Senior Data Governance Consultant (m/f/d)

Synvert; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Transport vouchers

Childcare vouchers

23 vacation days plus additional days in December

Job summary

Synvert is looking for a candidate with expertise in Data Governance and BI governance to join our dynamic team in Barcelona, or remotely from Spain. The ideal applicant will have experience in establishing data ownership roles, profiling datasets, and KPI standardization.

You will work in a hybrid model, promoting an agile company culture and expansive professional growth, alongside our international teams that embrace ownership and excellence. Benefits include a flexible benefits plan, 23 vacation days, and ongoing personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in establishing qualification criteria for Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Ability to profile datasets and define Data Quality (DQ) rules.
• Experience structuring business definitions and capturing metadata.
• Experience validating reporting standards with business units.

Responsibilities

• Establish clear data ownership and stewardship roles.
• Design baseline quality scorecards and remediation backlogs.
• Ensure smooth migration of metadata and configuration to technical teams.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to secure endorsements.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality and Profiling

KPI Standardization

Stakeholder Management

Agile Mindset

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Data Governance Expertise (Framework & Process Design)

• Critical Data Elements (CDEs): Proven experience establishing qualification criteria, running discovery sessions, consolidating inventories across business domains, and assigning clear data ownership/stewardship roles.
• Data Quality (DQ) & Profiling: Ability to profile datasets, define DQ rules (completeness, validity, consistency, uniqueness), set severity thresholds, and design baseline quality scorecards and remediation backlogs.
• Business Glossary & Metadata: Experience structuring business definitions and capturing metadata attributes (domain, data lineage, systems of record).

Enterprise Reporting Standards & BI Governance

• KPI Standardization: Experience reviewing current-state executive/operational reports to map lineage, spot calculation contradictions, and build unified Enterprise KPI dictionaries.
• Change Management & Adoption: Ability to validate reporting standards with business units, pilot new dashboard templates, and establish formal certification/approval workflows.

Tool Readiness / Microsoft Purview Familiarity

• While you won't be doing hands‑on deployment, you must know how Microsoft Purview ingests data.
• You’ll need to structure metadata, define logical catalogue models, map out workflow requirements (approval flows), and document technical configuration requirements so a technical team can seamlessly take over.

Soft Skills & Methodology

• Agile Mindset: Comfortable working in a rolling, prioritized sprint environment where requirements adapt to evolving strategic needs.
• Stakeholder Management: Confident facilitating workshops with data owners, technical stewards, and executive offices to secure formal endorsement records.

What you can expect

Agile Company Culture And The Best Team

• Join our international, ambitious, and collaborative teams that value ownership and excellence.
• Structured onboarding for smooth integration.
• Company‑wide events (Christmas, Spring, Summer) and regular after works.
• Community initiatives and team‑driven activities (Football team, Gaming channel).

Continuous development

• Work on challenging projects that accelerate your professional growth.
• Structured mentoring, training and certification programs.
• Use of agile frameworks combined with established planning and delivery standards.
• Talent Cycle: regular performance reviews, continuous feedback, and clear career paths.

Working Model

• This position can be based in Barcelona (hybrid model) or remotely from Spain.

Other Benefits

• Flexible benefits plan: health insurance, transport, childcare vouchers.
• Remuneration is structured according to benchmarks and evolving market practices, ensuring internal consistency, external competitiveness, and alignment with business performance and professional progression.
• 23 vacation days + December 24th and 31st.

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