Senior Data Governance Consultant

About This Role

Lead the strategy, structure, and execution of an enterprise Data Governance program, acting as a strategic advisor to business leaders. Identify outcomes and problems using modern problem-identification and design-thinking approaches, translating them into data-driven objectives and actionable technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalize the enterprise Data Governance strategy and operating model
• Define governance roles, stewardship responsibilities, workflows, policies, and standards
• Evolve policies around data quality, metadata, privacy, access, and lifecycle management
• Work closely with business teams to identify strategic business outcomes, value opportunities, and pain points
• Facilitate structured workshops to help business teams articulate challenges and convert them into measurable data outcomes
• Train and coach business stakeholders on modern frameworks and structured ways of defining problems, outcomes, and data needs
• Convert business outcomes and identified problems into actionable technical governance requirements
• Define data quality rules, metadata requirements, lineage capture needs, glossary terms, and critical data elements (CDEs)
• Oversee stewardship processes including glossary management, catalog curation, CDE definition, and issue-management workflows
• Ensure data ownership and accountability models are implemented across lines of business

Requirements

• 8-12 years of Overall Experience with strong exposure to Data Governance Project/s
• Deep experience facilitating problem-identification workshops and outcome-definition sessions
• Strong understanding of data management domains (metadata, quality, lineage, privacy, MDM)
• Ability to convert business needs into measurable data and technical requirements
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with senior stakeholders

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of Overall Experience with strong exposure to Data Governance Project

Nice to Have

• Experience applying Design Thinking or structured problem-solving methodologies
• Consulting background working across multi-business, large-scale environments
• DAMA CDMP or equivalent certification

Skills

* Required skills