Data Governance Specialist

What you will do

• Assess existing data governance frameworks, documentation, and control environments and identify gaps against regulatory and enterprise governance expectations.


• Design Data Governance Target Operating Models, including governance structures, roles, and decision processes.


• Develop and structure governance artefacts, such as policies, standards, governance registers, and control documentation.


• Define practical governance processes for data quality, metadata management, access control, and lifecycle management.


• Work with data architects and engineering teams to align governance practices with enterprise data platforms.


• Collaborate with compliance, risk, and data protection teams to translate regulatory requirements into practical governance controls.


• Support the rollout and operational adoption of governance frameworks across business domains.

What we offer

• Opportunity to help shape and grow a Data Services practice within a rapidly expanding consulting team.


• Work on enterprise-scale data governance initiatives for global clients across multiple industries.


• Combine governance expertise with modern data platforms and data architecture (data warehouses, lakehouses, cloud data platforms).


• High level of ownership and influence in defining governance approaches and delivery frameworks.


• Collaboration with experienced data architects, engineers, and enterprise consultants on complex data transformation programs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or Data Strategy in large enterprise environments or consulting.


• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or COBIT.


• Experience designing or implementing data governance operating models, including data ownership, stewardship, and RACI structures.


• Experience developing governance documentation such as policies, standards, and control descriptions.


• Understanding of governance topics such as data quality, metadata management, lineage, classification, and lifecycle management.


• Experience working with enterprise data platforms (data warehouse, lakehouse, or cloud data platforms).


• Strong stakeholder communication skills and ability to work with business, technical, and compliance teams.


• English B2+.

• Experience with governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, Atlan, or Microsoft Purview.


• Experience working with Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, or GCP data platforms.


• Experience in regulated industries (Finance, Insurance, or similar).


• 
  Certifications such as CDMP, CIPP/E, CISA, or PMP.