Data Governance Consultant

About the role

The Data Governance Consultant works with clients to design, document and activate practical data governance arrangements. You will collaborate with business, data, technology, security and compliance stakeholders to define decision rights, ownership, stewardship and related policies.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct governance discovery interviews and review existing policies, charters, role descriptions, registers and implementation evidence.
• Support data‑management maturity and governance‑capability assessments using traceable evidence.
• Draft governance frameworks, operating procedures, policies, standards, charters and decision records.
• Map client roles and responsibilities and develop practical RACI matrices for governance activities.
• Prepare workshop materials and facilitate discussions on mandates, ownership, escalation and policy requirements.
• Maintain issue, decision, action, exception and dependency registers for governance workstreams.
• Prepare committee agendas, evidence summaries, recommendations and follow‑up records.
• Develop governance indicators and reporting views that show adoption, issues, decisions and implementation progress.
• Coordinate governance requirements with metadata, quality, architecture, sharing, security, content and analytics teams.
• Support policy communication, role‑based training and governance activation across client departments.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, data management, business, public administration or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Typically 4–8 years of experience in data governance, information governance, risk, compliance or data management.
• Proven experience drafting policies, procedures, RACI matrices, charters, registers or governance reports.
• Experience engaging both business and technical stakeholders and producing high‑quality documentation.

Required skills