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Job Summary

The Data Governance Intern will support the organization’s data governance initiatives to ensure data quality, compliance, and accessibility across business units. This role provides hands-on experience in implementing governance frameworks, data standards, and stewardship practices within a dynamic enterprise environment.

Job Duties

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in documenting and maintaining data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Support data cataloging efforts by helping classify and organize critical data assets.
• Collaborate with data stewards and business teams to ensure adherence to data quality and compliance requirements.
• Participate in data lineage and metadata management activities to improve transparency and traceability.
• Contribute to data quality assessments and reporting, identifying gaps and recommending improvements.
• Activities to enhance the mastering of organizational data.
• Help prepare presentations and dashboards to communicate governance metrics and progress to stakeholders.
• Support the creation of user learning materials.

Learning Outcomes:

• Gain practical experience in enterprise data governance frameworks and tools.
• Develop skills in data quality management, metadata, and compliance processes.
• Understand the role of governance in enabling data-driven decision-making and regulatory adherence.

Work is typically performed in an office or remote environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

Preferred Skills:

• Basic understanding of data governance concepts (catalog, glossary, data quality, metadata, lineage, master data management, reference data management).
• Familiarity with SQL, Excel, or data visualization tools is a plus.
• Strong communication and organizational skills. 
• Fervent attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

Skills

Group Problem Solving; Communication; Computer Literacy

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.