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Data Governance Consultant Manager


Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Yearly Salary: CAD 112400 - 162400
Posted: 5 September 2026 (6 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 3 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Technology Strategy

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks servers and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime.

In infrastructure engineering at PwC you will focus on designing and implementing robust and scalable technology infrastructure solutions for clients. Your work will involve network architecture server management and cloud computing experience.

The Opportunity

As a Data Governance Consultant unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes thatll elevate your career. We are seeking a Data Governance Consultant to support a client in the banking / financial services sector on a cloud migration program. This individual will be embedded directly within the client team and will play a key role in supporting data governance across a multi-wave migration from on-premises environments to Azure.

The consultant will help ensure that data governance considerations are incorporated into migration planning implementation go-live and post-go-live addition to core data governance responsibilities the ideal candidate should also be able to support broader advisory-type activities including business analysis migration readiness assessment workshop facilitation and cross-functional coordination. Your role will include but isnt limited to:

  • Support the definition and implementation ofdata governance frameworks principles policies standards and controlsfor a cloud migration program

  • Help establish and refinedata ownership stewardship and governance operating models

  • Assess applications and data domains forcloud migration readiness including governance classification quality lineage retention privacy and control implications

  • Ensure data governance requirements are considered and embedded acrossmigration planning implementation testing go-live and post-go-live operations

  • Facilitate collaboration across business risk governance and technology teams to support effective implementation and adoption of governance practices

  • Supportdata classification retention usage access and control requirementsin alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards

  • Help identify and definedata quality expectations governance checkpoints and monitoring requirements

  • Contribute tometadata catalog and lineage-related requirementswhere relevant to migration activities

  • Create governance-related deliverables as needed including frameworks assessments process documentation RACI models standards risk considerations and executive/readout materials

  • Gather and document business and stakeholder requirements; facilitate workshops; document current and future state processes; and translate business needs into governance and process requirements

  • Support issue risk dependency and action tracking across governance-related workstreams

  • Provide practical advisory support to help teams make informed decisions in a regulated cloud migration environment

What Youll Bring
Your skills knowledge and experiences are what set you apart. Heres what we look for:

  • 35 years of overall professional experience

  • 12 years of direct data governance experience

  • Experience supportingdata governance in cloud migration cloud transformation or data transformation programs

  • Consulting and/or advisory experience in a client-facing environment

  • Strong understanding ofcore data governance concepts including governance frameworks operating models stewardship ownership policies standards and controls

  • Strongbusiness analysiscapabilities including requirements gathering workshop facilitation documentation and stakeholder engagement

  • Experience assessing governance implications across application and data migration scenarios

  • Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to work across business and technology teams

  • Experience working in aregulated environment; banking / financial services experience is an asset

  • Ability to work in ahybrid model in the GTA with 23 days onsite

Preferred Experience

  • Experience supportingcloud migration to Azure

  • Exposure to migration scenarios involvingapplications and databasessuch as Oracle MySQL and similar platforms

  • Experience supportinghybrid-state migrations where applications and data may transition at different times

  • Hands-on experience with or exposure to governance / risk / metadata tools such as:

    • IBM OpenPages

    • IKC

    • Microsoft Purview

  • Familiarity with governance considerations related todata quality metadata lineage privacy retention and regulatory compliance

  • Banking or broader financial services experience is preferred but not required

Core Skills / Competencies

  • Data governance and operating model knowledge

  • Cloud migration governance

  • Business analysis and requirements gathering

  • Workshop facilitation

  • Stakeholder management

  • Structured problem solving

  • Executive and working-team communication

  • Ability to influence across teams without direct authority

  • Coordination across business risk and technology functions

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $112400 - $162400. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada base salary is determined by your skills experience qualifications and work addition to base salary eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why youll love PwC

Wereyoull be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work and our continuous development environment will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact and support your wellbeing through a competitive compensation package inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island on the land that is now known as Canada which are the lands of the ancestral treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Active Listening Amazon Web Services (AWS) Analytical Thinking Architectural Engineering Business Continuity Cloud Architectures Cloud Compliance Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Migration Cloud Virtualization Coaching and Feedback Communication Continuous Deployment Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Creativity Data Infrastructure DevOps Practices Disaster Recovery Embracing Change Emotional Regulation Empathy Google Cloud Platform Hardware Troubleshooting 36 more

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Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship

No

Government Clearance Required

No

Job Posting End Date

Were committed to providing accommodation throughout the application interview and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best please let us know during the application process.

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