Data Governance Consultant

Overture Partners; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

401(k) starting day one

Life & disability insurance

Sick time

Job summary

Overture Partners is seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to establish and scale an enterprise‑wide governance program supporting an AI/ML and data modernization strategy. You will build governance frameworks, improve data quality, and drive adoption across business and technology teams.

The role requires 5+ years in data governance, strong SQL skills, and hands‑on experience with metadata management, data catalogs, and governance processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, enterprise data management, or related disciplines.
• Strong SQL proficiency with the ability to analyze, validate, and investigate enterprise data.
• Experience developing or implementing governance policies, standards, controls, and operating procedures.
• Hands‑on experience with data inventories, metadata standards, classification, tagging, ownership, and catalog management.
• Understanding of data quality controls, lineage tracking, data lifecycle management, and governance validation processes.
• Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders, IT, data engineering, analytics, and risk or compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish scalable governance practices that improve data transparency, accountability, accessibility, and trust across enterprise systems.
• Support ML model governance by implementing documentation, metadata, review, approval, and production deployment controls.
• Improve enterprise data catalogs through standardized metadata, ownership assignments, certification processes, and asset lifecycle management.
• Drive governance adoption by creating practical standards, training materials, and processes that support business and technical users.
• Strengthen responsible AI practices by supporting data privacy, regulatory compliance, model governance, and risk management initiatives.
• Collaborate with data engineering, IT, analytics, and business teams to resolve governance gaps and support enterprise data modernization.

Skills

Data governance

SQL proficiency

Governance policies

Metadata management

Data catalogs

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

SageMaker

Python

MLOps

Job description

** Due to client requirements, applicants must be able to work on a w2 basis

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Lead to help establish, implement, and scale an enterprise-wide data governance program supporting an evolving AI/ML and data modernization strategy. This is a high-impact opportunity for a hands-on professional who can develop governance frameworks, improve data quality and accessibility, and drive adoption across business and technology teams.

Ideal candidates will bring 5+ years of enterprise data governance experience, strong SQL proficiency, and hands‑on experience with metadata management, data catalogs, and governance processes. Experience supporting AI/ML environments, cloud data platforms, and regulated industries will be especially valuable.

Must Haves

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, enterprise data management, or related disciplines, preferably within complex, multi-system environments.
• Strong SQL proficiency with the ability to analyze, validate, and investigate enterprise data.
• Experience developing or implementing governance policies, standards, controls, and operating procedures.
• Hands‑on experience with data inventories, metadata standards, classification, tagging, ownership, and catalog management.
• Understanding of data quality controls, lineage tracking, data lifecycle management, and governance validation processes.
• Proven ability to partner with business stakeholders, IT, data engineering, analytics, and risk or compliance teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, establish accountability, and promote consistent governance practices across an organization.

What the Client Needs You to Do

The immediate priority is to strengthen enterprise data governance capabilities while supporting the development and operationalization of an AI/ML platform.

You will work closely with data leadership, analytics teams, and technology stakeholders to:

• Establish scalable governance practices that improve data transparency, accountability, accessibility, and trust across enterprise systems.
• Support ML model governance by implementing documentation, metadata, review, approval, and production deployment controls.
• Improve enterprise data catalogs through standardized metadata, ownership assignments, certification processes, and asset lifecycle management.
• Drive governance adoption by creating practical standards, training materials, and processes that support business and technical users.
• Strengthen responsible AI practices by supporting data privacy, regulatory compliance, model governance, and risk management initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise data governance frameworks, including policies, standards, metrics, procedures, and accountability structures.
• Support AI/ML platform governance by establishing processes for model registration, metadata documentation, approvals, version tracking, and production readiness.
• Evaluate and enhance data catalogs to improve metadata completeness, asset discoverability, ownership, certification, and ongoing maintenance.
• Standardize metadata management by developing tagging conventions, documentation templates, validation rules, and quality controls for datasets, reports, dashboards, and analytics assets.
• Establish lifecycle governance for data and analytics assets progressing from proof of concept through development and production, including approval checkpoints and ownership requirements.
• Implement data lineage practices to improve traceability between source systems, transformations, analytics platforms, and downstream applications.
• Partner with security, risk, and compliance teams to address data privacy, responsible AI, regulatory obligations, and potential data exposure or leakage.
• Evaluate and support governance technology by assisting with tool assessments, testing, integration, and alignment with enterprise data platforms.
• Create and deliver governance training through stakeholder presentations, documentation, user guidance, and adoption initiatives.
• Collaborate with data engineering, IT, analytics, and business teams to resolve governance gaps and support enterprise data modernization.

Additional Information

Preferred Technical Experience

• Familiarity with AWS technologies, including S3, Glue, and SageMaker, as well as Snowflake.
• Experience with MLOps, machine learning deployment workflows, model lifecycle management, and version control.
• Python programming experience for data analysis, automation, or governance-related tasks.
• Experience governing structured, unstructured, and streaming data.
• Knowledge of responsible AI principles, data privacy controls, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Industry & Educational Background

• Experience working in regulated, data‑intensive enterprise environments is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline is preferred.

Benefits

• W2 employees of Overture Partners who work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), 401(k) starting on day one, a variety of voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, and sick time if required by law in the worked‑in state/locality.

#25624