Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. phData is a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack, partnering with major cloud data platforms to deliver cutting-edge services. The Senior Consultant, Data Governance plays a key role in embedding governance and stewardship into clients' daily work, executing governance activities, and facilitating alignment between business and technical teams. 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 • Partner with client IT teams to ensure tools are integrated into enterprise platforms and security models Skills • 3–5 years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or related roles • Hands-on experience with data catalog/metadata tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Atlan, 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 • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience) • 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 Benefits • Remote-First Work Environment • Casual, award-winning small-business work environment • Collaborative culture that prizes autonomy, creativity, and transparency • Competitive comp, excellent benefits, 4 weeks PTO plan plus 10 Holidays (and other cool perks) • Accelerated learning and professional development through advanced training and certifications Company Overview • phData Premier provider of Big Data managed services and architecture, engineering, and data science consulting. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job