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# Data Strategy & Governance Consultant

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Salary:** $70,350.0 - $205,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Meta-Data Management, Data Classification, Snowflake, Data Strategy, Collibra, Data Management, Databricks
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.atlantacareerpath.com/job.asp?id=3462138924&tx=ZT2221TTV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Minimum of 3 years of experience in a data management, data governance, or a data strategy role (in a AWS, Microsoft, Google, etc. environment)
 * Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience operationalizing data governance frameworks (stewardship, ownership, data quality, metadata management)
 * Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with data cataloging or lineage tooling (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview)
 * Minimum of 2 years of experience working within or supporting regulatory and privacy compliance requirements
 * Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience). If Associate's Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6-year work experience

Bonus Points If

 * You have a minimum of 1 year of experience serving utilities clients (electric, gas, or water) or in a utilities finance, controllership, or regulatory function.
 * You have experience with building semantic layers
 * You have a Master's degree in a relevant field
 * You have exposure to master data management and stakeholder management
 * You have relevant data governance or data platform certifications

## Description

You are a Data Strategy & Governance Consultant who executes the design and operationalization of enterprise data governance frameworks. You thrive on the hands-on work of building stewardship processes, authoring data policies, and configuring governance tooling so that data is trusted, well-managed, and ready for analytics and AI. You partner closely with business and technology stakeholders and turn governance concepts into working reality., * Execute data governance design - support the design and operationalization of governance frameworks covering data ownership, stewardship, data quality standards, metadata management, and policy enforcement.

 * Operationalize governance models - work with business and technology stakeholders to turn data strategy into actionable governance operating models that enable trusted data for analytics and AI.
 * Support governance structures - help establish governance councils, define data classification and access policies, and document standards and processes.
 * Configure governance tooling - implement and drive adoption of cataloging, lineage, and data quality tooling (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
 * Support compliance alignment - ensure governance work aligns with regulatory and privacy requirements and contributes to master data management efforts.

Travel may be required for this role, varying from 0 to 80% depending on business need and client requirements.