Facilitate data governance working groups to drive alignment between business and technology stakeholders.
Execute metadata management activities such as cataloging, lineage capture, and stewardship workflows.
Partner with business teams to draft and maintain business rules, definitions, and data quality controls.
Apply data quality processes such as profiling, monitoring, and issue management, ensuring rules are practical and adopted.
Support the installation, configuration, rollout and adoption of governance/metadata tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Purview).
Coach client staff on data stewardship practices—showing them how to govern their data effectively and sustainably.
Communicate governance concepts in clear business language; prepare presentations, training materials, and adoption guides.
Provide input on access controls, privacy, and compliance with regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business owners to embed governance into daily workflows, platform pipelines, modeling practices, and observability.

5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related roles.
Hands-on experience with data catalog/metadata tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Atlan, Purview).
Exposure to data quality tools and processes (Informatica, Talend, Ataccama, or equivalent).
Strong communication skills: able to facilitate workshops, write clear business documentation, and present to mixed audiences.
Demonstrated ability to define and obtain alignment for definition, business rules and data quality controls.
Familiarity with governance operating models and stewardship practices.
Knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and how governance practices support compliance.
Willingness to travel as required by clients.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience).

Senior Consultant, Data Governance

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