Data Governance Consultant

CATCH Intelligence is looking for a Data Governance consultant to help data governance and analytics assessments. This includes facilitating interview sessions with business and technical users, analyzing the business and technical requirements and creating a comprehensive strategy and plan to meet our client’s business needs. This individual must have strong data governance experience and be focused on assessing our client’s environment and requirements and designing Data Governance solutions and services to support full lifecycle Data Governance implementations. The consultant will create Data Governance (DG) project charters, lead DG implementations, lead organizational design, lead change management, help create data driven cultures that treat data as a strategic asset that require Data Quality and Data Management disciplines and focus. A key component of this person’s responsibility will also be ‘pre-sales’ support, including face to face meetings with Catch customers, supporting the Catch sales team with prospective clients. This role will also be responsible for supporting our clients with putting together Data Governance programs and strategies and must have previous Data Governance leadership mentoring experience. This role will also require strong organizational skills to build out our DG library of reusable assets and methodologies. Training, coaching, and mentoring skills will be required to mentor internal and external staff. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Lead activities around Data Governance, assessments, strategies, data quality management and mentoring customers on how to implement DG programs. This position will work closely with clients to create or enhance DG programs and to help customers mature their DG capabilities. The DG lead consultant will help lead customers in the process of implementing these CATCH Intelligence reusable deliverables and processes for customers. Below is the list of the framework, templates and tools that will be implemented from customer to customer:Data Governance Implementation Framework and Roadmap applying Industry Best Practices and Reusable Deliverable Templates to help accelerate your Data Governance Program Implementation efforts and reduce costsData Governance Overview Presentation - Education to Executive level sponsors and Core Data Governance TeamData Governance Charter (A foundational document with Data Governance Mission, Vision, Policies, Standards, Enterprise Information Management Guidelines, Objectives, Roles & Responsibilities)Enterprise Information Management Guiding PrinciplesData Governance Program Backlog (Data-related Issues, Needs and Opportunities collected from Business Community and organized into themes such as Data Quality, Data Acquisition, Data Standardization, Data Security, Big Data, etc.)Initial Scope for the Data Governance Program and Pilot Project (e.g. Selection of 1 or 2 Quick Win ideas to implement – a way to pilot the act of governing by the business over their data and piloting of the related data governance processes)Communication/Change Management PlanData Governance Org Structure (Decision Making Authority) Defined/Confirmed (Executive and Work Group Levels)Data Governance Work Group formed to include business and I/T leaders and subject matter expertsOverview of the traditional roles and responsibilities of being a Data Steward provided to the Data Governance Work GroupData Governance Meeting Structure and Agenda TemplateData Governance Work Group Meetings following the standard agendaData Governance Issue Intake Triage WorksheetData Governance Home Page TemplateInitial Data Governance Toolset StrategyInitial Business Glossary (Standard Definitions for Key Concepts and Terms)Pilot Project under Data Governance (Consulting/Mentoring)Client Organization Self-sufficient in running Data Governance MeetingsPilot Lessons LearnedPlanning for future Releases Additional areas of support that will be required:Provide pre-sales support for prospective client engagementsImplement data quality and data governance processes as required on client engagementsEnhance library of tools and templatesTrain and mentor internal and external teams Qualifications:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.Evaluate, recommend and implement DG methodologies, frameworks, templates, and tools to meet technical and business requirementsStrong knowledge and hands on experience development data governance programsExcellent customer communication and pre-sales experiencePrevious experience implementing Data Governance processes, procedures and methodologies is requiredHands on experience with leading DG tools is desiredDetail oriented with excellent organization and analytical skillsAbility to prioritize work and meet deadlines;Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, project team members, supervisors, and employees from other departments.Bachelor*s degree in computer science, information system, computer engineering or equivalent working experience is required5+ years working experience in data governance and data environments Note: This is a full-time salaried position. If you have the qualification described above, we invite you to learn more about this position with our organization