Senior Enterprise Data Governance Architect

We are looking for a Senior Enterprise Data Governance Architect to shape scalable governance, cataloging, lineage, and security practices for a unified digital data ecosystem across multiple markets. You will partner with cross-functional teams to define operating models and enable reliable analytics.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, and operating models for multi-market organizations
• Architect metadata management, data cataloging, and automated data lineage capabilities
• Establish data quality metrics, monitoring rules, and stewardship workflows to improve trust in analytics
• Align governance controls with privacy requirements and role-based access controls in partnership with security and legal stakeholders
• Lead discovery workshops to assess data maturity, identify gaps, and confirm governance priorities
• Create target-state governance roadmaps that enable scalable cross-border data sharing
• Guide engineering and analytics teams on governance-by-design practices across data products and pipelines
• Advise stakeholders on standards for metadata, ownership, and data lifecycle management

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in enterprise data governance, including multi-domain operating models
• 5+ years of leadership experience driving consensus across cross-functional, multicultural teams
• Strong project experience delivering governance roadmaps and target-state architectures across multiple markets
• Deep knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK concepts, stewardship models, and metadata management
• Hands-on expertise with data lineage, data cataloging, and data quality frameworks
• Strong consulting skills for executive stakeholder management and workshop facilitation
• Advanced proficiency in English (C1+)
• Solid understanding of privacy compliance and access control patterns, including GDPR and RBAC

Nice to have

• Amazon Web Services experience with cloud data platforms
• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect
• Databricks Unity Catalog experience for governance, cataloging, and lineage

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn