Data Governance Consultant
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About the Role
Datamatics Global Services is hiring a Data Governance Consultant for a 6-month contract in Abu Dhabi. The role involves leading data governance initiatives, developing business glossaries, and aligning metadata.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the activation and execution of the organization's Data Governance program
- Drive governance initiatives to improve data quality, consistency, ownership, and accountability
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to establish governance operating models and processes
- Support the implementation of enterprise wide data governance practices and standards
- Conduct workshops with business stakeholders to identify, define, and document critical business terms and data elements
- Develop, maintain, and govern the enterprise Business Glossary
- Facilitate alignment and agreement on data definitions across departments
- Work closely with data stewards, business owners, and SMEs to ensure glossary accuracy and adoption
- Collaborate with data architects, data engineers, and technical teams to map business glossary terms to technical metadata
- Ensure traceability between business definitions, data assets, and technical implementations
- Support metadata management and data lineage initiatives
- Promote consistency between business terminology and enterprise data assets
Requirements
- 5 7 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, or related disciplines
- Proven experience leading Data Governance programs and initiatives
- Strong experience facilitating business workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
- Hands on experience developing and managing Business Glossaries and metadata repositories
- Experience aligning business metadata with technical metadata and data assets
- Strong understanding of Data Governance Frameworks, Policies, Data Stewardship, Data Ownership Models, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Quality Management
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving abilities
- Experience working with cross functional business and technology teams
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Information Systems, or a related field
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Role Overview
- We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Consultant to lead and drive Data Governance initiatives across the organization.
- The ideal candidate will have hands on experience in establishing and operationalizing Data Governance frameworks, facilitating business workshops, developing business glossaries, and promoting data governance adoption across business and technology teams.
- The role requires strong stakeholder management skills, deep understanding of data governance principles, and the ability to bridge the gap between business and technical teams to ensure high quality, trusted, and governed data assets.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the activation and execution of the organization's Data Governance program.
- Drive governance initiatives to improve data quality, consistency, ownership, and accountability.
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to establish governance operating models and processes.
- Support the implementation of enterprise wide data governance practices and standards.
- Conduct workshops with business stakeholders to identify, define, and document critical business terms and data elements.
- Develop, maintain, and govern the enterprise Business Glossary.
- Facilitate alignment and agreement on data definitions across departments.
- Work closely with data stewards, business owners, and SMEs to ensure glossary accuracy and adoption.
- Collaborate with data architects, data engineers, and technical teams to map business glossary terms to technical metadata.
- Ensure traceability between business definitions, data assets, and technical implementations.
- Support metadata management and data lineage initiatives.
- Promote consistency between business terminology and enterprise data assets.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5–7 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, or related disciplines.
- Proven experience leading Data Governance programs and initiatives.
- Strong experience facilitating business workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Hands on experience developing and managing Business Glossaries and metadata repositories.
- Experience aligning business metadata with technical metadata and data assets.
- Strong understanding of Data Governance Frameworks, Data Governance Policies, Data Stewardship, Data Ownership Models, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Quality Management.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
- Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
- Experience working with cross functional business and technology teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Data Governance tools such as Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Informatica Data Governance, Alation, IBM Knowledge Catalog.
- Familiarity with industry frameworks and standards: DAMA DMBOK, DCAM, COBIT, ISO 8000.
- Experience within Banking, Financial Services, Government, Telecom, or large enterprise environments.
- Relevant certifications in Data Governance, Data Management, or Data Quality are highly desirable.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Business Information Systems, or a related field.
- Relevant Data Governance certifications will be considered an advantage.
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