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About the role
- Principal Data Governance Consultant helping enterprise clients modernize data and AI governance on Databricks. Leading governance frameworks, cloud migrations, and client delivery across the U.S. and Canada.
Responsibilities
- Lead data governance workstreams end-to-end, including data cataloging, data quality, metadata management, lineage, and access control frameworks
- Translate client business needs into governance solutions and roadmaps with minimal oversight
- Create, socialize, and implement data governance policies, procedures, and frameworks while ensuring compliance
- Introduce emerging technologies and methodologies for data governance tasks and capabilities
- Develop and execute data governance and/or AI governance strategies improving discoverability, quality, accessibility, usability, AI use-case evaluation, and AI readiness
- Lead migrations of complex data architectures from on-premises to cloud environments
- Establish and enforce data governance practices that improve data security and compliance
- Introduce containerization to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency
- Mentor junior engineers, review code, and guide small implementation teams
- Create technical blueprints and recommend tools, frameworks, and design patterns aligned with client needs
- Lead small engagements and workstreams, contribute to pre-sales pursuits, and serve as a trusted client presence
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 4+ years of experience in data governance, including 2+ years in a client-facing role
- Advanced data governance capabilities as defined by DAMA-DMBOK
- Advanced knowledge of Databricks and Spark (required)
- Strong client-facing communication skills and ability to influence technical and executive stakeholders
- Experience with Google Workspace, MacOS, Slack, and Atlassian
- Certification in governance toolsets such as Unity Catalog, Atlan, or Anomalo is preferred
Benefits
- Remote work option for candidates in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada
- Option to work from offices in Arlington, VA; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; or Toronto
- Best Places to Work recognition
- Technically excellent, low-ego culture
- Opportunity to work with Databricks and AWS, Azure, and GCP partnerships
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