Builds the governance scaffolding, reporting standards and the Center of Excellence, then hands all three to the Data Governance Manager once hired. Covers the D&A card's governance and COE projects within the plan.
Responsibilities
- Configure Purview: catalog, glossary, classification taxonomy and lineage for IEDR data sets
- Run the dataset onboarding process (classification, business approval, risk sign-off) with stewards, Cyber and GRC
- Define the RBAC matrix, including table-, column- and row-level access where needed
- Write reporting standards: certified vs. self-service tiers, semantic model and report design, refresh rules, DQ scorecard template
- Build the COE: charter, training paths, champions network, office hours, intake and adoption KPIs, aligned with the Power Platform COE and the OCIO
- Prepare the governance handoff package for the DG Manager and DG Steering Committee
Hard skills
- 6+ years in data governance or BI program leadership
- Hands-on Microsoft Purview: data map, glossary, classification, sensitivity labels, DLP
- Power BI administration and governance: tenant settings, workspaces, certification, deployment pipelines, Direct Lake semantic models
- Has built a Power BI or Power Platform COE (Microsoft adoption roadmap or COE Starter Kit)
- Data quality frameworks and scorecards; DAMA-DMBOK familiarity
- CDMP, PL-300 or DP-600 a plus; utility or other regulated industry preferred
Soft skills
- Builds trust with business data owners and gets decisions from them
- Turns policy into simple, usable steps people will follow
- Trains and presents well to mixed audiences
- Excellent Communication Skills is a must
- Can work autonomously
- Self driven