The Lead Data Quality and Governance Analyst leads data quality, governance, and data engineering initiatives to ensure enterprise data is accurate, reliable, consistent, and fit for business use. This role combines strong data governance expertise with hands-on technical capabilities in Splunk, Apache Kafka, ETL development, JSON, and structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, while driving data standards, controls, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead implementation of data quality, governance, and data management standards, controls, tools, and processes.
• Monitor data quality metrics, perform data validation and audits, identify issues, and drive remediation.
• Strengthen governance and controls throughout the end-to-end data lifecycle.
• Design and support ETL/data integration processes supporting reliable and consistent data flows.
• Work with Kafka-based streaming/event data, JSON, and structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Leverage Splunk for data analysis, monitoring, troubleshooting, validation, and operational insights.
• Support master data management and enterprise data standards while identifying opportunities to improve data integrity and availability.
• Develop and enhance reports, dashboards, metrics, and trend analysis to support data-driven decisions.
• Partner across business, technology, data engineering, and governance teams to resolve data issues and implement improvements.
• Provide subject matter expertise, mentor team members, and drive adoption of new processes and methodologies.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required

Work Experience

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
8IC

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science)
• 5+ years of experience in data quality, data governance, data management, or data engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Splunk, Apache Kafka, and ETL development
• Experience working with structured, semi-structured (e.g., JSON), and unstructured data
• Experience defining and enforcing data quality rules, data controls, and data lifecycle management
• Experience with data quality monitoring, validation, auditing, and issue remediation
• Experience designing, documenting, and troubleshooting data integration, data flows, and transformation processes
• Experience collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to resolve data issues and communicate findings
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Preferred Skills

• Experience with real-time and streaming data pipelines and event-driven data processing
• Advanced experience with high-volume data processing using Splunk, Kafka, and ETL tools
• Experience with master data management, metadata management, data lineage, and enterprise data standards
• Hands-on experience with Collibra, including developing data quality rules, controls, and monitoring or reporting frameworks
• Experience building dashboards and reports for operational metrics and trend analysis
• Experience implementing automation or process improvements that reduce manual effort or improve efficiency
• Experience leading complex initiatives, mentoring team members, or coordinating cross-functional teams

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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Company Overview

Every worker deserves a secure retirement. For more than 100 years, TIAA has delivered it for millions of people. Founded to help educators retire with dignity, today weʼre a market-leading retirement company fueled by world-class asset management. But weʼre not just another legacy financial services firm. Weʼre fighting harder than ever before for our clients and the many Americans who need us.

Our Culture of Impact

At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.

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