Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. phData is a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack, partnering with major cloud data platforms to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. As a Senior Consultant in Data Governance, you will help clients embed governance practices, execute metadata management activities, and coach client staff on data stewardship.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Install and configure metadata/catalog tools in client environments
- Build and curate catalogs, including ingestion of technical metadata, business glossaries, and lineage
- Define user personas and design role-appropriate experiences (data stewards, data owners, analysts, engineers)
- Tailor tool UX (workflows, dashboards, search optimization) to improve usability and adoption
- Configure governance workflows (e.g., DG asset approvals, stewardship assignments, issue tracking)
- Leverage and guide customers on AI-assisted features in modern tools (auto-classification, definition drafting, similarity matching, lineage discovery) to accelerate execution and adoption
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, MDM, 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)
- Experience leading or supporting data governance working groups or stewardship councils
- Knowledge of data access provisioning, integration patterns, or lineage capture
- Experience building adoption materials, training guides, or playbooks for governance programs
- Prior client-facing consulting experience
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