phData · 1 week ago
Senior Consultant, Data Governance (Atlan)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expphData is a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack, partnering with major cloud data platforms to deliver cutting-edge services. As a Senior Consultant in Data Governance, you will help clients embed governance and stewardship into their daily work, facilitating alignment between business and technology stakeholders and executing governance activities.
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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
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
Qualification
Required
3–5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related roles
Hands-on experience with Atlan and other data catalog/metadata tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, 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
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
Company
phData
phData Premier provider of Big Data managed services and architecture, engineering, and data science consulting.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.5M2024-12-16Acquired
2018-03-07Seed· $2.5M
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