Platform Data Governance Lead

Job Title: Platform Data Governance LeadLocation: Bangalore, Karnataka – India Minimum Experience: 8-13 YearsRole OverviewWe are looking for a Platform Data Governance Lead to own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our enterprise data governance framework. You will define governance standards, enforce data quality practices, build and operate our data catalogue, and enable trusted, compliant data access across a federated, multi-cloud environment.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement the enterprise data governance framework — policies, ownership models, data contracts, and classification standards across federated domain teamsDefine and operationalize data quality standards, SLAs, and monitoring workflows; embed quality frameworks (e.g. Great Expectations) into pipelinesOwn the enterprise data catalogue (e.g. DataHub, Amundsen) — deployment, metadata enrichment, lineage visibility, and self-service data discoveryPartner with Legal, Compliance, and Risk to align governance with regulatory obligations (GDPR, PII, data residency)Influence domain teams to adopt governance as an enabler; represent the practice in architecture forumsMentor mid-level engineers and analysts on governance, quality, and catalogue standardsMust-Have SkillsData governance frameworks — enterprise policy design, data ownership models, data contracts, and stewardship operating modelsData quality — Great Expectations or equivalent; quality rule authoring, SLA definition, and pipeline-embedded checksData cataloguing — DataHub, Amundsen, or equivalent; metadata management, lineage tracking, and business glossary curationSQL and Python — proficiency for data profiling, quality automation, and governance toolingSnowflake and Databricks / Unity Catalog — governance features: RBAC, masking, classification, lineageRegulatory awareness — GDPR, PII handling, data residency, and sensitivity classification8+ years in data roles, with 3+ years in a governance, data quality, or senior IC capacityGood to HaveSchema registries, open table formats (Apache Iceberg), dbt governance, data mesh operating modelWhat We're Looking ForSystems thinker who sees how governance, quality, and catalogue decisions interact across the full estateInfluencer — able to embed governance as an enabler across autonomous teams without central authorityOpinionated on standards, pragmatic on adoption; strong communicator with both technical and business audiencesOwnership-driven — track record of improving data trust, reducing compliance risk, and building stewardship culture

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