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