Data Governance - Lead Consultant - Manager
EY · Kochi
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Data Governance Lead Consultant
Enable governed, high-quality, and trusted data assets to support analytics, compliance, and operational processes across modern data platforms.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Data Governance & Stewardship
- Implement governance operating models including stewardship roles, issue management, and control frameworks
- Operationalize governance through catalog, lineage, and workflow tools
- Metadata & Data Catalog
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- Define standards for business and technical metadata across platforms
- Integrate metadata across ETL, BI, and data platforms for traceability
- Data Quality Management
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- Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality
- Implement validation controls across ingestion and transformation pipelines
- Data Security & Compliance
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- Implement data classification, masking, and access control mechanisms
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements
- Data Lifecycle & Operations
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- Define retention, archival, and purge policies aligned to regulatory and business requirements
- Ensure data lifecycle controls are enforced across data platforms
- Delivery & Stakeholder Management
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- Act as lead consultant for data governance workstreams within programs.
- Support tool evaluation and guide implementation teams.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data programs.
- Proven experience implementing data governance frameworks, stewardship models, and operating procedures.
- Hands-on experience with data governance and catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica Axon/EDC, Alation, Microsoft Purview)
- Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality management practices
- Experience defining data policies, standards, and controls aligned to regulatory and compliance requirements
- Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks impacting data (e.g., GDPR)
- Ability to engage with business, data office, and technology stakeholders to drive adoption of governance practices
- Exposure to industry data domains/models (financial services, energy & utilities preferred)
International travel in the region (up to 40%) is required.
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