phData

Sr. Advisory Consultant, Data Governance/MDM

phData • $110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, and MDM roles.
  • Hands-on experience with MDM tools like Semarchy or Informatica.
  • Familiarity with data quality tools (e.g., Talend, Ataccama).
  • Strong communication skills for facilitating workshops and presenting to audiences.
  • Ability to define and obtain alignment on business rules and data quality controls.
  • Knowledge of privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or equivalent work experience.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% per month.

Responsibilities

  • Support the design of tailored data governance programs.
  • Design policies and controls for effective data governance execution.
  • Communicate governance concepts in business language and create training materials.
  • Facilitate working groups to align business and technology stakeholders.
  • Execute metadata management activities such as cataloging and lineage capture.
  • Partner with business teams to draft business rules and maintain data quality controls.
  • Coach client staff on data stewardship practices.
Full Job Description
You9ll 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.

Required Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, and MDM roles.
  • Hands-on experience with MDM tools (Semarchy, Profisee, Informatica, or equivalent).
  • Exposure to data quality tools and processes (Talend, Ataccama, or equivalent).
  • Strong communication skills: able to facilitate workshops, write clear business documentation, and present to mixed audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to define and obtain alignment for definition, business rules and data quality controls.
  • Familiarity with governance operating models and stewardship practices.
  • Knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and how governance practices support compliance
  • Bachelor9s degree in Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% per month (10 of 20 business days) when required by our clients

Preferred Skills
  • Experience leading or supporting data governance working groups or stewardship councils.
  • Knowledge of data access provisioning, integration patterns, or lineage capture.
  • Experience building adoption materials, training guides, or playbooks for governance programs.
  • Prior client-facing consulting experience.


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.
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Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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