Job Description

Company Details

Darling Ingredients repurposes and recycles materials from the animal agriculture and food industries - transforming them into essential ingredients that do everything from feeding animals to fertilizing crops to fueling planes and nourishing people. We're the number one publicly traded company of our kind, operating a global family of brands and businesses that span more than 260 facilities in over 15 countries. Our unique scale allows us to make entire industries less wasteful and more sustainable, helping move the world toward a more circular economy.

Darling Ingredients offers full time employees a full suite of benefits including but not limited to the following: 401(k), Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, and Paid Time Off.

The Analyst, IT Governance supports the day‑to‑day enablement of IT governance activities, with a strong emphasis on making governance processes and workflows clear, consistent, and effective. This role enables transparent and well‑functioning governance practices by preparing, supporting, and facilitating governance meetings, working sessions, and related activities, ensuring materials, documentation, and follow‑up actions are complete and well organized.

The Analyst plays an active role in supporting IT governance practices by coordinating materials, organizing information, facilitating discussions, documenting outcomes, and ensuring follow‑through that enable informed decision‑making. Early success in this role comes from strong support and disciplined execution, including learning the governance rhythm, being in the room, and mastering the core outputs that keep governance working smoothly and consistently.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Supports governance activities through consistent preparation, documentation, and follow through, building credibility and context over time that enable informed and increasingly effective contributions as governance practices mature
• Prepares, coordinates, and supports IT governance meetings and working sessions by ensuring agendas, materials, documentation, and follow up actions are complete, accurate, and well organized, enabling productive discussion and consistent execution
• Translates governance requirements and process inputs into clear, practical, and well structured outputs (e.g., documentation, summaries, or reference materials) that support transparency, consistency, and informed decision making
• Analyzes and documents governance processes to build understanding of how they operate in practice, identifying opportunities to improve clarity, usability, and effectiveness over time
• Maintains governance documentation, meeting records, action items, and related artifacts to support continuity, traceability, and shared understanding across governance participants
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience in IT, governance, process support, portfolio support, or a related operational or analytical role
• Experience producing structured deliverables (e.g., documentation, summaries, reports, dashboards, or presentations) to support collaboration, review, or decision‑making.
• Experience using data visualization or reporting tools to support analysis, tracking, or leadership review; familiarity with Power BI or comparable tools (e.g., Tableau or Oracle Analytics Cloud) is preferred.
• Experience supporting meetings, working sessions, or recurring processes that require strong preparation, organization, documentation, and follow‑through.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting information, facilitating discussions, and engaging with stakeholders in meeting settings.
• Must be legally authorized to travel internationally as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Practical exposure to IT governance, portfolio management, or operational process support in a professional setting, with familiarity navigating established processes and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with organizing, analyzing, and synthesizing information to support prioritization, planning, tracking, or governance discussions.
• Working knowledge of IT service management, governance, or process improvement concepts gained through applied experience, training, or on‑the‑job learning.
• Experience supporting structured, recurring processes or forums (e.g., governance meetings, reviews, or working sessions), with an emphasis on preparation, documentation, and follow‑through.
• Attention to structure and detail
• Ability to organize and communicate complex information clearly

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

N/A | Occasionally = up to 20% | Frequently = 21% to 50% | Constantly = at least 51%

Working Environment

• Occasionally - Exposed to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environments such as high noise level, strong odors, and/or exposure to heat and cold
• N/A - Exposed to bio hazardous conditions
• N/A - Exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• N/A - Exposed to Electrical hazards; risk of electrical shock
• N/A - Handles or works with potentially dangerous equipment
• Occasionally - Travels to offsite locations

Physical Demands

• Constantly - Must be able to remain in a stationary position (Sit)
• Occasionally - Must be able to move about inside/outside office or work location (Walk)
• Constantly - Operates a computer and other office machinery (Use hands to finger, handle or feel)
• N/A - Must be able to position one's self to maintain computers in the lab, including under desks and in the server closet (Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl)
• N/A - Must be able to ascend/descend on a ladder (Climb or balance)
• Constantly - Must be able to use senses to; effectively communicate with co-workers and clients and detect hazardous conditions (Talk, hear, taste, smell)

Weight and Force Demands

• Constantly - Up to 10 pounds
• Frequently - Up to 25 pounds
• N/A - Up to 50 pounds
• N/A - Up to 100 pounds
• N/A - More than 100 pounds

The information contained in this job description is intended to describe the essential job functions required of those assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the job. Please note that management retains the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, integrity, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Darling Ingredients.

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