Data Governance Leader I Chicago

3 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Slalom Full time
Who You'll Work With

As a modern technology company, we've never met a technical challenge we didn't like. We enable our clients to learn from their data, create incredible digital experiences, and make the most of new technologies. We blend design, engineering, and analytics expertise to build the future. We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds and emerging technologies.

This is a hybrid role (Principal or Senior Principal level); not eligible for 100% remote. You must live within a commutable distance from our downtown Chicago office to be considered for the role.

What You'll Do
  • Lead enterprise Data Governance and MDM implementations, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.
  • Lead analysis, architecture, design and development of data governance and MDM solutions on client projects.
  • Assist in the development of critical data models in support of various MDM data domains.
  • Develop and enforce data governance policies and procedures, including data quality, data platform management, and data catalog/glossary maintenance.
  • Utilize SQL skills to manage and effectively conduct exploratory data analysis; foundational knowledge in Python scripting is a plus.
  • Work with best-in-class data governance technologies such as Informatica, Purview, Profisee, data.world, Reltio, and Collibra to support data management and governance initiatives.
  • Design, implement, and manage data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure Fabric, ensuring they meet organizational needs.
  • Conduct workshops, facilitate decision-making processes, and develop technology roadmaps to guide client organizations' data management strategies.
  • Perform data governance maturity assessments to identify opportunities for improvement and implement strategies to enhance data-driven decision-making capabilities.
  • Assess data quality, remediate data quality issues, develop data quality rules, create metrics, thresholds, and responses for data quality, and automate monitoring
  • Train and coach data stewards on Data Governance best practices and creating templates, user guides, playbooks, and support documentation
What You'll Bring
  • 7+ years of experience in developing enterprise level solutions in modern governance tools such as Collibra, Alation and/or Informatica and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP
  • Collaborative solutioning approach to develop, sell and/or implement data governance recommendations based on a client's needs, priorities, and environment
  • Experience in creating MDM and data governance strategies, with the ability to confidently discuss requirements, priorities, potential solutions and MDM architecture patterns.
  • Experience with defining, organizing, and publishing business and technical metadata, and implementing data management technologies (e.g., Data Catalog, Data Quality, Master Data Management, etc.)
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops and influence decision-making processes.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience in developing technology roadmaps and conducting analytics maturity assessments.
  • Experience in project management and leading cross-functional delivery teams.
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.


Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the base salary pay range is $122,000 to $189,000 and the targeted base salary range is $145,000 to $155,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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