Principal Product Analyst - Product Analyst

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A Day in the Life

The Data Platform & Services (DPS) value stream is responsible for managing enterprise data assets, data and analytics platforms, data governance, data quality, system integrations, and advanced analytics capabilities across the organization. Within DPS, the Enterprise Data Governance team delivers metadata management services through the Enterprise Data Catalog (Atlan), enabling consistent data discovery, lineage visibility, business glossary management, and governance at scale. This team partners with business and technology stakeholders to improve data transparency, trust, accessibility, and regulatory compliance across enterprise data ecosystems.

As a Principal Product Analyst, you will lead metadata integration and governance initiatives that strengthen enterprise data management capabilities. This role serves as a key partner to business stakeholders, data stewards, architects, and engineering teams to design, implement, and optimize metadata management solutions using Atlan and related technologies. You will drive requirements analysis, integration strategy, governance enablement, and operational excellence to improve data transparency, lineage, accessibility, and decision-making across the enterprise.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Lead metadata integration initiatives using Atlan and related governance technologies across enterprise platforms.
• Design and implement integrations between metadata repositories, relational databases, Extract, Load, Transform (ELT) pipelines, business intelligence platforms, and external systems.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements for data governance, metadata management, and integration solutions.
• Maintain the technical roadmap for metadata connectors, governance capabilities, and platform enhancements while aligning priorities with stakeholders.
• Validate metadata quality, data lineage accuracy, and governance coverage to support enterprise data governance policies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot integration pipelines, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to resolve technical issues.
• Partner with data stewards, architects, product managers, and development teams to establish and maintain critical business and technical metadata.
• Develop technical documentation, testing strategies, and operational procedures while identifying opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

Required Knowledge and Experience: 

• 14+ years of IT experience with Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, MCA, or MSc.
• Experience in Product Analysis, Data Integration, Metadata Management, Data Governance, or related data platform functions.
• 9+ years of experience as a Product Analyst, Data Integration Analyst, Data Integration Engineer, Metadata Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience with enterprise metadata and data governance platforms such as Atlan, Collibra, Alation, or Informatica Metadata Manager.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying RESTful APIs and integration solutions.
• Experience with SQL, data analysis, data modeling, integration technologies, cloud platforms, and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience administering and integrating Atlan within large-scale enterprise data environments.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and cloud-based data architectures.
• Experience supporting enterprise data governance programs, metadata lineage, business glossary management, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification or experience applying ITIL service management practices.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).