Senior Collibra & Data Governance Practitioner

afarax; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

afarax is seeking a senior, hands-on Collibra practitioner to lead a strategic POC for governance, metadata management and data catalog capabilities. You will translate requirements into concrete test scenarios, run functional testing, and drive adoption across tester populations.

The role requires rapid understanding of existing landscapes, a native mindset to minimize customization, and the ability to deliver actionable, scalable recommendations for a future Collibra setup while building

Qualifications

• Senior hands-on Collibra practitioner with strong practical experience in enterprise implementations.
• Strong knowledge of metadata management, data catalogues, technical lineage, Data Governance and enterprise data integration.
• Able to rapidly understand unfamiliar existing solutions and translate them into underlying requirements and appropriate Collibra capabilities.
• Strong standard-first / adopt-native mindset, with the confidence to challenge historical complexity and unnecessary customization and the pragmatism to make the project happen.
• Able to combine hands-on execution with solution-level thinking and pragmatic decision-making.
• Strong facilitator and communicator, comfortable working with operational teams, engineers, Data Governance stakeholders, architects and senior management.
• Autonomous, pragmatic and able to deliver tangible results at pace in an evolving environment.
• Experience in large, complex or regulated organizations is strongly preferred.
• Experience and/or knowledge of data architecture is a plus

Responsabilités

• Drive functional testing of Collibra capabilities (metadata management, lineage, catalogue, governance workflows, data quality integration).
• Translate requirements into concrete test scenarios and turn findings into conclusions and recommendations.
• Explain the platform to tester populations and guide testing/adoption.
• Ensure the POC yields reusable insights and patterns for future industrialized setup.
• Map existing capabilities to Collibra and perform a fit-gap analysis.
• Favor native Collibra capabilities and minimize unnecessary customization.
• Shape future setup with simple, scalable, maintainable design.
• Collaborate with Data Governance, architecture and engineering on integration, ingestion, lineage and workflows.
• Transfer Collibra knowledge through hands-on coaching and remote training.
• Help new team members take ownership and establish a sustainable Collibra competence centre.

Connaissances

Collibra

Metadata management

Data governance

Data catalogues

Technical lineage

Data integration

Description du poste

Our client is evaluating Collibra as a strategic platform for enterprise Data Governance and Metadata Management, with an initial focus on data catalogue, technical lineage, data quality integration and governance capabilities.

We are looking for a senior, hands‑on Collibra practitioner to drive the functional POC, translate the existing Data Governance capabilities into a potential Collibra setup and help build the internal capability required for future adoption.

This is a fast-paced, delivery-oriented assignment requiring someone who can move comfortably between hands‑on platform work, operational IT and Data Governance teams, architecture discussions and senior management.

1. Drive the Collibra POC

• Structure and execute functional testing of key Collibra capabilities, including metadata management, technical lineage, catalogue, governance workflows and data quality integration.
• Translate requirements into concrete test scenarios and rapidly turn findings into conclusions and recommendations.
• Explain the platform to different tester populations, guide their testing and help drive adoption.
• Ensure the POC produces reusable insights and patterns for a potential industrialized setup.

2. Translate and challenge the existing landscape

• Rapidly understand existing capabilities through demos, documentation and discussions with subject-matter experts.
• Separate the underlying business or functional requirement from the way it is implemented today.
• Map existing capabilities to Collibra and perform a pragmatic fit-gap analysis.
• Apply an “adopt native before rebuild” mindset: favor standard Collibra capabilities and actively challenge unnecessary customization, complexity and legacy ways of working.
• Identify what should be adopted natively, configured, integrated, custom built, simplified or retired.

3. Shape the future setup

• Translate POC and fit-gap findings into recommendations for a simple, scalable and maintainable Collibra setup.
• Work with Data Governance, architecture and engineering teams on integration, metadata ingestion, lineage, workflows and operating model.
• Contribute to a pragmatic transition approach while minimizing unnecessary customization and long-term technical debt.

4. Build internal capability

• Transfer Collibra knowledge through hands‑on collaboration, coaching and remote training.
• Help new team members delivery hub progressively take ownership of platform configuration, integration, troubleshooting, evolution and maintenance.
• Contribute to establishing the foundations of a sustainable internal Collibra competence centre.

Required Profile

• Senior hands‑on Collibra practitioner with strong practical experience in enterprise implementations.
• Strong knowledge of metadata management, data catalogues, technical lineage, Data Governance and enterprise data integration.
• Able to rapidly understand unfamiliar existing solutions and translate them into underlying requirements and appropriate Collibra capabilities. Prior expertise in the incumbent platform is not required.
• Strong standard‑first / adopt‑native mindset, with the confidence to challenge historical complexity and unnecessary customization and the pragmatism to make the project happen.
• Able to combine hands‑on execution with solution‑level thinking and pragmatic decision‑making.
• Strong facilitator and communicator, comfortable working with operational teams, engineers, Data Governance staækeholders, architects and senior management.
• Autonomous, pragmatic and able to deliver tangible results at pace in an evolving environment.
• Experience in large, complex or regulated organizations is strongly preferred.
• Experience and/or knowledge of data architecture is a plus