Data Governance Practitioner

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation-led company with approximately 743,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.Job Description: The Data Governance Practitioner provides leadership and oversight of the organizational data governance and data quality delivery portfolio. Key Responsibilities:

Establish an enterprise data governance target operating model focusing on ownership, quality, and knowledge to aid growth and performance

Work closely with Clients and Operations to incorporate data practices and standards across our delivered services and technology platforms

Directly manage a small global team with responsibility to oversee work performed by all teams involved in data governance and quality initiatives, ensuring collaboration, efficiency, and adherence to project timelines and quality standards

Provide guidance, mentorship, and leadership to team members to ensure alignment with organizational goals and standards

Develop and execute a strategic vision for data governance aligned with business objectives

Prioritize initiatives and build cases for investment in tools and improvements related to data governance and quality

Implement a data governance framework, upgrade data catalogs, and establish data quality and issues management processes and tooling in an Agile mindset

Work closely with various functions and business units to align data needs with business outcomes

Collaborate with platform engineering teams and business data product owners to ensure alignment of data governance and quality programs with strategic goals

Establish cohesive roadmap for data related initiatives including data governance, data quality, data integration, and data lineage

Ensure data governance and quality programs deliver actionable results achieving agreed upon strategic outcomes

Drive the development and success of organizational data driven programs

Ensure data is utilized effectively to drive informed decision making and support business growth, efficiency, and risk initiatives and operations

Role Requirement:

Travel possible between 10-15%

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of 7 years’ experience in data governance or data management

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in data warehousing

Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading global cross-functional teams

Minimum of 3 years’ experience with Agile practices and tools

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or business administration; master's degree

Expert understanding of data governance principles, frameworks and methodologies, andexperience applying them in the real world all stages of the data lifecycle

Proven track record of successful leadership in implementing enterprise-wide data governanceframeworks and initiatives

Demonstrated experience implementing data quality processes

Experience managing a global team and overseeing data initiatives across different regions

Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams and collaborating with various stakeholders

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirementsinto data governance solutions

Execution excellence and a record of accomplishment in delivering long term business value

Experience with data valuation and data product management

Strong risk management awareness and understanding

Highest level of integrity and the ability to foster trust and loyalty

Strong written and oral communications skills

Certifications - one or more preferred

CDMP Certified Data Management Professional

Six Sigma

Other certification in data management or related field

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