Data Governance Lead

IQVIA; Ernakulam, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA in India seeks a Collibra Lead to drive data governance, metadata management, and cataloging. The role is based in hybrid Bangalore/Kochi.

You will lead Collibra implementation, define governance frameworks, build data quality and lineage, and engage stakeholders across Life Sciences domains.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Management.
• 4+ years hands-on Collibra experience.
• Strong expertise in Collibra Data Governance Center (DGC), Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage, and Data Quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Lead business glossary, data catalog, metadata management, and data lineage initiatives.
• Establish governance councils, stewardship processes, and governance workflows.
• Drive data quality, compliance, and regulatory initiatives across business domains.
• Lead end-to-end Collibra implementation and administration.
• Configure operating models, domains, communities, assets, workflows, and responsibilities.
• Manage Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Data Quality, and Policy Manager modules.
• Define metadata models, asset relationships, and governance processes.
• Lead integration of Collibra with platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, Databricks, Reltio, Informatica, and cloud data lakes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Metadata management

Data quality

Education

BTech/BCA/BSc/MTech/MCA/MSc

Tools

Collibra DGC

SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

Informatica

Reltio

Cloud data lakes

Job description

Project Role: Collibra Lead / Data Governance Lead

Work Experience: 8 to 15 Years

Work location: Bangalore/Kochi

Work Mode: Hybrid

Must Have Skills: Strong expertise in Collibra, SQL, and Snowflake (secondary), Lead position, Should have strong Life Sciences/Pharma domain experience

Primary Objective:

Drive data governance initiatives, metadata management, cataloging, glossary management, lineage, and Collibra implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and implement Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Lead business glossary, data catalog, metadata management, and data lineage initiatives.
• Establish governance councils, stewardship processes, and governance workflows.
• Drive data quality, compliance, and regulatory initiatives across business domains.
• Lead end-to-end Collibra implementation and administration.
• Configure operating models, domains, communities, assets, workflows, and responsibilities.
• Manage Business Glossary, Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Data Quality, and Policy Manager modules.
• Define metadata models, asset relationships, and governance processes
• Lead integration of Collibra with platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, Databricks, Reltio, Informatica, and cloud data lakes.

Required Skills

• 8+ years in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Management.
• 4+ years hands-on Collibra experience.
• Strong expertise in:
• Collibra Data Governance Center (DGC)
• Business Glossary
• Data Catalog
• Data Lineage
• Collibra Data Quality (DQ)
• Workflow Designer
• Collibra APIs
• Experience with SQL and metadata management.
• Strong stakeholder and leadership skills.

Educational Qualification:

• BTech/BCA/BSc/MTech/MCA/MSc