate HR data for workforce planning
- Combine people and business data to tell meaningful stories
- Deliver training on data governance and compliance standards
- Develop governance documentation and training materials
- Guide HR and system users on best practices
- Partner with HR, IT, and analytics teams on cross-functional initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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