Data Governance & Quality Manager

Main duties and responsibilities:

Data Governance Leadership

• Develop and maintain the enterprise Data Governance Framework aligned with DAMA-DMBOK principles.
• Define data policies, standards, and procedures, including data ownership, stewardship, classification, and lifecycle management.
• Establish and run Data Governance Councils, Data Steward Communities, and related groups.
• Drive adoption of governance practices across business units and IT teams.

Data Quality Management

• Design and implement enterprise data quality strategies, metrics, and KPIs.
• Lead data quality assessments, root-cause analyses, and remediation plans.
• Own the Data Quality Framework, ensuring comprehensive coverage of accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and lineage.
• Partner with business data owners to define data quality rules, thresholds, and monitoring.

Azure Data Platform & Technology Enablement

• Utilize Azure services such as Azure Purview (Microsoft Purview), Azure Data Lake and Azure SQL to deliver governance and quality initiatives.
• Own setup and management of metadata catalogues, lineage tracking, and automated classification.
• Work with architects to define governance controls within Azure cloud architectures.
• Support integration of governance tools with enterprise MDM, ERP, CRM, and analytics platforms.

Data Stewardship & Collaboration

• Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to data stewards and data owners.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure consistent data definitions and business glossaries.
• Facilitate conflict resolution regarding data definitions, lineage discrepancies, and policies.

Risk, Compliance & Security

• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks (GDPR, ISO, etc.).
• Partner with Cloud, Security and Compliance teams to implement data access controls, retention, and classification.
• Maintain audit trails and governance reporting dashboards.

Change Management & Communication

• Lead data governance awareness programs and training sessions.
• Communicate governance maturity progress and value realization to stakeholders and executives.
• Support organizational change management for data initiatives

Core competencies and requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field or relevant work experience

Work experience:

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, or data management roles.
• Strong working knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK concepts and frameworks.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure data services, including Azure Purview, Data Lake, Informatica MDM, SAP MDM, Oracle MDM, or similar, e.g., Collibra, Alation, Atlan.
• Hands-on experience with metadata management, lineage, cataloging, and data quality tools
• Familiarity with data management technologies such as data integration, ETL, data warehousing, and data quality tools.
• Industry certifications (e.g., CDMP, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Data Scientist).

Core competencies:

• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data landscapes.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic mindset and ability to implement long-term governance frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving abilities with a structured, methodical approach.
• Leadership and influence across cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Change management and organizational communication skills.
• High level of attention to detail and data accuracy