Data Governance Expert

Persistent; Pune District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Education sponsorship

Hybrid work

Long service awards

Health checks

Insurance coverage

Job summary

Persistent is seeking a Data Governance Expert in Pune/Bangalore to lead governance programs using Collibra, manage data catalogs, metadata, and lineage, and ensure compliance with enterprise data standards.

You will write user stories, define policies with stakeholders, support data stewardship, and drive quality, controls, and audits across our healthcare platforms, collaborating with engineering, UX, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Elicit requirements from stakeholders and translate into product requirements.
• Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria and specs for governance features.
• Experience with healthcare technology platforms and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain enterprise data governance processes using Collibra.
• Configure Collibra Data Catalog, Business Glossary, Data Lineage, and Metadata Management.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define governance policies and ownership models.
• Support data stewardship activities, classification, and governance workflows.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and regulatory compliance across assets.
• Document data definitions, metadata standards, and governance artifacts.

Skills

Collibra

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Agile Scrum

Communication

Product ownership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare/CS/Engineering

Tools

Collibra Data Catalog

Data lineage tooling

Job description

About Position:

We are seeking a skilled Data Governance Expert with extensive hands-on experience in Collibra to support our enterprise data governance initiatives. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in implementing governance frameworks, managing data catalogs, metadata, lineage, and ensuring compliance with organizational data standards.

• Role: Data Governance Expert
• Location: Pune, Bangalore
• Experience: 5 to 10 Years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Implement and maintain enterprise data governance processes using Collibra.
• Configure and administer Collibra Data Catalog, Business Glossary, Data Lineage, and Metadata Management capabilities.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define data governance policies, standards, and ownership models.
• Support data stewardship activities, data classification, and governance workflows.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, integrity, and compliance across enterprise data assets.
• Document business terms, data definitions, metadata standards, and governance artifacts.
• Assist with data lineage discovery, impact analysis, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Participate in governance reviews, audits, data quality assessments, and remediation activities.
• Drive adoption of governance best practices across business and technology teams.
• Support implementation of governance controls and monitoring frameworks.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 5+ years of experience in Healthcare Information Technology or Clinical Technology.
• 5+ years of experience in full-cycle Product Management or Product Ownership.
• Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience eliciting business requirements from stakeholders and translating them into product requirements.
• Strong experience writing User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and Product Specifications.
• Experience working on healthcare technology platforms and solutions.
• Knowledge of healthcare workflows, clinical systems, and enterprise healthcare applications.
• Experience supporting cloud technologies and backend infrastructure platforms.
• Experience delivering products on shared enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies and product lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to work effectively with engineering, UX, design, clinical stakeholders, and delivery teams.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to lead product areas independently.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to explain complex business, clinical, and technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience working in matrixed organizations and cross-functional environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience using product performance metrics to drive data-driven decisions.
• Experience with American healthcare platforms is preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-tenant platform architectures is preferred.
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and enterprise-approved AI tools.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity, requirements gathering, documentation, and decision-making.
• Strong commitment to continuous learning and adoption of emerging AI capabilities.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalisation for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment.

"Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind."