Data Management Specialist

AVA Consulting is seeking a Program Manager - Data Management Specialist

Location: Remote - US

U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Job Description:

• We are seeking an experienced data management specialist to support domain-driven data initiatives across multiple business use cases. The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of data management, spanning ingestion, pipelining, transformation, quality, and governance.
• They must be skilled at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, well-documented, and scalable data solutions. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, analytics, and governance, ensuring domain-aligned data is discoverable, trustworthy, and fit for purpose.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with domain owners and product teams to understand business context, define data requirements, and translate them into domain data models and contracts.
• Establish and document data creation processes, including source-of-truth identification, event and entity modeling, and schema evolution strategies.
• Manage domain data assets in the data catalog, including metadata, lineage, ownership, SLA/SLO definitions, and data product documentation.
• Collaborate with platform teams to improve ingestion frameworks, transformation tooling, orchestration, and observability.
• Define and enforce data governance standards (access controls, PII handling, retention, compliance) within and across domains.
• Create re-usable patterns and templates for common use cases
• Provide clear communication to stakeholders, including status updates, risk identification, and documentation of decisions and trade-offs.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering/data management with domain-oriented design in complex, multi-use-case environments.
• Experience with modern data platforms and data lake/lakehouse architectures.
• Familiarity with streaming technologies and event-driven data models.
• Proven ability to understand and dissect existing, robust data models
• Understanding of metadata management, catalogs, and lineage
• Solid grasp of governance, security, and privacy best practices, including handling PII,
• GDPR/CCPA considerations, and role-based access controls.
• Strong communication skills; able to interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders and write clear documentation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing data products in a domain-driven architecture or data mesh environment.
• Background supporting analytics engineering and ML feature pipelines.
• Prior consulting/contracting experience with the ability to operate independently and deliver against milestones.
• Positive stakeholder feedback on clarity, responsiveness, and business value delivered.

Desired Candidate Qualities:

• The ability to motivate teams to achieve project goals.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic environment.
• Exposure to large enterprise working environments and familiarity with their complexities and challenges.

NOTE: Interested Candidates can apply by sending their Updated Resume and Contact Details.

Ron Tolson

AVA Consulting

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