Electronic Arts (EA) creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. They are looking for an early-career Data Governance specialist to join their Information Architecture team, where the role involves improving data management and quality across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the Data Quality Forum (DQF), including meeting preparation, documentation, stakeholder follow-ups, and tracking action items
- Metric & KPI Management: Review proposed metrics and business definitions to help maintain consistency across reporting and dashboards
- Data Documentation: Maintain and improve documentation in tools like Alation to help teams easily find trusted datasets, KPIs, and business definitions
- Project Coordination: Track requests and updates across teams to help ensure data-related initiatives move efficiently from intake to implementation
- Standardization & Alignment: Work with the Technical Program Manager, Data Governance to create and maintain program standards. Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and define shared business terms, rules, and critical data elements
- Data Quality Advocacy: Implement standards and report issues to ensure they are prioritized
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, or a related field
- 1–2 years of experience in data analytics, reporting, business intelligence, data operations, or data governance
- Internship, academic project, or co-op experience working with data is welcome
- Experience writing SQL queries and working with relational databases
- Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to explain data concepts clearly
- Curiosity and interest in improving data quality, consistency, and usability
- Exposure to Snowflake, Alation, Tableau, or similar analytics/governance tools
- Familiarity with metadata management and KPI documentation
- Understanding of basic data privacy concepts, such as GDPR or CCPA
Benefits
- Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
- 10 days per year of sick time
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
- Extended health/dental/vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan to regular full-time employees
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity
- Healthcare coverage
- Mental well-being support
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off
- Family leaves
- Complimentary games
Company Overview
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.ea.com.