Job Summary
Role: Data Governance Consultant - Senior
Experience Guide: Senior: 5-9 years
Primary Skill Area: Governance Strategy, Operating Model & Compliance The opportunity: Lead enterprise data governance programs by defining governance operating models, policies, standards, ownership frameworks, controls, and compliance-aligned ways of working. Drive adoption of governance practices across business, data, technology, risk, and compliance teams.
Your key responsibilities
- Develop enterprise Data Governance frameworks.
- Define governance operating models, councils, decision rights, and escalation paths.
- Establish data policies, standards, procedures, and governance controls.
- Define data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models.
- Drive regulatory compliance, risk management, audit readiness, and governance reporting.
- Define governance KPIs, maturity metrics, scorecards, and adoption tracking mechanisms.
- Support data literacy, stakeholder engagement, communication,
and change management.
- Lead governance assessments, roadmap development, and governance program delivery.
What you will need to succeed
- Data Governance Strategy
- Governance Operating Model
- Data Governance Frameworks
- Policies & Standards
- Data Stewardship
- Data Ownership
- Data Governance Councils
- Data Controls
- Regulatory Compliance
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Relevant experience guide: Senior: 5-9 years;
- Senior: 5-9 years
Ideally, you'll also have
- Collibra
- Atlan
- Microsoft Purview
- Alation
- Informatica
- ServiceNow GRC or equivalent workflow platforms
What we look for
- A governance qualified who can define practical operating models, drive adoption across business and technology teams, and translate governance controls into measurable delivery outcomes.
📌 Senior Data Governance Consultant (Bengaluru)
🏢 EY
📍 Bengaluru