Data Governance Lead

What You Will Do :

As a Data Governance Lead at Kanerika, you will be responsible for defining, leading, and operationalizing the data governance framework, ensuring enterprise-wide alignment and regulatory compliance.

Required Qualifications :

- 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management.

- Proficient in Microsoft Purview and Informatica data governance tools.

- Strong in metadata management, lineage mapping, classification, and security.

- Experience with ADF, REST APIs, Talend, dbt, and automation via Azure tools.

- Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX and related compliance needs.

- Skilled in bridging technical governance with business and compliance goals.

Tools & Technologies :

- Microsoft Purview(must have), Collibra, Atlan, Informatica Axon, IBM IG Catalog

- Microsoft Purview capabilities :

1. Label creation & policy setup

2. Auto-labeling & DLP

3. Compliance Manager, Insider Risk, Records & Lifecycle Management

4. Unified Catalog, eDiscovery, Data Map, Audit, Compliance alerts, DSPM.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Governance Strategy & Stakeholder Alignment :

- Develop and maintain enterprise data governance strategies, policies, and standards.

- Align governance with business goals : compliance, analytics, and decision-making.

- Collaborate across business, IT, legal, and compliance teams for role alignment.

- Drive governance training, awareness, and change management programs.

2. Microsoft Purview Administration & Implementation :

- Manage Microsoft Purview accounts, collections, and RBAC aligned to org structure.

- Optimize Purview setup for large-scale environments (50TB+).

- Integrate with Azure Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI, Snowflake.

- Schedule scans, set classification jobs, and maintain collection hierarchies.

3. Metadata & Lineage Management :

- Design metadata repositories and maintain business glossaries and data dictionaries.

- Implement ingestion workflows via ADF, REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure Functions.

- Ensure lineage mapping (ADF ? Synapse ? Power BI) and impact analysis.

4. Data Classification & Security Governance :

- Define classification rules and sensitivity labels (PII, PCI, PHI).

- Integrate with MIP, DLP, Insider Risk Management, and Compliance Manager.

- Enforce records management, lifecycle policies, and information barriers.

5. Data Quality & Policy Management :

- Define KPIs and dashboards to monitor data quality across domains.

- Collaborate on rule design, remediation workflows, and exception handling.

- Ensure policy compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, etc.) and risk management.

6. Business Glossary & Stewardship :

- Maintain business glossary with domain owners and stewards in Purview.

- Enforce approval workflows, standard naming, and steward responsibilities.

- Conduct metadata audits for glossary and asset documentation quality.

7. Automation & Integration :

- Automate governance processes using PowerShell, Azure Functions, Logic Apps.

- Create pipelines for ingestion, lineage, glossary updates, tagging.

- Integrate with Power BI, Azure Monitor, Synapse Link, Collibra, BigID, etc.

8. Monitoring, Auditing & Compliance :

- Set up dashboards for audit logs, compliance reporting, metadata coverage.

- Oversee data lifecycle management across its phases.

- Support internal and external audit readiness with proper documentation.

• Seniority Level
• Mid-Senior level
• Industry
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• IT System Data Services
• Engineering Services
• Employment Type
• Full-time
• Job Functions
• Engineering
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Skills
• Data Governance
• Powershell
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Azure Data Factory
• Change Impact Analysis
• Representational State Transfer (REST)
• SQL
• Data Management
• Microsoft Azure
• Informatica