phData

Sr. Advisory Consultant, Data Governance

phData$110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related roles.
  • Hands-on experience with data catalog tools like Alation, Collibra, Atlan, and Purview.
  • Exposure to data quality tools and processes such as Informatica or Talend.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for diverse audiences.
  • Proven ability to align stakeholders on business rules and data quality controls.
  • Familiarity with governance operating models and data stewardship practices.
  • Knowledge of privacy regulations including GDPR and CCPA.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate data governance working groups to align business and technology stakeholders.
  • Execute metadata management activities like cataloging and stewardship workflows.
  • Partner with business teams to draft and maintain data governance documents.
  • Apply data quality processes, ensuring practical implementation and adoption.
  • Support installation, configuration, and adoption of governance/metadata tools.
  • Coach client staff on data stewardship and governance practices.
  • Communicate governance concepts through clear presentations and training materials.
  • Collaborate with technical teams to ensure governance is embedded in workflows.

Benefits

  • Hands-on experience in a client-facing role with diverse industries.
  • Opportunity to influence governance practices and processes at client organizations.
  • Use of advanced metadata and data quality tools.
  • Collaborative environment working alongside business and technical teams.
  • Professional development through workshops, training, and real-world application.
Full Job Description
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.

Key Responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Communicate governance concepts in clear business language; prepare presentations, training materials, and adoption guides.
  • 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.
    • Configure governance workflows (e.g., DG asset approvals, stewardship assignments, issue tracking).
    • Leverage and guide customers on AI-assisted features in modern tools (auto-classification, definition drafting, similarity matching, lineage discovery) to accelerate execution and adoption.

Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related roles.
  • Hands-on experience with data catalog/metadata tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Atlan, Purview).
  • Exposure to data quality tools and processes (Informatica, 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.
  • Willingness to travel as required by clients.
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience).

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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