Impetus - Data Governance Architect

Locations : Noida/Gurgaon/Indore/Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad

Job Description :

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 10+ years of experience in Data Governance

- Strong understanding of data governance concepts (ownership, stewardship, metadata, lineage, policies).

- Experience with data quality frameworks and monitoring.

- Knowledge of data security, privacy, and compliance principles.

- Ability to translate business requirements into governance rules and standards.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

- Define and implement the Data Governance strategy, operating model, and framework (policies, standards, procedures).

- Establish data ownership, stewardship roles, and accountability across business and technical teams.

- Lead data quality management initiatives (profiling, completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness).

- Create and maintain data standards, definitions, and a common business glossary.

- Define data classification and ensure appropriate controls for sensitive data (PII/PHI/confidential).

- Design and support metadata management, data lineage, and data catalog adoption.

- Ensure compliance with internal controls and external regulations (as applicable).

- Define data access and usage controls, including role-based access and approval workflows.

- Support governance for enterprise reporting (e.g., Book of Business, Data Completeness, KPI dashboards).

- Partner with engineering teams to ensure governance is embedded into data pipelines and architecture.

- Create governance metrics, dashboards, and reporting for leadership visibility.

- Drive issue management processes for data defects including root cause analysis and remediation tracking.

- Provide guidance on governance best practices during new system implementations and migrations.

Preferred Skills :

- Experience with tools like Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Azure Purview (any relevant tool).

- Knowledge of cloud data platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP).

- Good to have Databricks Unity Catalog experience

- Experience working with data warehouses/lakes and BI reporting tools.

- Familiarity with Agile delivery and SDLC processes.