Data Governance Lead

Altimetrik; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Altimetrik in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Data Governance Lead to build and lead the client’s governance programme from the ground up. The role focuses on establishing retention policies, data classification, and a robust data catalogue across SQL Server, Redshift and DynamoDB.

You will work with compliance, legal, and engineering stakeholders to implement policy, standards, and governance documentation, driving data literacy and framework adoption enterprise-wide.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data governance or information management.
• Experience building governance programmes from zero maturity in regulated financial services.
• Expertise in data retention, deletion policy design, and data lifecycle management.
• Deep knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent frameworks.
• Strong PCI DSS, GDPR, and FCA regulatory data requirements expertise.
• Experience governing legacy SQL Server estates with accumulated data and absent lifecycle controls.
• Familiarity with Redshift, DBT, DynamoDB in a governance context.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence engineering, compliance and business leadership.
• Strong written communication for policy, standards, and governance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the enterprise data governance framework from zero, including policies, standards, processes, and controls.
• Define and implement data retention and deletion policies across all four production SQL Server environments.
• Establish data classification standards (PCI DSS, PII, PAN, PHI, CVV).
• Build a data catalogue and metadata management across SQL Server, Redshift, and DynamoDB.
• Define data lineage, ownership, and stewardship across Bronze/Silver/Gold data layers.
• Collaborate with Data Quality Engineer to embed quality standards into governance processes.
• Work with Data Architect on governance standards in the target-state architecture.
• Coordinate with compliance and legal teams on PCI DSS and FCA regulatory requirements.
• Drive data literacy and governance awareness across engineering and business functions.
• Own governance tooling selection, implementation, and adoption.

Skills

Data governance

Policy design

Stakeholder management

Lifecycle management

Data literacy

Regulatory knowledge

Communication

Influencing

Tools

Redshift

DBT

DynamoDB

SQL Server

Job description

Data Governance Lead

Location: Bengaluru, India | Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

client's data governance baseline is zero no deletion or retention policies were historically enforced, data volumes have accumulated across four production SQL Server environments, and no governance tooling is in place. The Data Governance Lead will build client's governance programme from the ground up. This is a critical, high-visibility role confirmed as a strategic priority by Craig Hogan, client's Data and AI Lead.

client Data Environment

4 x production SQL Server environments — no historical deletion/retention policies. SQL Server CDC Redshift (Bronze/Silver/Gold) via DBT. DynamoDB, EC2. No governance tooling currently in place. ~90% internal, ~10% external data.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement client's enterprise data governance framework from zero — policies, standards, processes, and controls
• Priority one: define and implement data retention and deletion policies across all four production SQL Server environments
• Establish data classification standards: PCI DSS, PII, PAN, PHI, CVV across all data layers
• Build a data catalogue and metadata management capability across SQL Server, Redshift, and DynamoDB
• Define data lineage, ownership, and stewardship across client's Bronze/Silver/Gold data layers
• Collaborate with Data Quality Engineer to embed quality standards into governance processes
• Partner with Data Architect on governance standards in the target-state architecture
• Work with client's compliance and legal teams on PCI DSS and FCA regulatory requirements
• Drive data literacy and governance awareness across engineering and business functions
• Own governance tooling selection, implementation, and adoption

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years in data governance, data management, or information management
• Proven experience building governance programmes from zero maturity in regulated financial services
• Specific expertise: data retention, deletion policy design, and data lifecycle management — essential, not optional
• Deep knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent frameworks
• Strong PCI DSS, GDPR, and FCA regulatory data requirements expertise
• Experience governing legacy SQL Server estates with accumulated data and absent lifecycle controls
• Familiarity with Redshift, DBT, DynamoDB in a governance context
• Excellent stakeholder management — able to influence engineering, compliance, and business leadership
• Strong written communication for policy, standards, and governance documentation