Senior Data Governance Specialist

What you’ll do

As a Senior Data Governance Specialist you will lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of data governance policies, procedures, and frameworks to ensure effective data management across the organisation. This role requires close collaboration with project teams to integrate data governance controls into solution design, along with strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills to engage diverse business and technology stakeholders. Expertise in data-related regulatory requirements, Responsible AI implementation, and data management tools is desired.

Key deliverables:

• Design and deploy data governance frameworks, policies, standards and controls, ensuring organisation wide adoption.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve data governance challenges.

• Work closely with project teams to ensure data governance controls are implemented.

• Develop and implement metadata solutions to ensure robust data definitions and data lineage documentation are available in a central metadata repository. 

• Deliver training and guidance to diverse teams on data governance policies and procedures.

• Perform data audits and assessments to ensure compliance with regulations and internal policies.

• Contribute to enhancement of data management, governance and data modelling processes, including data lineage and data quality.

• Collaborate with stakeholders from business teams including architects, BAs, Data & Analytics, Legal & Compliance to get specialist advice and implement solutions.

• Manage change management activities related to data governance initiatives.

What experience you need

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

• 5-7 years of proven experience in data governance, data management, or similar roles

• Familiarity with Agile and other project management methods

• Hands-on experience with data governance tools (Collibra preferred, experience with Informatica or similar tools considered).

• Proficiency in data management, product and work management tools (Jira, Confluence and ServiceNow)

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities

What could set you apart

• Strong proactive and collaborative skills.

• Cloud certification(highly desirable)

• Experience with diverse data technologies (cloud, on-prem, structured/unstructured data, streaming/reposed data)

• Master’s Degree (preferred)

• A willingness to drive AI usage, not just for personal productivity, but to transform how we work.

What’s in it for you? 

At Equifax, we are on a mission to ensure that you have the support, resources and opportunities to Power Your Possible. Here are just a few ways we give back to our teams:

• Hybrid Work Model 

• Additional Leave Allocations + Public Holiday Swaps 

• Discounted Gym Memberships

• Discounted Private Health Cover (and discounted Pet Insurance if you want it!) 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 

• Career Development and Learning

• A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace and Environment 

• Wellbeing Resources