Data Governance Implementation Lead

• A hands-on opportunity to help our clients build and embed data governance in practice, moving beyond theory into real business impact.

• The opportunity to shape reusable data governance building blocks, including templates, ways of working and practical implementation approaches.

• Regular interaction with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive impactful change.

• Collaboration with experienced Metyis colleagues across data, analytics, architecture, privacy, security and business consulting.

• Exposure to different clients, industries and complex data environments.

• The opportunity to grow towards broader data governance leadership while contributing to a fast-growing international and diverse team.

• Engagement with evolving data governance practices, industry trends and new technologies.

• Help clients turn data governance from concept into daily practice, starting with areas where business value and stakeholder buy-in are highest.

• Identify priority stakeholders, business pain points and governance gaps together with business and IT teams.

• Define clear ownership, including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians and decision forums, and support stakeholders in adopting these responsibilities.

• Facilitate workshops to align business and technical stakeholders on ownership, definitions and decision-making.

• Translate broad and ambiguous data governance challenges into clear and actionable implementation approaches.

• Support the implementation and embedding of governance into clients’ day-to-day ways of working.

• Turn successful approaches into reusable templates, playbooks and accelerators that can be applied across projects and clients.

• Collaborate with Metyis specialists across data, analytics, architecture and privacy for detailed technical implementation.

• Experience initiating a data or governance effort from scratch, including securing sponsorship and stakeholder buy-in, not only joining one that someone else already set up.

• Comfortable, and energized, engaging senior business stakeholders directly, building those relationships yourself rather than being introduced into existing ones.

• Ability to take a broad, ambiguous mandate and structure it into a clear first starting point.

• Strong communication skills, able to translate data concepts into business value for both technical and business audiences.

• 4 to 6 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, analytics, business analysis, or a related field, still growing toward a broader governance leadership role.

• Working understanding of data platforms and why governance matters.

• Proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and resilient.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, CDMP) or tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview).

• Experience in ESG, Finance, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, or another domain where data ownership matters.

• Experience in a consulting, international, or multi-entity organization.

• Basic SQL, BI, or data platform knowledge, and awareness of GDPR or other data protection principles.