Global Data Governance Lead - Data Layer

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)-posted 7 months ago
Full-time
Atlanta, GA
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Join the Data Layer Team, a global initiative transforming our organization into a data-driven enterprise! The Data Layer Team builds essential data platforms, products, and capabilities to empower our Case Teams (CTs) and Practice Areas (PAs) with high-quality, actionable insights. Our focus is on creating scalable data solutions and advancing our data infrastructure to drive informed decision-making across the company. The Data Governance Lead will serve as the strategic and operational leader responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the organization's data governance framework. This individual will play a pivotal role in ensuring data integrity, security, compliance, and usability across the enterprise while driving data quality, consistency, and maturity through a robust data asset lifecycle management solution. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including IT, legal, analytics, and business units, the Data Governance Lead will establish and enforce governance policies and best practices that align with the organization's strategic goals. This role demands a balance of strategic vision, operational expertise, and strong communication skills to foster a data-driven culture and ensure regulatory compliance while enabling innovation.

  • Define an overall vision, roadmap, and priorities for Data Governance Strategy
  • Design and implement a comprehensive data governance framework that aligns with organizational goals and industry standards.
  • Act as a liaison between business units, IT, and senior leadership to advocate for and execute governance policies and priorities.
  • Lead the establishment of a Data Governance Council or Committee to oversee.
  • Foster a culture of data responsibility and awareness through training programs and workshops.
  • Promote the adoption of governance policies across the organization by communicating their benefits and relevance.
  • Serve as a thought leader, staying informed about emerging trends and technologies in data governance.
  • Define and assign roles, including data owners and data stewards, ensuring accountability for data assets.
  • Provide guidance and support to data stewards and other governance roles across the organization.
  • Develop and enforce policies for data creation, storage, retention, archival, and disposal.
  • Regularly review and update lifecycle policies to ensure they remain relevant and compliant with regulatory requirements.
  • Define and enforce data quality standards, such as accuracy, completeness, and consistency as well as guidance on metadata (tags).
  • Implement tools and workflows for data profiling, cleansing, and monitoring.
  • Resolve data quality issues and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify high-priority data assets across commercial offerings & BCG's case assistant, Q's needs and align resources accordingly.
  • Leverage advanced analytics to derive business insights and maximize the value of data assets.
  • Create metrics and dashboards to track the effectiveness of data governance initiatives as well as ROI for data assets.
  • Oversee the implementation of role-based access controls (RBAC) to manage data access.
  • Ensure sensitive data is protected through encryption, anonymization, and regular security audits.
  • Monitor compliance with data access policies and address any violations.
  • Define and implement standards for integrating data governance capabilities into the enterprise data platform.
  • Ensure the platform supports metadata management, lineage tracking, and data quality monitoring.
  • Drive the adoption of platform features that enable scalability, accessibility, and compliance with governance policies.
  • Define and implement GenAI-specific data usage guardrails and data governance policies.
  • 10-12+ years of experience working in data-related or project roles (e.g. Data Management, Data Governance, CDO Office or BI & Analytics team).
  • Prior experience working with Consulting data like benchmarks or 3rd party sources and at a global level.
  • Passion and interest in solving business-oriented data challenges end-to-end, with demonstrated precision and attention-to-detail.
  • An understanding of Data Governance industry best practice is useful (such as DAMA's DMBoK & CDMP, EDM Council's DCAM).
  • Understanding of data strategy and management concepts and associated business processes and tools, including Data Modelling, Data Warehousing, and Data Quality.
  • Strong customer and business focus with demonstrated ability to form effective working relationships and resolve conflicts.
  • Hands-on experience using Data Governance tools such as Data Catalogs and Data Quality Tools, preferably in the context of GenAI readiness.
  • Solid understanding of Consulting data constructs and domains (e.g. structured and unstructured data), data technologies (e.g., Snowflake) and core transactional systems (e.g., SharePoint) will be beneficial.
  • Strong communication skills with proven experience in stakeholder engagement (including senior business and technical teams) and the ability to showcase the business benefits of Data Governance.
  • Bachelor's or higher degree, preferably in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or related fields.
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