Data Governance Architect — Trust, Access & AI Readiness

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Governance capability growth

AI governance exposure

Manhattan role

Ownership of controls

Standards & workflows

Cross-functional growth

System access context

Long-term impact

Job summary

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy seeks a Data Governance Specialist based in Manhattan, New York. You will translate governance requirements into practical controls across the organisation’s data landscape, collaborating with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Information Security teams to embed governance into platform design.

You will define classification standards, metadata tagging, and RBAC, driving measurable controls and governance maturity across BI, warehouses, and pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing data governance in complex or growing organisations.
• Knowledge of data classification, metadata management, cataloguing, and ownership models.
• Experience configuring RBAC and permissions across data platforms.
• Ability to identify sensitive, restricted information and translate into appropriate controls.
• Understanding of governance across data warehouses, lakes, BI environments, or similar ecosystems.
• Experience working with Data Engineering, Analytics, Info Security, Compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to convert governance principles into repeatable processes and measurable controls.
• Awareness of governance implications for data access, automation, AI use.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operationalise data governance controls across core data platforms.
• Extend governance from BI tools into datasets, tables, and pipelines.
• Design and maintain data classification standards.
• Apply metadata tagging and cataloguing for discoverability and accountability.
• Implement role-based access controls and approval workflows.
• Partner with Data Engineering and Analytics to embed governance into design.
• Engage stakeholders to clarify ownership, usage, retention, and access patterns.
• Identify control weaknesses and track remediation with governance metrics.
• Support governance practices for expanding data access, automation, and AI initiatives.
• Create guidance and procedures to drive consistent adoption.

Skills

Data governance

RBAC / access controls

Metadata management

Data classification

Ownership models

Stakeholder engagement

Policy to tech translation

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Job description

Forsyth Barnes Consultancy seeks a Data Governance Specialist based in Manhattan, New York. You will translate governance requirements into practical controls across the organisation’s data landscape, collaborating with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Information Security teams to embed governance into platform design.

You will define classification standards, metadata tagging, and RBAC, driving measurable controls and governance maturity across BI, warehouses, and pipelines.