Data Governance - Lead Consultant - Manager

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EY seeks a Data Governance Lead Consultant to enable governed, high-quality, and trusted data assets across modern platforms. You will lead governance workstreams, define standards for metadata, data policies, and data lifecycle controls, and guide implementation teams to ensure compliance and effective data usage.

The role requires extensive experience in data governance, and collaboration with business, data offices, and technology stakeholders across regional programs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data programs.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks, stewardship models, and operating procedures.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica Axon/EDC, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality management practices.
• Experience defining data policies, standards, and controls aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks impacting data (e.g., GDPR).
• Ability to engage with business, data office, and technology stakeholders to drive adoption of governance practices.
• Exposure to industry data domains/models (financial services, energy & utilities preferred).

Responsibilities

• Data Governance & Stewardship: Define operating models and control frameworks.
• Metadata & Data Catalog: Define standards for metadata across platforms.
• Data Quality Management: Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Data Security & Compliance: Implement classification, masking, and access controls.
• Data Lifecycle & Operations: Define retention, archival, and purge policies.
• Delivery & Stakeholder Management: Lead governance workstreams and guide teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Data quality

Metadata management

Data lineage

Regulatory compliance

Data privacy

Stakeholder engagement

Collibra

Purview

Informatica Axon

Alation

Tools

Collibra

Informatica Axon/EDC

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Job description

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Data Governance Lead Consultant

Enable governed, high-quality, and trusted data assets to support analytics, compliance, and operational processes across modern data platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Data Governance & Stewardship
• Implement governance operating models including stewardship roles, issue management, and control frameworks
• Operationalize governance through catalog, lineage, and workflow tools
• Metadata & Data Catalog
• Define standards for business and technical metadata across platforms
• Integrate metadata across ETL, BI, and data platforms for traceability
• Data Quality Management
• Define rules, scorecards, and monitoring mechanisms for data quality
• Implement validation controls across ingestion and transformation pipelines
• Data Security & Compliance
• Implement data classification, masking, and access control mechanisms
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory requirements
• Data Lifecycle & Operations
• Define retention, archival, and purge policies aligned to regulatory and business requirements
• Ensure data lifecycle controls are enforced across data platforms
• Delivery & Stakeholder Management
• Act as lead consultant for data governance workstreams within programs.
• Support tool evaluation and guide implementation teams.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or enterprise data programs.
• Proven experience implementing data governance frameworks, stewardship models, and operating procedures.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica Axon/EDC, Alation, Microsoft Purview)
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality management practices
• Experience defining data policies, standards, and controls aligned to regulatory and compliance requirements
• Familiarity with data privacy, security, and regulatory frameworks impacting data (e.g., GDPR)
• Ability to engage with business, data office, and technology stakeholders to drive adoption of governance practices
• Exposure to industry data domains/models (financial services, energy & utilities preferred)

International travel in the region (up to 40%) is required.

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