Senior Collibra & Data Governance Practitioner

Position: afarax - Senior Collibra & Data Governance Practitioner
Our client is evaluating Collibra as a strategic platform for enterprise Data Governance and Metadata Management, with an initial focus on data catalogue, technical lineage, data quality integration and governance capabilities.

We are looking for a senior, hands-on Collibra practitioner to drive the functional PoC, translate the existing Data Governance capabilities into a potential Collibra setup and help build the internal capability required for future adoption.

This is a fast-paced, delivery-oriented assignment requiring someone who can move comfortably between hands-on platform work, operational IT and Data Governance teams, architecture discussions and senior management.

Task

Drive the collibra PoC:

Structure and execute functional testing of key Collibra capabilities, including metadata management, technical lineage, catalogue, governance workflows and data quality integration

Translate requirements into concrete test scenarios and rapidly turn findings into conclusions and recommendations

Explain the platform to different tester populations, guide their testing and help drive adoption

Ensure the PoC produces reusable insights and patterns for a potential industrialized setup

Translate and challenge the existing landscape:

Rapidly understand existing capabilities through demos, documentation and discussions with subject-matter experts

Separate the underlying business or functional requirement from the way it is implemented today

MAP existing capabilities to Collibra and perform a pragmatic fit-gap analysis

Apply an "adopt native before rebuild" mindset: favor standard Collibra capabilities and actively challenge unnecessary customization, complexity and legacy ways of working

Identify what should be adopted natively, configured, integrated, custom built, simplified or retired

Shape the future setup:

Translate PoC and fit-gap findings into recommendations for a simple, scalable and maintainable Collibra setup

Work with Data Governance, architecture and engineering teams on integration, metadata ingestion, lineage, workflows and operating model

Contribute to a pragmatic transition approach while minimizing unnecessary customization and long-term technical debt

Build internal capability:

Transfer Collibra knowledge through hands-on collaboration, coaching and remote training

Help new team members delivery hub progressively take ownership of platform configuration, integration, troubleshooting, evolution and maintenance

Contribute to establishing the foundations of a sustainable internal Collibra competence centre

Required profile

Senior hands on Collibra practitioner with strong practical experience in enterprise implementations

Strong knowledge of metadata management, data catalogues, technical lineage, Data Governance and enterprise data integration

Able to rapidly understand unfamiliar existing solutions and translate them into underlying requirements and appropriate Collibra capabilities. Prior expertise in the incumbent platform is not required

Strong standard-first / adopt-native mindset, with the confidence to challenge historical complexity and unnecessary customization and the pragmatism to make the project happen

Able to combine hands-on execution with solution-level thinking and pragmatic decision-making

Strong facilitator and communicator, comfortable working with operational teams, engineers, Data Governance staækeholders, architects and senior management

Autonomous, pragmatic and able to deliver tangible results at pace in an evolving environment

Experience in large, complex or regulated organizations is strongly preferred

Experience and/or knowledge of data architecture is a plus