Data Governance Consultant - Authorized Provisioning Point

Data Governance Consultant

The Data Governance Consultant is responsible for supporting Data Governance across the enterprise, enabling business growth while ensuring compliance with risk and regulatory expectations. The position partners with various business and technology stakeholders to influence and drive adoption of related Enterprise Data Management strategies, policies, standards and control frameworks. The role evaluates established and emerging data practices and technologies to drive the team's direction, while implementing innovative processes and solutions to provide competitive advantage while meeting rigorous control and oversight mandates. For this opportunity: Truist will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration-related support for this position (including, but not limited to H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN-1 or TN-2, E-3, O-1, or future sponsorship for U.S. lawful permanent residence status.)

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain policies, standards and technology in support of enterprise Data Governance. Create and implement processes and procedures to support data standards and control frameworks.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the planning and execution of data management activities such as data sourcing, metadata management, data quality, data privacy or records management.
• Drive solution design and execution of multi-pronged data governance efforts that span across platforms and business/technology areas to address enterprise data needs.
• Implement strategic data governance capabilities by working with business and technology partners to document requirements and create action plans.
• Perform oversight and inspection of critical data management practices for adherence to established data policies and control frameworks.
• Identify data issues and work with technology, risk and business partners to triage, track, communicate, mitigate and remediate the issues to closure.
• Support the production of metrics and measures to track progress and adherence, escalating as needed to various committees for visibility and program accountability.
• Understand and integrate relevant regulations and industry trends into work plans, exploring emerging frameworks and assessing feasibility using proof of concepts.
• Collaborate closely with peer teams to ensure coordination, synergy and seamless overall execution.
• Champion and drive improvement in enterprise data management practices throughout the organization.

Qualifications required include:

• Bachelor's degree in related field, eight years of experience in roles with increasing responsibilities in technology, data management, governance, risk or related practice or equivalent education and related training or experience.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience with enterprise data governance platforms such as Collibra, Informatica Axon, Alation, Solidatus, or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated ability to define and implement data governance operating models, including stewardship, ownership, and accountability structures.
• Working knowledge of cloud data ecosystems (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), including data governance, data cataloging, and data security capabilities.
• Experience developing metadata strategies, lineage visualization, and automated metadata harvesting.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks impacting data (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, BCBS 239, HIPAA, SOX) and experience operationalizing compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to execute cross-functional data remediation or data quality improvement initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills with experience building dashboards, KPIs, and data quality scoring using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and working within Agile teams or supporting Agile data governance enablement.
• Advanced communication, influencing, and facilitation skills, particularly in communicating complex data concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to guide organizations through data culture maturity improvements, including training and change management operations.
• Experience evaluating and integrating AI/ML data governance considerations (e.g., model data lineage, training data controls, bias auditing).
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other graduate or advanced-level certification.
• Large program strategic planning/execution across multiple functions.
• History of effective performance within shared service, matrix or federated environments.
• Internal or external consulting experience.
• Experience with formalized organizational assessment practices (e.g. Capability Maturity Model), including implementation of recommended improvements.
• Knowledge of data tools and platforms used for managing, storing, querying, testing, loading and transforming data (e.g. SAS, Informatica, Oracle, Teradata) or relevant data certifications (e.g. CIPP, CIPM).

Other job requirements/working conditions include:

• Sitting Constantly (More than 50% of the time)
• Standing Occasionally (Less than 25% of the time)
• Walking Occasionally (Less than 25% of the time)
• Bending Occasionally (Less than 25% of the time)
• Visual / Audio / Speaking Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone.
• Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers.
• Availability Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need.
• Travel Minimal and up to 10%

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.