Data Governance Lead (Microsoft Purview)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise data governance strategies, policies, and standards aligned with business goals
• Manage Microsoft Purview accounts, collections, and RBAC; optimize for large-scale environments (50TB+)
• Design metadata repositories and maintain business glossaries and data dictionaries
• Implement ingestion workflows via ADF, REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure Functions
• Define classification rules and sensitivity labels (PII, PCI, PHI); integrate with MIP, DLP, Insider Risk Management
• Define KPIs and dashboards to monitor data quality across domains
• Maintain business glossary with domain owners and stewards; enforce approval workflows
• Automate governance processes using PowerShell, Azure Functions, Logic Apps
• Set up dashboards for audit logs, compliance reporting, and metadata coverage
• Collaborate across business, IT, legal, and compliance teams for role alignment

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Data Governance Lead Profile with deep Microsoft Purview and enterprise governance expertise
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management with at least the recent 3+ years of exposure in Microsoft Purview
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have experience defining, leading, and operationalizing an enterprise data governance framework — strategy, policies, and standards aligned to business goals and regulatory compliance.
• Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must be proficient in Microsoft Purview — accounts, collections, RBAC, classification/labelling, DLP, Unified Catalog, Data Map, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager, and lifecycle/records management (ideally at large scale, 50TB+).
• Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must be strong in metadata management, lineage mapping (e.g. ADF → Synapse → Power BI), data classification, and security governance (PII/PCI/PHI, sensitivity labels, MIP/DLP)
• Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Must have experience with data governance tools such as Informatica (Axon), Collibra, Atlan, or IBM IG Catalog.
• Mandatory (Tech skill 4): Must have experience integrating governance with the Azure data stack (Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI) and Snowflake, and automating via ADF, REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure Functions / Logic Apps.
• Mandatory (Tech skill 5): Must have experience defining data quality KPIs/dashboards, remediation workflows, and business glossary/stewardship (domain owners, approval workflows, metadata audits.
• Mandatory (Compliance): Must have strong knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOX compliance requirements.
• Mandatory (Skill): Must be able to bridge technical governance with business and compliance goals, collaborating across business, IT, legal, and compliance teams, and driving governance training and change management
• Mandatory (Company): B2B Tech/Consulting/B2B Software

Pay: From ₹100,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• Your Current CTC and Your Notice Period

Experience:

• Total: 7 years (Required)

Work Location: In person