Senior Data Specialist: Role Blueprint, Responsibilities, Skills, KPIs, and Career Path
The **Senior Data Specialist** is a senior individual contributor in the **Data & Analytics** function who ensures that enterprise data is **trusted, well-defined, discoverable, governed, and usable** for analytics, product decision-making, and operational reporting. This role bridges technical data work (SQL, data quality, lineage, metadata, access controls) with business clarity (definitions, metrics, documentation, stakeholder alignment), reducing ambiguity and preventing costly misinterpretation of data.
