Data Governance Consultant - Manager

Line of Service Advisory Industry/Sector Not Applicable Specialism Technology Strategy Management Level Manager Job Description & Summary At PwC, our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust, secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks, servers, and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime. In infrastructure engineering at PwC, you will focus on designing and implementing robust and scalable technology infrastructure solutions for clients. Your work will involve network architecture, server management, and cloud computing experience.

As a Data Governance Consultant, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. We are seeking a Data Governance Consultant to support a client in the banking / financial services sector on a cloud migration program. This individual will be embedded directly within the client team and will play a key role in supporting data governance across a multi-wave migration from on-premises environments to Azure. The consultant will help ensure that data governance considerations are incorporated into migration planning, implementation, go-live, and post-go-live enforcement. In addition to core data governance responsibilities, the ideal candidate should also be able to support broader advisory-type activities, including business analysis, migration readiness assessment, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:  Support the definition and implementation of data governance frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and controls for a cloud migration program Help establish and refine data ownership, stewardship, and governance operating models Assess applications and data domains for cloud migration readiness, including governance, classification, quality, lineage, retention, privacy, and control implications Ensure data governance requirements are considered and embedded across migration planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and post-go-live operations Facilitate collaboration across business, risk, governance, and technology teams to support effective implementation and adoption of governance practices Support data classification, retention, usage, access, and control requirements in alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards Help identify and define data quality expectations, governance checkpoints, and monitoring requirements Contribute to metadata, catalog, and lineage-related requirements where relevant to migration activities Create governance-related deliverables as needed, including frameworks, assessments, process documentation, RACI models, standards, risk considerations, and executive/readout materials Gather and document business and stakeholder requirements; facilitate workshops; document current and future state processes; and translate business needs into governance and process requirements Support issue, risk, dependency, and action tracking across governance-related workstreams Provide practical advisory support to help teams make informed decisions in a regulated cloud migration environment What You'll Bring   Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for: 3–5 years of overall professional experience 1–2+ years of direct data governance experience Experience supporting data governance in cloud migration, cloud transformation, or data transformation programs Consulting and/or advisory experience in a client-facing environment Strong understanding of core data governance concepts, including governance frameworks, operating models, stewardship, ownership, policies, standards, and controls Strong business analysis capabilities, including requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement Experience assessing governance implications across