Data Governance Role - BFS

DATA GOVERNANCE

Basic Function:

The Data Governance Consultant is a strong Data Governance Lead with an ability to serve as liaison between both the client business and technical teams for our Data Governance consulting projects. Provide vision and leadership to inspire clients on their Data Governance journey. Scope includes leading Data Governance assessments and implementation tasks and deliverables.

Essential Functions:

- Work with all levels of client to design and lead implementation of data governance solutions, tailored to work in different client environments.

- Play an advisory role with clients to understand their business needs and how to translate requirements into Data Governance solutions.

- Conduct Data Governance assessments, develop recommendations, templates and roadmaps based on required deliverables.

- Develop business cases for Data Governance programs.

- Lead Data Governance working sessions with the client.

- Contribute to the advancement of the Data Governance practice by adding to best practices, providing thought leadership, supporting the sales team and coaching more junior colleagues on Data Governance.

- Implement, configure and maintain hardware for test instances of Data Governance software.

- Lead and coach other Data Governance team members on an engagement.

- Stay informed of best practices consistent with new technologies and customer needs. Recommend removal of out of date practices and implement beneficial changes and improvements for Data Governance.

- Contribute to the advancement Data Governance practice by adding to best practices, providing thought leadership, supporting the sales team and coaching more junior colleagues on Data Governance.

- Work with Competency Director to develop goals to continue to enhance our delivery capabilities

- Other duties as assigned or identified

Primary Internal Interactions:

Project Delivery:

- Formulates workable solutions that integrate people, process and technology. Integrates competency leads and other subject matter experts to define the details of vision and solution

- Identifies, creates and communicates the vision of the end-to-end solution for the client and implementation teams after completing thorough evaluations of the present state needs

- Leads technical teams in documenting and implementing technical solutions for business problems

- Supports Delivery Enablement and Practice Leads by ensuring appropriate linkage between practices is clear and well understood

- Works with practice leads to develop project estimating methodologies for new areas of focus

Account & Resource Management:

- Partners with the account teams to identify and sell solutions and create high level of client interest in proposed comprehensive solutions

- Works closely with Engagement Managers, Account Managers and Account Leads in strategies to grow existing accounts

- Partners with account team and client to develop the ROI, Business Case, and Statement of Work for an engagement

- Develops comprehensive project, implementation, and resource plans working closely with Engagement and Project Managers

Primary External Interactions:

Assessment Participation & Leadership:

- Identifies, creates and communicates the vision of the end-to-end solution for the client and implementation teams after completing thorough evaluations of the present state needs

- Participates in strategy development and current state assessments for clients to identify opportunities. Acts as proxy for practice leads when necessary

- Works with client to sell the proposed solution and develop internal marketing programs

- Supports work that may not fall into an existing competency and helps to identify possible needs for new competencies.

- Partners with account team and client to develop the ROI, Business Case, and Statement of Work for an engagement