Bilingual Data Governance Specialist

Title: Bilingual Data Governance Specialist

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Introduction:

Join a rock-solid organization as our client’s next Data Governance Specialist and sit at the center of projects that drives decisions. You’ll help one of Canada’s most trusted organizations work on the latest project, and be rewarded with great opportunities.

Job Description:

• This position will be responsible for establishing the data governance capabilities that includes establishing stewardship management, setting up business glossaries, reference data management, policies management, data dictionary, intuitive workflow, embedded privacy by design, such as Data Classifications, Data Discovery, Data Inventory and Data Privacy within the project scope.
• This role will be performing business process analysis, identifying gaps and inefficiencies, proposing solutions and plans to streamline; as well as contributing to the definition and implementation of data management and quality processes that enable the optimal and secure use of data, while respecting compliance, privacy, confidentiality and security policies.

Must Haves:

• Extensive experience in the field of Data Governance with focus on data privacy and protection.
• Experienced with (as many as possible in the list)

1. Data catalog and inventory
2. Data elements
3. Data governance rule definition
4. Determines lineage & retention policies
5. Data protection
6. Data provisioning
7. Data sharing
8. Data stewardship

• Experienced in data discovery, insider threat, data policies, standards and classifications
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, Privacy act Canada, Bill 64, loi 25, etc and its latest information is preferred.
• Familiarity with Data Governance and Privacy platforms, such Colibra, Alation, OneTrust, etc is preferred

Assets:

• Bachelor’s degree in business technology, information systems or a related study, or equivalent related project experience.
• Knowledge of CRM, Salesforce, Snowflake, ERP (SAP) and data visualization tool (Power BI, tableau) are considered as a strong asset
• A certification in data governance or data management is considered a strong asset (ex: DAMA Certified Data Management Professional or ICCP Data Governance & Stewardship Professional).
• Experience working in Retail industries, Automotive industries, Transportation industries or Financial Services
• Knowledge of data loss prevention, SOC, or cybersecurity operations with specific understanding of the tactics, techniques and procedures is preferred.
• Knowledge of linking technical elements (Data Models) to business elements (Business process mapping) is preferred