Lead Consultant - Data Governance Manager

Data Governance Lead Consultant

Enable governed, high-quality, and trusted data assets to support analytics, compliance, and operational processes across modern data platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data Governance & Stewardship
• Implement governance operating models including stewardship roles, issue management, and control frameworks
• Operationalize governance through catalog, lineage, and workflow tools
• Metadata & Data Catalog
• • Define standards for business and technical metadata across platforms
  • Integrate metadata across ETL, BI, and data platforms for traceability
• Data Quality Management
• • Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality
  • Implement validation controls across ingestion and transformation pipelines
• Data Security & Compliance
• • Implement data classification, masking, and access control mechanisms
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements
• Data Lifecycle & Operations
• • Define retention, archival, and purge policies aligned to regulatory and business requirements
  • Ensure data lifecycle controls are enforced across data platforms
• Delivery & Stakeholder Management
• • Act as lead consultant for data governance workstreams within programs.
  • Support tool evaluation and guide implementation teams.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data programs.
• Proven experience implementing data governance frameworks, stewardship models, and operating procedures.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica Axon/EDC, Alation, Microsoft Purview)
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality management practices
• Experience defining data policies, standards, and controls aligned to regulatory and compliance requirements
• Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks impacting data (e.g., GDPR)
• Ability to engage with business, data office, and technology stakeholders to drive adoption of governance practices
• Exposure to industry data domains/models (financial services, energy & utilities preferred)

International travel in the region (up to 40%) is required.