SENIOR COLLIBRA & DATA GOVERNANCE PRACTITIONER

JOB TITLE: SENIOR COLLIBRA & DATA GOVERNANCE PRACTITIONER

LOCATION: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

LANGUAGES REQUIRED: DUTCH, FRENCH, ENGLISH

CONTRACT DURATION: ASAP - LONG TERM

WORK MODE: FULL TIME (HYBRID AND 2-3 DAYS ONSITE PER WEEK)

Job Description

Context & Mission

• Client is evaluating Collibra as a strategic platform for enterprise Data Governance and Metadata Management, with an initial focus on data catalogue, technical lineage, data quality integration and governance capabilities.
• We are looking for a senior, hands-on Collibra practitioner to drive the functional POC, translate the existing Data Governance capabilities into a potential Collibra setup and help build the internal capability required for future adoption.
• This is a fast-paced, delivery-oriented assignment requiring someone who can move comfortably between hands-on platform work, operational IT and Data Governance teams, architecture discussions and senior management.

Key Responsibilities

Drive the Collibra POC

• Structure and execute functional testing of key Collibra capabilities, including metadata management, technical lineage, catalogue, governance workflows and data quality integration.
• Translate requirements into concrete test scenarios and rapidly turn findings into conclusions and recommendations.
• Explain the platform to different tester populations, guide their testing and help drive adoption.
• Ensure the POC produces reusable insights and patterns for a potential industrialized setup.

Translate and challenge the existing landscape

• Rapidly understand existing capabilities through demos, documentation and discussions with subject-matter experts.
• Separate the underlying business or functional requirement from the way it is implemented today.
• Map existing capabilities to Collibra and perform a pragmatic fit-gap analysis.
• Apply an “adopt native before rebuild” mindset: favor standard Collibra capabilities and actively challenge unnecessary customization, complexity and legacy ways of working.
• Identify what should be adopted natively, configured, integrated, custom built, simplified or retired.

Shape the future setup

• Translate POC and fit-gap findings into recommendations for a simple, scalable and maintainable Collibra setup.
• Work with Data Governance, architecture and engineering teams on integration, metadata ingestion, lineage, workflows and operating model.
• Contribute to a pragmatic transition approach while minimizing unnecessary customization and long-term technical debt.

Build internal capability

• Transfer Collibra knowledge through hands-on collaboration, coaching and remote training.
• Help new team members within Client Technology and the Portugal-based delivery hub progressively take ownership of platform configuration, integration, troubleshooting, evolution and maintenance.
• Contribute to establishing the foundations of a sustainable internal Collibra competence centre.

Required Profile

• Senior hands-on Collibra practitioner with strong practical experience in enterprise implementations.
• Strong knowledge of metadata management, data catalogues, technical lineage, Data Governance and enterprise data integration.
• Able to rapidly understand unfamiliar existing solutions and translate them into underlying requirements and appropriate Collibra capabilities. Prior expertise in the incumbent platform is not required.
• Strong standard-first / adopt-native mindset, with the confidence to challenge historical complexity and unnecessary customization and the pragmatism to make the project happen.
• Able to combine hands-on execution with solution-level thinking and pragmatic decision-making.
• Strong facilitator and communicator, comfortable working with operational teams, engineers, Data Governance stakeholders, architects and senior management.
• Autonomous, pragmatic and able to deliver tangible results at pace in an evolving environment.
• Experience in large, complex or regulated organizations is strongly preferred.
• Experience and/or knowledge of data architecture is a plus