phData

Senior Consultant, Data Governance

phData • $110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in data governance or related field
  • Proven knowledge of data management principles and best practices
  • Familiarity with data governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Purview)
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills for diverse stakeholders
  • Ability to design and implement data governance frameworks
  • Experience with data quality processes and metadata management

Responsibilities

  • Support the design of tailored data governance programs and recommendations.
  • Design policies and controls for effective governance execution.
  • Communicate governance concepts in clear business language.
  • Facilitate data governance working groups to align stakeholders.
  • Execute metadata management activities like cataloging and lineage capture.
  • Apply data quality processes ensuring practical adoption.
  • Coach client staff on sustainable data stewardship practices.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work hands-on with leading data governance tools
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams and influential stakeholders
  • Professional development through coaching client staff
  • Possibility to shape governance frameworks and policies
  • Access to modern methodologies and practices in data governance
Full Job Description
As a Senior Consultant, Data Governance, you'll play a key role in helping clients embed governance and stewardship into their daily work. This is a hands-on role focused on executing governance activities, supporting metadata cataloging, and applying practical data quality controls. Just as important, this person will act as a communicator and facilitator-helping form working groups, align business and technical teams, and coach client staff on how to take ownership as data stewards.

Core Responsibilities
  • Support the design of tailored data governance programs, with recommendations on processes, team structure, decision rights and boundaries.
  • Design policies and controls for effective data governance execution.
  • Bring a modern perspective on the design and rollout of data governance.
  • Communicate governance concepts in clear business language; prepare presentations, training materials, and adoption guides.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Metadata Tools & Platform Enablement
    • 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.

About phData

phData is a big data consulting and managed services firm that specializes in Hadoop and related technologies. The company provides consulting, engineering, and managed services to help organizations with their big data initiatives. phData's services include data strategy, data engineering, data science, and managed services. The company has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, finance, retail, and more. phData was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Learn more about phData
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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