Data Governance Manager

Jenny Barbour IT and Project Recruitment; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm in Australia is seeking an expert in data governance to establish and operationalise frameworks ensuring data accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate has proven experience in data governance and management, with strong skills in SQL and familiarity with integration tools like Informatica and Azure Data Factory. This role will be vital in ensuring our clients' data is well-defined, secure, and responsibly managed while meeting compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance, data quality, or data management.
• Familiarity with data retention, privacy, and classification.
• Strong SQL skills and knowledge of data modeling concepts.
• Strong SQL and data warehousing/lakehouse concepts.
• Experience with a data catalog and governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operationalise data governance for accurate management.
• Implement and maintain data governance frameworks.
• Ensure data quality and compliance across teams.
• Ensure data quality, privacy compliance and cross‑team collaboration.
• Maintain governance frameworks and monitor data usage and access.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data management

SQL

Informatica

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Data warehousing

Privacy controls

Analytical skills

Tools

Informatica

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

dbt

Job description

• Experience in data governance, data quality or data management

Establish and operationalise data governance so our clients data is accurate, secure, well-defined and responsibly managed. Embed governance in day-to-day delivery across integration pipelines (Informatica, Azure Data Factory), lakehouse /warehouse platforms (Databricks, dbt, SQL) and BI so teams can find, trust and use data with confidence while meeting privacy and regulatory obligations.

Key Skills & Responsibilities

• Demonstrated experience in data governance, data quality or data management within analytics/engineering environments.
• Familiarity with data retention, data privacy, and data classification
• Hands‑on with at least two of: Informatica (IDMC/IICS/PowerCenter), Azure Data Factory, Databricks, dbt—able to read/understand pipelines, apply standards, and instrument metadata/DQ.
• Strong SQL plus working knowledge of data modelling and data warehousing/lakehouse concepts (e.g. star schemas, Delta Lake).
• Practical experience with a data catalog
• Understanding of privacy and security controls
• Implement and maintain data governance frameworks.
• Ensure data quality, compliance, and collaboration across business and IT teams.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for data models.
• Analytical skills

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