Data Governance Specialist

Role: Data Governance Specialist

Location: Coimbatore/Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Governance with strong expertise in metadata management, enterprise data governance, semantic modeling and AI-enabled data architecture.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with OpenMetadata, Collate or similar enterprise data governance platforms and the ability to design and implement scalable metadata and governance solutions.

The role involves building an AI-ready semantic metadata foundation that enables enterprise AI applications and agents through structured metadata, knowledge graphs, data contracts and governance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Metadata Management & Data Governance

• Design and implement enterprise metadata management and data governance solutions.
• Develop and maintain business glossaries, taxonomies and KPI/metric libraries.
• Establish metadata standards, governance policies and stewardship processes.
• Design and implement governance workflows and operating models.

OpenMetadata / Collate Platform Implementation

• Implement and manage metadata governance platforms such as OpenMetadata and Collate.
• Configure metadata ingestion, management and governance workflows.
• Integrate governance platforms with enterprise data ecosystems.
• Drive the evolution of metadata platforms to support AI-enabled governance.

Semantic Modeling & Knowledge Graphs

• Design and implement ontologies, semantic models and semantic views.
• Develop semantic metadata graphs and knowledge graph concepts.
• Establish metadata-driven context layers for AI applications and agents.
• Ensure consistent business definitions and relationships across enterprise data assets.

Data Products & Data Contracts

• Design and implement enterprise data products.
• Define data contracts at source, publishing and data product levels.
• Establish contract-based data quality validation and monitoring.
• Ensure data products meet defined quality and governance standards.

Data Quality & Governance Frameworks

• Design and implement data quality frameworks and validation processes.
• Establish governance controls, policies and guardrails.
• Implement monitoring and data stewardship processes.
• Ensure data governance practices are sustainable and scalable.

AI Enablement & Enterprise Architecture

• Build AI-ready metadata and governance architectures.
• Enable metadata-driven context for enterprise AI applications.
• Define governance guardrails to support responsible AI adoption.
• Align metadata management and governance capabilities with enterprise AI initiatives.

Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Drive end-to-end solution architecture and implementation strategies.
• Conduct architecture, solution and governance reviews.
• Guide implementation teams on technical best practices.
• Define standards and scalable governance processes across enterprise platforms.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with OpenMetadata, Collate or similar data governance platforms such as Collibra.
• Expertise in metadata management and enterprise data governance.
• Experience in business glossary, taxonomy and KPI/metric library design.
• Knowledge of ontologies, semantic modeling and knowledge graphs.
• Understanding of semantic metadata graphs and AI context-layer architecture.
• Experience in data product design and data contract implementation.
• Knowledge of data quality frameworks and governance workflows.
• Strong data engineering fundamentals and enterprise data integration concepts.
• Understanding of AI-ready data architecture and AI governance.

Required Functional Skills

• Strong enterprise solution architecture and solutioning capabilities.
• Ability to design governance operating models and workflows.
• Experience defining governance policies, standards and technical guardrails.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and guide implementation teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.