Data Governance & Strategy Consultant

Accenture; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Data Strategy & Governance Consultant to design and operationalize enterprise data governance frameworks. You will partner with business and technology stakeholders to establish stewardship, policies, and trusted data for analytics and AI.

You will implement cataloging and lineage tooling, drive governance councils, and ensure alignment with regulatory and privacy requirements across multiple data domains.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a data management, data governance, or a data strategy role (in a AWS, Microsoft, Google, etc. environment).
• Minimum of 2 years of hands‑on experience operationalizing data governance frameworks (stewardship, ownership, data quality, metadata management).
• Minimum of 2 years of hands‑on experience with data cataloging or lineage tooling (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working within or supporting regulatory and privacy compliance requirements
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Responsibilities

• Execute data governance design — support the design and operationalization of governance frameworks covering data ownership, stewardship, data quality standards, metadata management, and policy enforcement.
• Operationalize governance models — work with business and technology stakeholders to turn data strategy into actionable governance operating models that enable trusted data for analytics and AI.
• Support governance structures — help establish governance councils, define data classification and access policies, and document standards and processes.
• Configure governance tooling — implement and drive adoption of cataloging, lineage, and data quality tooling (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Support compliance alignment — ensure governance work aligns with regulatory and privacy requirements and contributes to master data management efforts.

Skills

Data governance design

Stakeholder collaboration

Data quality standards

Metadata management

Policy enforcement

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Data Strategy & Governance Consultant to design and operationalize enterprise data governance frameworks. You will partner with business and technology stakeholders to establish stewardship, policies, and trusted data for analytics and AI.

You will implement cataloging and lineage tooling, drive governance councils, and ensure alignment with regulatory and privacy requirements across multiple data domains.