Global Data Governance Architect - Policy & Catalog

EPAM Systems; México; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an Enterprise Data Governance Architect to shape a scalable governance, cataloging, and security approach across a unified digital data ecosystem. You will partner with cross-functional teams to define policies, metadata, lineage, and data quality standards that enable compliant analytics at scale.

You will lead governance initiatives, design enterprise metadata catalogs, and drive data quality and privacy controls with senior stakeholders across multiple countries.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK) and operating models.
• 3+ years of metadata management, data cataloging, and automated data lineage capabilities.
• 3+ years of experience designing data quality metrics, controls, and stewardship workflows.
• Senior consulting and workshop facilitation skills with executive stakeholder management.
• Change leadership experience driving alignment across multicultural, cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of privacy compliance and data protection concepts (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud data platforms and architectures, including AWS.
• Solid understanding of RBAC and security-by-design principles.
• Strong strategic thinking skills with attention to detail in policy and standards design.
• Advanced proficiency in English (B2+/C1).

Responsibilities

• Define an enterprise data governance framework, policies, and operating model for multi-country organizations.
• Design metadata management, data cataloging, and data lineage architecture to improve transparency and control.
• Establish data quality standards, KPIs, and monitoring rules to improve reliability of analytics outputs.
• Align privacy, retention, and access control requirements with security and legal stakeholders.
• Lead discovery workshops to assess data maturity, identify gaps, and shape target-state roadmaps.
• Advise engineering and analytics teams on governance-by-design patterns for delivery execution.
• Communicate governance strategy, decisions, and trade-offs clearly to business and technical stakeholders.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data lineage

Data quality metrics

Executive stakeholder management

Change leadership

Privacy compliance

Cloud data platforms

AWS

RBAC

Security by design

Strategic thinking

English proficiency

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking an Enterprise Data Governance Architect to shape a scalable governance, cataloging, and security approach across a unified digital data ecosystem. You will partner with cross-functional teams to define policies, metadata, lineage, and data quality standards that enable compliant analytics at scale.

You will lead governance initiatives, design enterprise metadata catalogs, and drive data quality and privacy controls with senior stakeholders across multiple countries.