Data Governance Architect (CDGC)

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Sydney seeks a Data Governance Consultant to design, implement, and operationalize enterprise-wide Data Governance frameworks and policies.

You will work with data owners, stewards, architects, and technology teams to establish trusted, compliant data management practices using Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog, and drive initiatives across metadata, glossary, lineage, quality, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Design & implement enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies and procedures.
• Define governance operating models, decision rights, forums and escalation paths.
• Establish governance roles including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians and Councils.
• Develop roadmaps aligned with data strategy and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design & implement enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies and procedures.
• Define governance operating models, decision rights, governance forums, and escalation paths.
• Establish governance roles including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians, and Governance Councils.
• Develop governance roadmaps aligned with organizational data strategy and compliance requirements.
• Lead implementation and configuration of Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog.
• Configure glossaries, metadata repositories, classifications, and governance workflows.
• Implement automated metadata harvesting and lineage capabilities.
• Enable integration with Azure, Snowflake, Databricks and other data platforms.
• Develop business glossaries and taxonomy models.
• Define ownership, stewardship and approval workflows.
• Improve data discoverability and business understanding of assets.
• Define critical data elements and quality rules.
• Establish data quality KPIs and monitoring processes.
• Support governance workflows and issue remediation.
• Drive Data Stewardship adoption across units.
• Capture and document end-to-end data lineage.
• Implement governance for data classification and sensitive data management.
• Support regulatory reporting and privacy & security standards.

Skills

CDGC

Informatica CDGC

Metadata management

Business glossary

Data lineage

Data stewardship

Data quality

Data classification

SQL

Cloud platforms

Governance operating models (RACI)

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog

Informatica EDC

Axon

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Sydney seeks a Data Governance Consultant to design, implement, and operationalize enterprise-wide Data Governance frameworks and policies.

You will work with data owners, stewards, architects, and technology teams to establish trusted, compliant data management practices using Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog, and drive initiatives across metadata, glossary, lineage, quality, and compliance.