Principal Consultant Data Governance (Strategy Execution & Value Realization)

Inbox Business Technologies is looking for an experienced Principal Consultant Data Governance to own the data-and-AI-vertical governance relationship within a multi-vertical Strategy Execution & Value Realization Office ensuring strategic initiatives within that vertical are delivered with rigorous governance measurable benefits and sustained architectural compliance. Act as the senior escalation point for cross-vertical dependencies and the primary governance counterpart to executive stakeholders.

Employment Type: Full-time employment

• Design and own the operating model governance structure methodologies templates and tools used to run strategy execution governance for the data-and-AI vertical as part of a broader multi-vertical governance office.
• Own cross-vertical coordination for the data-and-AI vertical portfolio visibility dependency mapping against other verticals and escalation of issues that exceed a single verticals authority.
• Own the governance framework for strategic-initiative delivery: stage gates milestones risk/issue/dependency management budget oversight quality and change-request governance across the verticals strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Lead the governance relationship with the Enterprise Architecture function coordinating Architecture Review Board participation maintaining architecture decision records and ensuring solution designs remain compliant with enterprise standards.
• Own the executive reporting relationship for the vertical: executive dashboards portfolio reports scorecards and decision-support insights reported on an agreed cadence to senior stakeholders.
• Set the benefit-realization methodology for the vertical defining success measures validating business cases and confirming that initiatives deliver expected value before closure.
• Develop and own governance frameworks methodologies standards templates and playbooks used across the verticals portfolio including oversight of the KPI cascade tooling that connects strategic themes down to operational KPIs.
• Lead periodic maturity assessments of governance portfolio management and value-realization capability benchmarking against industry practice and directing improvement initiatives.
• Own transition and continuity planning for the verticals governance function at the end of the current strategy horizon including options for continuation re-tender or in-house transition.
• Provide senior mentorship and quality oversight to the Senior Consultant supporting the vertical.

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field (e.g. Data Management Information Systems Business Engineering) with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in data governance enterprise/programme governance or strategy execution advisory including at least 3-5 years operating at a principal/senior-advisory level with direct executive stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrable experience designing and running governance operating models for large multi-workstream strategic portfolios.
• Demonstrable experience engaging Enterprise Architecture functions Architecture Review Boards and senior executive stakeholders in complex organisations.
• Portfolio and programme governance frameworks (e.g. MoP MSP P3O); data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK).
• Benefits realization methodology KPI architecture design and executive reporting.
• Executive stakeholder engagement escalation management and cross-functional facilitation.
• CDMP (DAMA) preferred; PMP / PgMP or MoP preferred; TOGAF a plus.

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