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. - 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management with at least the recent 3+ years of exposure in Microsoft Purview. - Experience defining, leading, and operationalizing an enterprise data governance framework. - Proficient in Microsoft Purview (accounts, collections, RBAC, classification/labelling, DLP, Unified Catalog, Data Map, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager). - Strong in metadata management, lineage mapping (ADF, Synapse, Power BI), data classification, and security governance. - Experience with data governance tools such as Informatica (Axon), Collibra, Atlan, or IBM IG Catalog. - Experience integrating governance with the Azure data stack (Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI) and Snowflake. - Strong knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOX compliance requirements. - Ability to bridge technical governance with business and compliance goals. Additional Information: - Full-time employment. - Kanerika is located in Austin (USA), Singapore, Hyderabad, Indore, and Ahmedabad (India). - Company rated 4.6/5 on Glassdoor. - CMMI Level 3 certified, ISO 27701, 27001, SOC2, and GDPR compliant.