Data Governance & Catalog Consultant

Job Purpose:The Data Governance & Catalog Consultant is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and enhancing enterprise metadata management, data cataloging, business glossary, and data governance capabilities. The role supports the organization's data governance strategy by ensuring that metadata assets are properly managed, governed, documented, and made accessible to stakeholders, enabling improved data discovery, lineage, quality, compliance, and business value realization.Key Accountabilities:Design, implement, and maintain enterprise metadata management and data catalog solutions.Develop and manage business glossaries, data dictionaries, taxonomies, and metadata repositories.Define and implement metadata governance standards, processes, and operating models.Support metadata capture, classification, enrichment, and cataloging across enterprise data assets.Establish and maintain end-to-end data lineage and data traceability capabilities.Collaborate with data owners, data stewards, business teams, and technical teams to ensure metadata quality and consistency.Configure and administer data catalog and metadata management platforms.Support data governance initiatives related to metadata management, data ownership, stewardship, and compliance.Monitor metadata quality, completeness, lineage coverage, and governance KPIs.Develop metadata standards, policies, procedures, and governance documentation.Support regulatory, audit, compliance, and data management requirements through effective metadata governance.Provide user training, adoption support, and knowledge transfer related to metadata and catalog platforms.Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance data governance maturity and metadata management capabilities.Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.CDMP Metadata Management Certification.Certification in the proposed Metadata Governance Component / Metadata Management Platform.Additional certifications in Data Governance, DAMA, Enterprise Data Management, or related disciplines.Minimum Experience:+5 years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Catalog Administration, or Enterprise Data Management.Hands-on experience managing metadata repositories, business glossaries, and data lineage solutions.Proven experience implementing and supporting enterprise metadata governance frameworks.Experience configuring and administering Metadata Management and Data Catalog platforms.Job-Specific Skills:Metadata Management and Metadata Governance.Enterprise Data Catalog Administration.Business Glossary Development and Management.Data Dictionary and Taxonomy Management.Metadata Repository Administration.Data Lineage Design and Management.Data Discovery and Data Classification.Data Governance Frameworks and Standards.Data Stewardship and Data Ownership Models.Metadata Quality Management.Technical Implementation and Configuration of Metadata Management Tools.Data Asset Cataloging and Metadata Capture.Regulatory Compliance and Data Governance Controls.SQL and Data Analysis.Metadata Integration and Enterprise Data Architecture Awareness.Documentation, Policy Development, and Governance Reporting.Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and communication skills.Ability to technically develop, configure, and implement metadata governance processes and controls within enterprise Metadata Management platforms.