Data Governance Leader I Chicago - JO-2411-24381-6744

Slalom Consulting - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Principal

Remote - Chicago, IL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

This position is for a Principal or Senior Principal level role focused on leading enterprise Data Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) implementations. The role requires collaboration with clients to align data governance strategies with business goals, utilizing modern governance tools and cloud platforms. The candidate will be responsible for developing data governance policies, conducting data quality assessments, and training data stewards, all while working in a hybrid environment based in downtown Chicago.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Data Governance and MDM implementations, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
• Lead analysis, architecture, design and development of data governance and MDM solutions on client projects.
• Assist in the development of critical data models in support of various MDM data domains.
• Develop and enforce data governance policies and procedures, including data quality, data platform management, and data catalog/glossary maintenance.
• Utilize SQL skills to manage and effectively conduct exploratory data analysis; foundational knowledge in Python scripting is a plus.
• Work with best-in-class data governance technologies such as Informatica, Purview, Profisee, data.world, Reltio, and Collibra to support data management and governance initiatives.
• Design, implement, and manage data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure Fabric, ensuring they meet organizational needs.
• Conduct workshops, facilitate decision-making processes, and develop technology roadmaps to guide client organizations' data management strategies.
• Perform data governance maturity assessments to identify opportunities for improvement and implement strategies to enhance data-driven decision-making capabilities.
• Assess data quality, remediate data quality issues, develop data quality rules, create metrics, thresholds, and responses for data quality, and automate monitoring.
• Train and coach data stewards on Data Governance best practices and creating templates, user guides, playbooks, and support documentation.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in developing enterprise level solutions in modern governance tools such as Collibra, Alation and/or Informatica and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Collaborative solutioning approach to develop, sell and/or implement data governance recommendations based on a client's needs, priorities, and environment.
• Experience in creating MDM and data governance strategies, with the ability to confidently discuss requirements, priorities, potential solutions and MDM architecture patterns.
• Experience with defining, organizing, and publishing business and technical metadata, and implementing data management technologies (e.g., Data Catalog, Data Quality, Master Data Management, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops and influence decision-making processes.
• Strong analytical skills and experience in developing technology roadmaps and conducting analytics maturity assessments.
• Experience in project management and leading cross-functional delivery teams.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

Benefits

• Meaningful time off and paid holidays
• Parental leave
• 401(k) with a match
• Highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage
• Adoption and fertility assistance
• Short/long-term disability
• Yearly $350 reimbursement account for well-being-related expenses
• Discounted home, auto, and pet insurance