Data Governance Lead — Azure, Catalog & Quality (Hybrid)

Accenture Portugal; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life Insurance and Pension Plan

Hybrid working model

Udemy and Pluralsight access

Job summary

Accenture Digital Core in Portugal is seeking a senior data governance professional to lead metadata, lineage and data catalog initiatives across Azure data platforms. You will define and implement Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks in regulated environments, drive governance standards, and coordinate incident management across technical and business teams.

The role requires a university degree in CS or engineering, 5–10 years in data platforms, strong PySpark, Python and SQL skills,

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable field.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in data platforms or data governance.
• Proven expertise in metadata, lineage & data catalog integration at enterprise scale.
• Strong incident management and production support experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead metadata, lineage and data catalog integration across Azure data platforms.
• Define and implement Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks in regulated environments.
• Drive Git-based workflows and governance standards adoption across cross-functional teams.
• Own platform and data health monitoring, producing reporting on quality, compliance and policy adherence.
• Lead incident management and production support activities, coordinating resolution across teams.
• Own and govern the data catalog, ensuring metadata, lineage and classification are accurate.
• Define and enforce data classification and retention policies for GDPR compliance.
• Establish and maintain data governance artefacts like data dictionaries and quality rules.
• Enforce governance standards across multi-environment setups (Dev/UAT/PRD).
• Lead incident resolution within production data platforms, as escalation point for juniors.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Data governance

ETL frameworks

Stakeholder influence

Leadership

Education

University degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Azure Monitor

Job description

Accenture Digital Core in Portugal is seeking a senior data governance professional to lead metadata, lineage and data catalog initiatives across Azure data platforms. You will define and implement Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks in regulated environments, drive governance standards, and coordinate incident management across technical and business teams.

The role requires a university degree in CS or engineering, 5–10 years in data platforms, strong PySpark, Python and SQL skills,