Senior Data Governance Lead: Azure & Purview

NorthBay Solutions; Lahore; Hybrid; PKR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthBay Solutions seeks a Senior Data Governance Consultant to lead governance initiatives across Azure-based data platforms. You will design frameworks, implement Purview, and drive data quality, classification, and stewardship with cross‑functional teams.

You will collaborate with Azure Data Engineering and Architecture teams, build metadata catalogs, and produce executive dashboards and governance roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Metadata Management, or Data Architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview.
• Strong understanding of Azure data platforms and cloud data governance.
• Experience with Data Cataloguing, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Classification, Data Quality, and Business Glossaries.
• Understanding of Azure Data Lake, ADF, Synapse, Databricks, Power BI/Fabric.
• Knowledge of data security, privacy, access governance, and compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Data Governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview for data cataloguing, metadata, classification, lineage, and governance.
• Develop and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, data domains, and critical data elements.
• Establish data ownership, stewardship, and governance RACI models.
• Define and implement data quality rules, KPIs, monitoring, and remediation processes.
• Implement and maintain data lineage and impact analysis across enterprise data platforms.
• Support data classification, sensitivity, privacy, security, and compliance.
• Collaborate with Azure Data Engineering and Architecture teams to embed governance-by-design into data solutions.
• Work with Azure services including ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Azure SQL, Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric.
• Prepare governance documentation, dashboards, reports, and executive-level recommendations.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Metadata management

Data quality

Data architecture

Stakeholder management

Consulting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Azure Data Factory

Synapse Analytics

Databricks

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

ADLS Gen2

Job description

NorthBay Solutions seeks a Senior Data Governance Consultant to lead governance initiatives across Azure-based data platforms. You will design frameworks, implement Purview, and drive data quality, classification, and stewardship with cross‑functional teams.

You will collaborate with Azure Data Engineering and Architecture teams, build metadata catalogs, and produce executive dashboards and governance roadmaps.