Oura is hiring a Staff Analyst - Data Governance

Responsibilities

• Ensure privacy, compliance, and security across a federated data mesh architecture
• Collaborate with Oura’s security guild comprising of Legal, IT, Security, and Enterprise Data Architecture to define and manage a data governance framework for the full data lifecycle from acquisition to deletion
• Align data practices with SOC 2, HIPAA, and HITRUST standards
• Establish policies that balance domain-level autonomy with enterprise-wide consistency
• Uphold high standards of data quality, accuracy, and trustworthiness for all data products
• Champion best practices for metadata management, lineage tracking, and validation
• Work alongside platform and data product teams to enable self-service analytics in a governed way
• Help establish secure access patterns, role-based permissions, and audit-readiness practices
• Enable Domain Missions and Squads to execute on governance framework
• Foster a data-driven culture, enabling data-centric decision-making across all levels of the organization
• Define the strategic vision and develop the enterprise-wide data governance roadmap, outlining key priorities and goals
• Roll out a comprehensive data governance framework, including policies, standards, processes, and metrics
• Drive innovation by leveraging emerging data technologies and fostering these capabilities within the team to drive data obfuscation, anonymization
• Framework for data deletion, data retention, data sharing
• Create and implement data governance policies, standards, and procedures for data quality, security, and usage
• Ensure these policies are documented, maintained, and aligned with business needs and regulatory requirements
• Establish clear roles and responsibilities for data stewardship, ensuring clear accountability for the company's information assets across each domain
• Oversee data stewards, data owners, and other data-related teams to ensure policies are followed
• Develop and implement initiatives to improve data quality and establish metrics for monitoring and assessment
• Oversee the development and enforcement of data security and privacy policies, including access controls and compliance with regulations
• Develop and lead the Data Mesh Steering Committee of a central body including executive sponsors, data governance leads, domain experts, and platform/security architects. This committee sets the vision, business drivers, and success criteria for the federated governance model
• Serve as a liaison between business and technology teams to ensure data-related business requirements are understood and addressed
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and raise awareness of data governance principles and best practices across the organization
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels
• Establish and develop roles and responsibility matrix to clarify domain ownership and influence stakeholders alignment
• AI Governance use cases in collaboration with the AI Productivity and liaison as part of the AI Governance Committee
• Establish mechanisms for governance oversight, including regular reviews and compliance monitoring
• Identify and prioritize data governance projects and resolve escalated data-related issues from various departments
• Implement processes for capturing and maintaining metadata, including data lineage and definitions, to improve data discoverability and understanding
• HIPAA, PHI, PCI, GDPR, CDPR, Regulations and Governance Policies
• A strong understanding of the business domains they are supporting is needed to build relevant data products within consumer health, medical devices, and or healthcare services
• Experience working with Legal/Security team to align on policies and guidelines
• Communication, collaboration, and a product mindset are important for working with various domain teams

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience managing and developing data analysis and governance systems
• Experience establishing and executing a data governance framework
• Developing and enforcing policies for data quality, security, and compliance
• Key responsibilities include defining data standards, overseeing data owners, data stewards
• Collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring regulatory compliance, and promoting a data-driven culture across the organization
• Managing data lineage, metadata, and resolve data-related issues to align data practices with business goals
• Direct experience with some of the following Analytics tools ex: Tableau, Looker, Quicksight, etc
• You are self-motivated, proactive, and able to lead and manage your own work effectively
• A pragmatic and goal oriented approach to development
• Hands on experience working with governed data including PII, PHI, HIPAA, GDPR

Nice to Have

• Experience leading the Data Lifecycle from data definition, delivery to destruction
• Experience leading strategic initiatives that enhance decision-making, operational efficiency, and measurable business outcomes
• Real-life experience with data analysis and governance with data mesh using Databricks, Google BigQuery or similar technologies
• Familiarity and experience with the Governed Data Lakes, Data Warehouse, and federated Data Mesh approach
• Data architecture, design including data vaults with protective layers
• Broad knowledge of software fundamentals, databases, warehouses, and system design with experience on various programming languages
• Experience leading teams directly or indirectly with responsibility for data analysis and governance

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — San Francisco

Team

Reports to: Director of Data Analytics

Additional Information

• Competitive salary
• Lunch benefit
• Wellness benefit
• Flexible working hours
• An Oura ring of your own
• Personal learning & development program
• Wellness Time Off
• Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location.
• US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area.
• While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions.
• Region 1: $198,050 - $233,000
• We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)