Data Governance Principal Consultant Ireland

Slalom; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work options

Diversity, equity and inclusion

Job summary

Slalom in Ireland is seeking a Data Governance Lead to shape governance strategies, data quality, and data catalog initiatives across client projects. You will define metadata, lineage, and data policies while mentoring data stewards in a collaborative environment.

Join a people-first, flexible, outcomes-driven team that values inclusion and practical data solutions. This role offers engagement across multiple clients, modern tech, and opportunities to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Experience defining and initiating Data Governance strategies, frameworks, and operating models.
• Experience defining, publishing, and managing metadata and data lineage.
• Knowledge of data catalog tools and data management technologies.
• Strong drive to translate data governance into business value for clients.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the DG discovery phase with interviews and data inventory.
• Develop and revise DG strategies, frameworks, and workflows with peers.
• Define metadata, lineage needs, scanning schedules, and implement catalog tools.
• Assess and remediate data quality, create quality rules, metrics, and monitoring.
• Enhance Master Data Management by cleansing, enrichment, and match/merge rules.
• Coach data stewards on data quality rules and proper data usage.

Skills

Data governance

Data strategy

Collaboration

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Microsoft Purview

Alation

Atlan

Collibra

Ataccama

Job description

Slalom are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients changing the narrative of Data Governance into a value, outcome experience for clients. We bring a subject to life to what Data Governance will mean for colleagues, we believe that an excellent experience for colleagues will have a positive impact on the clients customer.

We have passion for building strategies, solutions and implementing Data Governance best practice, Data Products combined with user experience to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems.

Our Data Governance practice inspires clients by being outcome and value focussed first aligning to actual business opportunities that improves the clients customer experience.We bring leadership and experience to enhance the internal user experience of data to colleagues to becoming fully data & AI driven business.

Our objective is to bring clarity on managing data and for the future such as the Frameworks, Op Model, the decision rights, roles & responsibilities to data to elevate data availability, usability, integrity, and security of data. By partnering with clients Slalom aligns the people, processes, technology & AI so that data is trustworthy, meaningful, and accessible.

You will experience a variety of client projects including performing assessments, devising and implementing data governance frameworks, data quality, data catalog, context later, master data management, access and sharing, policies and standards and simplifying in the delivery of complex Data Governance and Data Management projects.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in the Data Governance (DG) discovery phase including business team interviews, identifying key business processes, and inventorying existing data assets
• Work with Slalom peers to develop and/or revise Data and Data Governance strategies, frameworks, operating models, and key workflow processes
• Work with our clients to define required technical and business metadata, identify data lineage needs, determine scanning schedules, and implement data catalog tools
• Assess data quality, remediate data quality issues, develop data quality rules, create metrics, thresholds, and responses for data quality, and automate monitoring
• Enhance Master Data Management (MDM) solutions by identifying key data elements, creating steps for cleansing and enrichment, developing match/merge rules, and identifying the appropriate review and approval processes
• Train and coach candidate data stewards to steward their data by identify data quality rules, associating policies, standards, and procedures, and defining proper data usage

What You’ll Bring

• Collaborative solutioning approach to develop, sell and/or implement data governance recommendations based on a client’s needs, priorities, and environment
• Hands on experience working in a data governance technology (Databricks Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, Alation, Atlan, Collibra and Ataccama)
• Experience with defining and initiating Data Governance strategies, frameworks, operating models, and workflow processes
• Experience with defining, organising and publishing business and technical metadata and implementing data management technologies(e.g., Data Catalog, Data Quality, Master Data Management)
• Passion, drive that takes Data Governance to a value and outcome focussed experience for clients

We have a question for you - and it’s something we’re passionate about. Can you imagine a world in which you can truly love your life and your work? Well, we have some good news – creating that world and making this vision a reality is what we get out of bed for; it’s our north star.

But what do we really mean when we talk about loving your life and your work? Let’s look at the ways in which we help our team members to achieve this – and the ‘how’.

Deep connections, better outcome

We have deep relationships with leading technology partners and they love us for our innovative and outcome based approach. Our people are passionate about solving our clients problems using the tech that’s the best solution for them. What’s more, we’re there to work side‑by‑side with our client teams to enable them for success long after we’ve gone. We’re all about momentum that outlasts us.

Flexibility

Life is busy, and we understand that. Our team often juggles work, family, personal commitments, and crucial client obligations. We prioritise supporting our people in balancing what matters to them while ensuring we meet our client commitments.

Flexibility is key, as we sometimes need to adapt to meet client needs. This way, our team can work on high‑impact projects they’ll love, knowing they have the flexibility to manage their personal and professional lives effectively.

People-first

Great solutions start with great people. At our employee‑led company, your voice matters, and we love to hear your feedback. By leading with kindness, empathy, and striving for equity, we create better experiences for everyone. Our culture encourages passion, adventure, adaptability, and diverse thinking. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are our top priorities, empowering our team to be their best selves. Together, we can create a great future by working collaboratively and supporting each other.

Rewards

There’s no shying away from it - the compensation and benefits on offer have to be competitive too, right? We know that. That’s why we have a dedicated team working with our leaders to ensure our packages are fair, competitive, and rewarding!

Who are we... We are Slalom!

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working and meaningful impact.

What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That's why we prioritise purpose, flexibility, connection and recognition so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.

We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for nine years running. Read more at slalom.com.

Want to learn more?

Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce.

If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us – we will always be happy to help.

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