Data Governance Lead Consultant Manager

As a Data Governance Lead Consultant at EY, your role is crucial in enabling governed high-quality and trusted data assets to support analytics compliance and operational processes across modern data platforms. Key Responsibilities: - Implement governance operating models including stewardship roles, issue management, and control frameworks. - Operationalize governance through catalog lineage and workflow tools. - Define standards for business and technical metadata across platforms. - Integrate metadata across ETL, BI, and data platforms for traceability. - Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality. - Implement validation controls across ingestion and transformation pipelines. - Implement data classification, masking, and access control mechanisms. - Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements. - Define retention, archival, and purge policies aligned to regulatory and business requirements. - 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. At EY, we are building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI, and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy, and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected multi-disciplinary network, and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. As a Data Governance Lead Consultant at EY, your role is crucial in enabling governed high-quality and trusted data assets to support analytics compliance and operational processes across modern data platforms. Key Responsibilities: - Implement governance operating models including stewardship roles, issue management, and control frameworks. - Operationalize governance through catalog lineage and workflow tools. - Define standards for business and technical metadata across platforms. - Integrate metadata across ETL, BI, and data platforms for traceability. - Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality. - Implement validation controls across ingestion and transformation pipelines. - Implement data classification, masking, and access control mechanisms. - Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements. - Define retention, archival, and purge policies aligned to regulatory and business requirements. - 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. At EY, we are building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI, and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing