What We’re Looking For

Must have

6–9 years of experience in data governance or data management roles within an enterprise data office, governance programme or data management function – preferably in financial services, ratings, research or a similar regulated workplace.

Demonstrated experience running governance operations: setting up or operating data ownership and stewardship models, data quality rules and issue management, or governance forums in a large organisation.

Working knowledge of data governance frameworks and practices – DAMA-DMBOK or equivalent – and the ability to translate policies and standards into practical workflows, controls and SOPs.

Experience working within a data catalogue or metadata management platform (e.g. OpenMetadata, Collibra, Alation, Informatica Axon/EDC) in a governance capacity: domains, glossary, ownership, classification and lineage.

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across business, technology and control functions and to explain governance concepts to non-technical audiences.

Good to have

Hands-on experience implementing or configuring a data catalogue or metadata platform, beyond governance use of the tool.

Exposure to DCAM or another formal data management maturity assessment and its remediation.





Experience with data classification and sensitivity labelling tooling (e.g. Microsoft Purview).

Experience developing data literacy or stewardship training material.

What This Role Is Not

Not a people management role.

Not a coding-heavy data engineering role, though familiarity with data engineering concepts (pipelines, data platforms, SQL) is useful.

Mandatory Skills

Data governance operations (ownership and stewardship models,governance forums),Data Quality Management,Metadata management and business glossary,Data policy and standards (DAMA-DMBOK or equivalent),Stakeholder management and communication with non-technical audiences

Skills to be evaluated on

Data catalogue tools (OpenMetadataCollibraAlationInformatica)Data classification and sensitivity labellingData lineageDCAM or other maturity assessment exposureCritical thinking and structured problem-solvingDocumentation and governance reporting

Years Of Experience

6 to 9 Years

Education/Qualification

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management or related field. Certifications such as Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), or Collibra certified Steward/Engineer/ranger etc are a plus

📌 Data Governance Specialist (Mumbai)
🏢 Crisil
📍 Mumbai