Data Governance Consultant, Senior Associate

As a Data Governance Consultant, Senior Associate, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. We are seeking a Data Governance Consultant to support a client in the banking / financial services sector on a cloud migration program. This individual will be embedded directly within the client team and will play a key role in supporting data governance across a multi-wave migration from on-premises environments to Azure.

The consultant will help ensure that data governance considerations are incorporated into migration planning, implementation, go-live, and post-go-live enforcement. In addition to core data governance responsibilities, the ideal candidate should also be able to support broader advisory-type activities, including business analysis, migration readiness assessment, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

Support the definition and implementation of data governance frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and controls for a cloud migration program

Help establish and refine data ownership, stewardship, and governance operating models

Assess applications and data domains for cloud migration readiness, including governance, classification, quality, lineage, retention, privacy, and control implications

Ensure data governance requirements are considered and embedded across migration planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and post-go-live operations

Facilitate collaboration across business, risk, governance, and technology teams to support effective implementation and adoption of governance practices

Support data classification, retention, usage, access, and control requirements in alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards

Help identify and define data quality expectations, governance checkpoints, and monitoring requirements

Contribute to metadata, catalog, and lineage-related requirements where relevant to migration activities

Create governance-related deliverables as needed, including frameworks, assessments, process documentation, RACI models, standards, risk considerations, and executive/readout materials

Gather and document business and stakeholder requirements; facilitate workshops; document current and future state processes; and translate business needs into governance and process requirements

Support issue, risk, dependency, and action tracking across governance-related workstreams

Provide practical advisory support to help teams make informed decisions in a regulated cloud migration environment

What You'll Bring Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

3–5 years of overall professional experience

1–2+ years of direct data governance experience

Experience supporting data governance in cloud migration, cloud transformation, or data transformation programs

Consulting and/or advisory experience in a client-facing environment

Strong understanding of core data governance concepts, including governance frameworks, operating models, stewardship, ownership, policies, standards, and controls

Strong business analysis capabilities, including requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement

Experience assessing governance implications across application and data migration scenarios

Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to work across business and technology teams

Experience working in a regulated environment; banking / financial services experience is an asset

Ability to work in a hybrid model in the GTA, with 2–3 days onsite

Preferred Experience

Experience supporting cloud migration to Azure

Exposure to migration scenarios involving applications and databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and similar platforms

Experience supporting hybrid-state migrations, where applications and data may transition at different times

Hands-on experience with or exposure to governance / risk / metadata tools such as: IBM OpenPages IKC Microsoft Purview

IBM OpenPages

IKC

Microsoft Purview

Familiarity with governance considerations related to data quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, retention, and regulatory compliance

Banking or broader financial services experience is preferred but not required

Core Skills / Competencies

Data governance and operating model knowledge

Cloud migration governance

Business analysis and requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Structured problem solving

Executive and working-team communication

Ability to influence across teams without direct authority

Coordination across business, risk, and technology functions

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $84,700 - $134,700. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

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