Data Governance Consultant

Job#: 3017520

Job Description:

Job Position: Data Governance Consultant

Location: Remote

Pay Rate Range: $75/hr-$83/hr

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Drive the planning and execution of Data/BI governance initiatives, tasks, and deliverables.
• Drive timely completion of governance activities and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Proactively identify and resolve issues, mitigating risks before they impact deliverables.
• Escalate blockers promptly to appropriate forums for resolution.
• Coach and mentor team members on data governance principles, practices, policies, standards, and deliverables.
• Drive metadata curation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and quality within the business glossary.
• Collect, develop, and implement Data Quality (DQ) rules
• Ensure semantic alignment of technical metadata (e.g., column names, data types, lineage, physical storage attributes) with enterprise data domains, preserving business meaning across all abstraction layers.
• Apply governance standards consistently to all work efforts.
• Communicate effectively to drive collaboration, promote governance adoption, and showcase program success

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in data governance and data management implementations.
• Proven experience leading data governance, data management, data quality, and data stewardship collaboration.
• Solid communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of DAMA/DMBOK framework.
• Familiarity with data modeling
• Hands-on experience with Collibra Data Governance and Collibra Data Quality tools is huge plus.
• Prior experience in Delivering Data governance work in Agile set up is a huge plus.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.