Data Governance Manager

Wood Mackenzie

Multiple Locations
Hybrid
Data governance framework for snowflake
Implement practical controls and tooling
Design and operationalise governance framework
This role drives alignment between data governance, architecture, and engineering, ensuring that governance principles are built into the platform from day one

Job Summary

  • This role drives alignment between data governance, architecture, and engineering, ensuring that governance principles are built into the platform from day one.
  • You'll design and operationalise the governance framework (policies, standards, roles, stewardship) and work hands-on with the data platform team to implement practical controls and tooling such as dbt and Snowflake.
  • Partner with AI/ML teams to ensure data is structured, labelled, and enriched for use in large language models (LLMs), RAG systems, and generative AI applications.

Matching Summary

This role drives alignment between data governance, architecture, and engineering, ensuring that governance principles are built into the platform from day one.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Data governance framework for Snowflake
  • Implement practical controls and tooling
  • Design and operationalise governance framework
  • Data quality, lineage, and metadata
  • Access governance using dbt and Snowflake

Nice-to-have

  • Foster collaborative environment
  • Solution-orientated attitude
  • Mentor and peer coach
  • Champion strategic importance of data

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience designing and implementing data governance frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with dbt and Snowflake
  • Strong knowledge of modern data platform concepts
  • Understanding of metadata management, data lineage, data quality and stewardship practices
  • Familiarity with cloud ecosystems (AWS)
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to define governance metrics, KPIs, and reporting processes
  • Understanding of AI/ML data requirements
  • Knowledge of semantic data modelling, ontologies, taxonomies

Work Rights

Not specified

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