Remote Collibra Data Governance Specialist

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Based in India

Remote work option

Job summary

Partner Company seeks an experienced Collibra Data Governance Specialist to build, scale, and operate enterprise-wide governance capabilities. You will configure Collibra, manage metadata, and establish glossaries, ownership models, and data lineage to support reliable, compliant data across business domains.

You will collaborate with business, analytics, IT, and data quality teams to translate governance requirements into practical solutions, drive adoption of standardized practices, and

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in data governance, data management, or a related field.
• At least three years hands-on experience with master data management (MDM) and data governance software.
• Experience configuring and administering Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud in production.
• Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, ownership, stewardship, and processes.
• Practical knowledge of metadata management, data cataloging, business glossaries, data dictionaries.
• Experience with data lineage, impact analysis, and data certification.
• Familiarity with other governance platforms like Informatica and DataHub.
• Experience linking governance tools with cloud platforms and BI tools (Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
• Understanding of data quality tools, rules, metrics, and collaboration with data quality teams.
• Familiarity with GDPR, CCPA, SOX compliance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management; ability to explain governance concepts clearly.
• Detail-oriented and capable of driving change and cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Configure, administer, and enhance Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud and other data governance and catalog platforms to support enterprise-wide governance requirements.
• Customize governance operating models, domains, communities, assets, and workflows to align platform capabilities with business needs and organizational structures.
• Develop and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, data ownership models, and stewardship practices to improve consistency and clarity across business domains.
• Ingest, organize, and maintain technical and business metadata from enterprise systems, ensuring data assets are documented, discoverable, and governed effectively.
• Enable automated and manual data lineage, facilitate impact analysis, and support data certification to improve visibility into data flows, dependencies, and reliability.
• Define and operationalize data governance policies, standards, procedures, and controls that support regulatory obligations and internal compliance requirements.
• Manage integrations between governance platforms, cloud data environments, BI tools, and metadata sources to maintain consistent information across systems.
• Work with data quality teams to surface relevant data quality rules, metrics, and information within governance processes.

Job description

Partner Company seeks an experienced Collibra Data Governance Specialist to build, scale, and operate enterprise-wide governance capabilities. You will configure Collibra, manage metadata, and establish glossaries, ownership models, and data lineage to support reliable, compliant data across business domains.

You will collaborate with business, analytics, IT, and data quality teams to translate governance requirements into practical solutions, drive adoption of standardized practices, and