Data Governance Consultant, Senior Associate

PwC Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Canada seeks a Data Governance Consultant, Senior Associate, to support a cloud migration program in the banking/financial services sector. Embedded within the client team, you will shape governance across multi-wave migrations from on-prem to Azure and ensure policies, ownership, and controls are aligned with regulatory standards.

You will also perform business analysis, readiness assessments, workshops, and cross-functional coordination, translating business needs into governance

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of overall professional experience.
• 1–2+ years of direct data governance experience.
• Experience supporting data governance in cloud migration or data transformations.
• Consulting/advisory experience in a client-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement data governance frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and controls for a cloud migration program.
• Establish data ownership, stewardship, and governance operating models.
• Assess applications and data domains for cloud migration readiness including governance, classification, quality, lineage, retention, privacy, and controls.
• Embed data governance in migration planning, testing, go-live, and post-go-live operations.
• Facilitate collaboration across business, risk, governance, and technology teams.
• Support data classification, retention, usage, access, and control requirements per regulatory standards.
• Define data quality expectations and governance checkpoints; create governance deliverables.
• Gather requirements, facilitate workshops, document processes, and translate needs into governance specs.
• Provide issue/risk tracking across governance workstreams; advise on regulated cloud migration decisions.

Skills

Data governance

Cloud migration

Consulting

Stakeholder engagement

Governance frameworks

Business analysis

Regulated environment

Hybrid work GTA

Tools

IBM OpenPages

IKC

Microsoft Purview

Job description

At PwC, our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust, secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks, servers, and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime. In infrastructure engineering at PwC, you will focus on designing and implementing robust and scalable technology infrastructure solutions for clients. Your work will involve network architecture, server management, and cloud computing experience.

The Opportunity

As a Data Governance Consultant, Senior Associate, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that'll elevate your career. We are seeking a Data Governance Consultant to support a client in the banking / financial services sector on a cloud migration program. This individual will be embedded directly within the client team and will play a key role in supporting data governance across a multi-wave migration from on-premises environments to Azure.

The consultant will help ensure that data governance considerations are incorporated into migration planning, implementation, go-live, and post-go-live enforcement. In addition to core data governance responsibilities, the ideal candidate should also be able to support broader advisory-type activities, including business analysis, migration readiness assessment, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

• Support the definition and implementation of data governance frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and controls for a cloud migration program
• Help establish and refine data ownership, stewardship, and governance operating models
• Assess applications and data domains for cloud migration readiness, including governance, classification, quality, lineage, retention, privacy, and control implications
• Ensure data governance requirements are considered and embedded across migration planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and post-go-live operations
• Facilitate collaboration across business, risk, governance, and technology teams to support effective implementation and adoption of governance practices
• Support data classification, retention, usage, access, and control requirements in alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards
• Help identify and define data quality expectations, governance checkpoints, and monitoring requirements
• Contribute to metadata, catalog, and lineage-related requirements where relevant to migration activities
• Create governance-related deliverables as needed, including frameworks, assessments, process documentation, RACI models, standards, risk considerations, and executive/readout materials
• Gather and document business and stakeholder requirements; facilitate workshops; document current and future state processes; and translate business needs into governance and process requirements
• Support issue, risk, dependency, and action tracking across governance-related workstreams
• Provide practical advisory support to help teams make informed decisions in a regulated cloud migration environment

What You'll Bring

Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here’s what we look for:

• 3-5 years of overall professional experience
• 1-2+ years of direct data governance experience
• Experience supporting data governance in cloud migration, cloud transformation, or data transformation programs
• Consulting and/or advisory experience in a client-facing environment
• Strong understanding of core data governance concepts, including governance frameworks, operating models, stewardship, ownership, policies, standards, and controls
• Strong business analysis capabilities, including requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement
• Experience assessing governance implications across application and data migration scenarios
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to work across business and technology teams
• Experience working in a regulated environment; banking / financial services experience is an asset
• Ability to work in a hybrid model in the GTA, with 2-3 days onsite

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting cloud migration to Azure
• Exposure to migration scenarios involving applications and databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and similar platforms
• Experience supporting hybrid-state migrations, where applications and data may transition at different times
• Hands-on experience with or exposure to governance / risk / metadata tools such as:
• IBM OpenPages
• IKC
• Microsoft Purview
• Familiarity with governance considerations related to data quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, retention, and regulatory compliance
• Banking or broader financial services experience is preferred but not required

Core Skills / Competencies

• Data governance and operating model knowledge
• Cloud migration governance
• Business analysis and requirements gathering
• Workshop facilitation
• Stakeholder management
• Structured problem solving
• Executive and working-team communication
• Ability to influence across teams without direct authority
• Coordination across business, risk, and technology functions

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $84,700 - $134,700. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you’ll love PwC

We’re inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you’ll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

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