Consultant, Enterprise Data Governance

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Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Data Governance, you will be a key member of the Enterprise Chief Data Office. As a Consultant, you will work within the team to drive operational tasks related to oversight, compliance, and risk management. You will work with internal and business partners and stakeholders from various Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and Functional Groups (FGs), to understand their unique data environments and to support and enable their successful implementation of sustainable data governance and data management practices, in alignment with Data strategy and Target Operating Model (TOM).

As a data governance expert, you will understand our Enterprise data governance framework and data governance best practices and use this knowledge to advise and enable businesses to define, develop, and maintain business processes for successful data governance and quality within their respective areas.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

• Relationship Management – Build and maintain strong relationships with SBU and FG partners throughout the enterprise including Capital Markets, Canadian Banking, Finance, Risk Management, Administration, Technology, and People, Culture, & Brand.
• Ownership – You act as the main point of contact for business units, understanding their needs, addressing concerns, and ensuring their satisfaction as well as support partners as they develop and deliver their data governance program by helping them understand enterprise standards and requirements. You also help partners adopt and implement enterprise tooling for metadata management, data quality, issue management, and data sharing and advise partners as they develop their own data governance processes and operations.
• Data Governance Implementation – Develop, deliver, and implement data governance through policy, standards, and process. Develop, maintain, and report against implementation of data governance and data management roadmaps. Escalate and resolve stakeholder issues. Support central data governance project and program initiatives.
• Continuous Improvement – Align internal frameworks and processes to industry best practices.
• Product Management – Help drive growth of internal tools through discovering, documenting, and prioritizing solution requirements and development backlogs.

• You demonstrate experience in Data Management and Data Governance (2-4 years). You are a data governance expert with experience implementing data governance framework along with a deep understanding of best practices and implementation challenges. It is an asset if you have experience with Azure, MS Purview, Databricks, Collibra and Informatica. Certification in DAMA is preferred.
• You are driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoy working together to bring a shared vision to life.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You seek out innovative solutions and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• You act like an owner. You thrive when you're empowered to take the lead, go above and beyond, and deliver results.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork, and accountability.