Data Governance Lead

Position - Data Governance Lead

Exp: 10+ Yrs

Locations: Chennai | Madurai | Coimbatore

Role Summary:

Data Governance Lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Governance & Stewardship

• Lead the implementation of data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Define and manage data ownership, stewardship roles, and accountability structures.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and privacy requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOX etc).

• Data Architecture & Modeling

• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure models align with business needs.
• Promote standardization and reuse of data assets across platforms.

• Data Migration & Integration

• Lead data migration strategies for legacy systems and cloud platforms.
• Ensure data integrity, lineage, and quality during migrations.
• Work with ETL and integration teams to streamline data flows.

• Data Visualization & Analytics Enablement

• Partner with BI teams to ensure data is structured for effective visualization.
• Support dashboard and reporting initiatives with clean, well-governed data.
• Promote self-service analytics through governed data catalogs.

• Data Security & Privacy

• Collaborate with InfoSec to implement data protection controls.
• Ensure sensitive data is classified, encrypted, and accessed securely.
• Monitor and audit data access and usage patterns.

• Metadata & Lineage Management

• Implement metadata management tools and practices.
• Maintain data lineage documentation to support traceability and impact analysis.

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a liaison between business units, IT, and data teams.
• Educate stakeholders on data governance principles and best practices.
• Drive cultural change toward data-driven decision-making.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in data management, with at least 3 years in a data governance or architecture leadership role.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in Agile project environments.
• Experience in projects using Snowflake for data migration, data warehouse and governance
• Strong understanding of DAMA-DMBOK principles.
• Hands-on experience with data modeling tools (e.g., Erwin, PowerDesigner).
• Experience with data governance platforms (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Alation).
• Familiarity with AWS cloud platform
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations and security frameworks.

Preferred Skills:

• Certifications such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) are a plus.