Senior Data Governance Advisor — Remote & Impactful

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

phData is a remote-first data and AI consultancy with teams across the US, LATAM, and India. As a Senior Consultant, Data Governance, you will embed governance and stewardship into client work, drive metadata programs, and coach staff to take ownership as data stewards.

You will facilitate working groups, design governance policies, and implement cataloging and quality controls using tools like Collibra, Alation, Atlan, or Purview, while collaborating with engineers, analysts and business leads

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, MDM, or related roles.
• Hands-on experience with data catalog/metadata tools (Alation, Collibra, Atlan, Purview).
• Exposure to data quality tools and processes (Informatica, Talend, Ataccama, or equivalent).
• Strong communication skills: facilitate workshops, write clear business documentation, and present to mixed audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to define and obtain alignment for definition, business rules and data quality controls.
• Familiarity with governance operating models and stewardship practices.
• Knowledge of privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and how governance practices support compliance
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Willingness to travel up to 50% per month (10 of 20 business days) when required by our clients

Responsibilities

• Support the design of tailored data governance programs, with recommendations on processes, team structure, decision rights and boundaries.
• Design policies and controls for effective data governance execution.
• Bring a modern perspective on the design and rollout of data governance.
• Communicate governance concepts in clear business language; prepare presentations, training materials, and adoption guides.
• Facilitate data governance working groups to drive alignment between business and technology stakeholders.
• Execute metadata management activities such as cataloging, lineage capture, and stewardship workflows.
• Partner with business teams to draft and maintain business rules, definitions, and data quality controls.
• Apply data quality processes such as profiling, monitoring, and issue management, ensuring rules are practical and adopted.
• Support the installation, configuration, rollout and adoption of governance/metadata tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Purview).
• Coach client staff on data stewardship practices—showing them how to govern their data effectively and sustainably.
• Provide input on access controls, privacy, and compliance with regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business owners to embed governance into daily workflows, platform pipelines, modeling practices, and observability.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

MDM

Data quality

Stakeholder facilitation

Communication

Privacy regulations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Tools

Alation

Collibra

Atlan

Purview

Job description

phData is a remote-first data and AI consultancy with teams across the US, LATAM, and India. As a Senior Consultant, Data Governance, you will embed governance and stewardship into client work, drive metadata programs, and coach staff to take ownership as data stewards.

You will facilitate working groups, design governance policies, and implement cataloging and quality controls using tools like Collibra, Alation, Atlan, or Purview, while collaborating with engineers, analysts and business leads