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.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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....

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