Senior Data Governance Consultant
Job Location:
Newark, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Title: Senior Data Governance Consultant
Location: Newark New Jersey
Duration: Long Term Contract
Responsibilities
- Define and enforce data quality rules across ingestion pipelines and data catalogues.
- Set up and manage enterprise data catalogues - metadata lineage and asset classification.
- Recommend and implement data governance tools suited to the organisation.
- Engage business users across units to co-design governance guardrails and policies.
- Drive data mastering strategy from ingestion through to consumption.
- Establish data ownership and stewardship models across domains.
- Champion data governance as a strategic business enabler - articulating the value of trusted well-governed data in driving better decisions reducing risk and improving operational efficiency.
- Liaise with business unit leaders and key stakeholders to build awareness and buy-in for governance initiatives translating technical standards into business-relevant outcomes.
- Act as a governance advocate across the organisation - conducting working sessions training and roadshows to embed a data-ownership culture at every level of the business.
Requirements
- 10 years in data governance data management or data engineering.
- Hands-on with DQ rule definition data catalogue setup and ingestion pipeline governance.
- Experienced in evaluating and deploying DG platforms (Purview Collibra Alation etc.).
- Strong communicator - able to translate governance concepts for business stakeholders.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP) and MDM principles.