Data Governance Specialist

Position Overview

Data Governance Specialist

• Data Classification & Metadata Management

• Propose and define the data classification framework for the organization, including Personal Data, Sensitive Data, Confidential, Financial, Business-Critical, etc.
• Identify and document target tables across business domains.
• Perform metadata tagging of critical tables, applying tags such as:

+ Division / Domain

+ Financial / Confidential

• Critical Data Elements (CDE) Management

• Identify Critical Data Elements (CDEs) within key systems, KPIs, and processes.
• Define business definitions, data rules, transformations, and calculation logic for KPIs.
• Create and maintain Data Quality Rules for each CDE to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and integrity.
• Work with data owners and stewards to establish CDE ownership and accountability.

• Business Glossary Development

• Build and maintain a business glossary capturing standard definitions for:
• + Tables
• + Fields
• + Business terms
• + KPIs
• Ensure alignment between business and technical teams by maintaining consistent terminology.
• Data Cataloging
• Drive creation and sustenance of a data catalog across enterprise systems.
• Evaluate possibility of leveraging ER (Entity Relationship) tools or existing metadata management platforms for cataloging.
• Maintain documentation on data lineage, table relationships, and data flows.

• Data Security & Access Controls

• Define and implement role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks.
• Work with security teams to ensure PII data encryption, masking, tokenization, or anonymization as needed.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations (GDPR, DPDP Act, ISO standards, etc.).

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Governance Enablement

• Partner with business, technology, and data engineering teams to operationalize governance standards.
• Conduct workshops to educate functional teams on governance practices, data quality, and classification frameworks.
• Provide guidance on data governance tools, best practices, and process improvement.

Skills Required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related fields.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality, or similar roles.
• Strong understanding of:
• + Data classification models
• + CDE frameworks
• + Business glossary and catalog tools
• + Information security principles
• + RBAC and access control policies
• Experience with data governance/metadata tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica EDC, Atlan, Azure Purview, ER/Studio, ERwin, etc.).
• Knowledge of SQL and relational data structures is preferred.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Skills