Our Customer: A global enterprise organization building modern data, analytics, and AI solutions within a Microsoft-first ecosystem. The company focuses on scalable and secure enterprise platforms that support business intelligence and digital transformation. Your tasks: * Own the collection, quality, and ongoing curation of metadata for data assets within the assigned domain, including business definitions, classifications, ownership assignments, and sensitivity tagging * Maintain and improve business term assignments in the data catalog to ensure data assets are accurately described and easy to find * Identify and define Critical Data Elements (CDEs) together with data owners and the Data Governance CoE * Review and improve metadata coverage to increase clarity and data discoverability * Ensure new data assets and data products have complete governance metadata before going live * Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to define, publish, and maintain data products in the Data Marketplace * Support adoption of the Data Marketplace by ensuring data assets are findable, trusted, and accessible * Certify and maintain data products according to governance standards * Define data quality thresholds for CDEs together with business data owners and technical teams * Monitor data quality for critical data elements, investigate identified issues, and coordinate their resolution * Support the development of repeatable processes for proactive data quality management * Support the documentation and publication of end-to-end data lineage for critical data assets and products * Maintain an up-to-date map of data ownership within the domain * Escalate ownership gaps and lineage issues when required * Organize and facilitate domain Data Governance working group sessions * Coordinate Data Governance activities across the domain * Support DCAM-aligned maturity assessments by providing domain-level evidence, artifacts, and input * Act as the main point of contact between the domain and the central Data Governance CoE * Support data owners and contributors in understanding governance expectations and tooling
Required skills and qualifications: * 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Stewardship, Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, or a similar governance-focused data role * Experience with metadata management and data catalogs, including business definitions, classifications, ownership, sensitivity tagging, and business terminology * Experience identifying and managing Critical Data Elements (CDEs) * Experience with data quality management, including defining thresholds, monitoring quality, investigating issues, and coordinating remediation * Experience working with data products and Data Marketplace concepts * Experience documenting or maintaining data lineage and data ownership * Understanding of data flows and basic data modelling principles * Experience collaborating with business and technical stakeholders, including data owners, analysts, and data engineers * Experience facilitating working groups and coordinating Data Governance activities * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Highly motivated, results-oriented, and able to learn quickly * STEM educational background * English — confident written and spoken communication with business and technical stakeholders
Would be a plus: * Previous experience in BI * Previous experience in analytics * Previous experience in data management * Previous experience in data engineering * Knowledge and understanding of data management and IT systems
