Senior Data Platform – Governance Consultant
Columbus
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Ballerup • Denmark
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About the role
- Serving as a trusted advisor on data governance, metadata management, and modern data platform security
- Leading stakeholder alignment to ensure governance models are understood and adopted across business, IT, data owners, and compliance teams
- Translating governance strategies into practical, actionable solutions tailored to client maturity and culture
- Supporting pre-sales and advisory phases, including assessments, roadmap creation, and solution design
- Designing and implementing Microsoft Purview-based governance solutions, such as unified data catalogs, metadata models, lineage, and sensitivity labelling, while advising on metadata structure and quality
- Advising on data platform architectures to ensure data assets are cataloged, traceable, and easily understood, embedding governance in everyday delivery
- Establishing end-to-end data lineage, advising on data quality, and helping clients measure and improve metadata health and governance maturity
- Actively contributing to the commercial service development with professional insights and best practices to Columbus’s governance offerings
Requirements
- Senior-level experience as a consultant or specialist in data governance, analytics platforms, or data management
- Proven experience with: Data governance frameworks and operating models
- Metadata management and data catalogs
- Data lineage, data mapping, and documentation
- Experience working across multiple stakeholders and organizational layers
- Hands-on experience implementing Microsoft Purview Data Governance, including Unified Catalog and Data Map
- Ability to combine technical depth with strong communication and facilitation skills
- Driven by curiosity and an ongoing commitment to learning, especially in the evolving Microsoft data landscape.
Benefits
- Professional development
- Freedom to explore new ideas
- Collaborative and social culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data governancemetadata managementdata platform securitydata lineagedata mappingMicrosoft Purviewdata catalogsdata qualitygovernance frameworksoperating models
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationstakeholder alignmentcuriositycommitment to learning