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Job Title: Data Governance Consultant Customer Data (CDP Initiative)
Location: Remote (with potential for limited travel)
Start Date: November 2025 / Early 2026
Duration: 3 months (with extension potential)
Role Type: Consultant / Expert (strategic guidance & coaching, limited hands-on)
About the Role
We are seeking a seasoned Data Governance Consultant to provide strategic expertise and leadership on a new Customer Data Platform (CDP) initiative. This role will focus on optimizing customer data management and governance across a large-scale, complex B2B/B2C environment with millions of records.
The consultant will serve as a subject matter expert and coach, guiding the internal team on best practices, data governance frameworks, and approaches to consolidating, cleansing, and ensuring data consistency. This is a highly strategic role designed to bring external perspective, proven industry experience, and mentorship to elevate internal capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and lead the governance strategy for customer data across B2B and B2C environments.
- Coach and mentor internal teams on data governance frameworks, practices, and processes.
- Advise on approaches for consolidating, cleansing, and standardizing customer data across multiple systems.
- Provide expertise on handling large, disparate datasets (hundreds of thousands to millions of records).
- Guide the application of data matching techniques (fuzzy matching, probabilistic matching, etc.).
- Contribute strategically to data cleansing activities within broader technical projects.
Required Skills & Experience
- Extensive data governance experience in B2B and B2C environments (e.g., managing distributor/reseller sales models).
- Proven expertise in large-scale customer data management and optimization.
- Hands-on experience in data consolidation, cleaning, and consistency management.
- Ability to serve as a strategic advisor and coach (not strictly hands-on execution).
- Familiarity with data matching techniques and methodologies.
Preferred Technical Experience
- Strong preference for experience with SAP.
- Experience with Azure Data Lakes.
- Exposure to Excedra and Snowflake is a plus.