EY - GDS Consulting - AI And DATA -Data Governance SME - Manager

About the Position

EY - GDS Consulting - AI And DATA -Data Governance SME - Manager

Location: Bengaluru, India

Salary: Competitive

Date: Aug 12, 2026

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Responsibilities

As a Data Governance SME Manager, you will:

• Lead and guide Data Governance and Data Strategy engagements, collaborating with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Develop and define holistic data strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives across multiple business units.
• Architect and design comprehensive data governance frameworks and strategic initiatives independently.
• Provide thought leadership and best practices on data strategy, governance, and management to clients and internal teams.
• Interface and communicate effectively with onsite/client contacts and executive leadership.
• Deliver timely status updates, strategic insights, and leadership reports to client and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• 9-12 years of experience in Data governance processes and frameworks.
• Experience in defining holistic data strategy and roadmap, across business units for large clients.
• Familiarity with policies, processes, frameworks, and tools to manage different enterprise data assets – Master data, reference data, metadata, etc.
• Experience in defining data governance operating models including data ownership, stewardship, decision rights, governance councils, and RACI structures across business and technology teams.
• Strong understanding of data quality management including profiling, rule definition, issue management, root-cause analysis, remediation workflows, and governance KPIs.
• Hands-on knowledge of metadata management, business glossary, data cataloguing, data lineage, and impact analysis to improve data discoverability, trust, and regulatory traceability.
• Ability to align data strategy with business value drivers, regulatory expectations, risk management priorities, target-state data architecture, and measurable transformation roadmaps.
• Exposure to data privacy, security, retention, access control, and regulatory compliance considerations relevant to financial services data ecosystems.
• Experience driving governance adoption through stakeholder workshops, data literacy initiatives, change management, playbooks, reusable templates, and executive-level reporting.
• Hands-on experience implementing at least one end-to-end Data Governance solution using Collibra, Informatica, Alation, etc.
• Thorough understanding and experience of software development best practices.
• Keen eye for value-adds and asset creation, to facilitate reusability and automation of processes.
• Good to have - Industry certifications such as DCAM, CDMP, DAMA, etc.
• Good exposure to DB technologies and SQL.
• Knowledge of the Cloud landscape – AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.

Nice to Have

• Good knowledge about the Insurance domain – L&A, P&C, etc.
• Understanding of Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Modelling concepts.
• Must have led a team size of at least 4-5 members.
• Prior Client facing skills, self-motivated, and collaborative.

We Offer

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies - and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

• Support, coaching, and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

About the Company

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people, and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform, and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

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