Title: Data Management & Governance Lead OR Data Management Consultant
Location: San Antonio, TX
Duration 12+ Months
Experience - 10+ Years
Required Skills: Strong knowledge of data management and data governance frameworks, metadata, and quality management.
Strong communication skills for training, documentation, and stakeholder management.
Prior lead experience and leading 6-to-8-member offshore team members.
Knowledge and experience in Agile delivery.
Skills and experience in all/most/many of the below items:
Experience with data cataloging and governance tools (e.g., Alation UDC, BigEye).
Experience and skills in Report Certification Process (RCP) and Data and Information Sharing (ISA /DSLA).
Experience in data lineage, MDM, and reference data practices.
Skills and experience in Data Retention, UDA and SDM management.
Familiarity in Stewardship Training, Change Management & Reporting.
Work experience in risks and controls related to data management and governance.
Familiarity in Stewardship Training, Change Management & Reporting.
Description:
Lead a team of 6 to 8 offshore members on data management and data governance services.
Engage with client stake holders on work in take and lead the delivery.
Needs to be on top of the whole delivery and hands on in providing the data management and data governance services.
Partner with agile squads (DPOs, Scrum Masters, BI/Analytics teams) to ensure data governance integration into delivery pipelines.
Day to day hands on activities/ leading will be as below, but not limited to:
Support Data Quality & Metadata Management by maintaining data dictionaries, business glossaries, and ensuring consistent metadata standards.
Assist in Data and Information Sharing (ISA/DSLA) processes to ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
Manage Data Assets & ADS (Authoritative Data Sources) through cataloging, ownership tracking, and lifecycle oversight.
Support Risk & Controls Execution, ensuring compliance with data governance controls and audits.
Facilitate the Report Certification Process (RCP) to validate reporting accuracy and certify dashboards/reports against governance standards.
Contribute to Stewardship Training, Change Management & Reporting by preparing documentation, training materials, and governance dashboards.
Collaborate with Reference Data & Master Data Management (MDM) teams to improve data consistency across systems.