Data Governance Consultant

At PwC, our people in infrastructure focus on designing and implementing robust, secure IT systems that support business operations. They enable the smooth functioning of networks, servers, and data centres to optimise performance and minimise downtime.

In infrastructure engineering at PwC, you will focus on designing and implementing robust and scalable technology infrastructure solutions for clients. Your work will involve network architecture, server management, and cloud computing experience.

The Opportunity As a Data Governance Consultant, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. We are seeking a Data Governance Consultant to support a client in the banking / financial services sector on a cloud migration program. This individual will be embedded directly within the client team and will play a key role in supporting data governance across a multi-wave migration from on-premises environments to Azure.

The consultant will help ensure that data governance considerations are incorporated into migration planning, implementation, go-live, and post-go-live enforcement. In addition to core data governance responsibilities, the ideal candidate should also be able to support broader advisory-type activities, including business analysis, migration readiness assessment, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional coordination. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

Support the definition and implementation ofdata governance frameworks, principles, policies, standards, and controlsfor a cloud migration program

Help establish and refinedata ownership, stewardship, and governance operating models

Assess applications and data domains forcloud migration readiness, including governance, classification, quality, lineage, retention, privacy, and control implications

Ensure data governance requirements are considered and embedded acrossmigration planning, implementation, testing, go-live, and post-go-live operations

Facilitate collaboration across business, risk, governance, and technology teams to support effective implementation and adoption of governance practices

Supportdata classification, retention, usage, access, and control requirementsin alignment with regulatory and enterprise standards

Help identify and definedata quality expectations, governance checkpoints, and monitoring requirements

Contribute tometadata, catalog, and lineage-related requirementswhere relevant to migration activities

Create governance-related deliverables as needed, including frameworks, assessments, process documentation, RACI models, standards, risk considerations, and executive/readout materials

Gather and document business and stakeholder requirements; facilitate workshops; document current and future state processes; and translate business needs into governance and process requirements

Support issue, risk, dependency, and action tracking across governance-related workstreams

Provide practical advisory support to help teams make informed decisions in a regulated cloud migration environment

What You’ll Bring Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for:

3–5 years of overall professional experience

1–2+ years of direct data governance experience

Experience supportingdata governance in cloud migration, cloud transformation, or data transformation programs

Consulting and/or advisory experience in a client-facing environment

Strong understanding ofcore data governance concepts, including governance frameworks, operating models, stewardship, ownership, policies, standards, and controls

Strongbusiness analysiscapabilities, including requirements gathering, workshop facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement

Experience assessing governance implications across application and data migration scenarios

Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to work across business and technology teams

Experience working in aregulated environment; banking / financial services experience is an asset

Ability to work in ahybrid model in the GTA, with 2–3 days onsite

Preferred Experience Experience supportingcloud migration to Azure

Exposure to migration scenarios involvingapplications and databasessuch as Oracle, MySQL, and similar platforms

Experience supportinghybrid-state migrations, where applications and data may transition at different times

Hands-on experience with or exposure to governance / risk / metadata tools such as:

Familiarity with governance considerations related todata quality, metadata, lineage, privacy, retention, and regulatory compliance

Banking or broader financial services experience is preferred but not required