Sr Consultant - Data Governance
Introduction
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Your role and responsibilities
A Hakkoda Data Governance Analyst will work with data teams in the formation and execution
of data governance framework, policy, and standards. This role will help develop and
implement data governance principles within various business areas of our client organizations
in order to establish a unified, holistic approach to data governance and, ultimately, drive a high
level of data quality throughout the organization. Keys to success in this role are the ability to
build strong partnerships with business and IT stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have
professional data governance experience, strong business acumen, and will be able to leverage
these competencies to provide stewardship and oversight of critical data assets.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for people with experience designing and building enterprise data strategies for
implementation, integration and usage of data. The successful candidate will have experience
interacting with business and IT stakeholders to advance an organization's thinking of data
governance concepts, ability to explain the benefits of data governance policies and procedures
within the context of the business needs.
As of April 2025, Hakkoda has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated in the IBM organization. Your recruitment process will be managed by IBM. IBM will be the hiring entity.
This role can be worked from anywhere within the US.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
● 7+ years of relevant data governance or data management experience (operating model,
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master data, metadata, data quality, data modeling and data standards)
● 5+ years experience leading the development of enterprise data governance
● Experience developing recommendations to improve accountability, quality, and
adherence to data policies, standards and quality improvement efforts.
● Experience in driving solution design and execution of data governance efforts that span
across business lines, technology, and platforms to address enterprise data needs
● Experience performing data audits, identifying data collection issues, suggesting
improvements and implementing fixes
● Experience defining and implementing data management frameworks that align with
overall business and technology strategies
● Experience with data governance and data quality tools such as Atlan, data.world,
Alation, Collibra, etc
● Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
● Ability to create critical collaterals for client workshops and customer interactive sessions
● Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature
judgment
● Advanced English
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
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