Job Title: Senior Data Governance Specialist / Data Governance Lead
Experience: 5–7 years
Domain: Maritime / Shipping / Logistics
Location: —Kolkata
Role Overview
The Senior Data Governance Specialist will be responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-wide data governance frameworks within the maritime and logistics ecosystem. The role ensures consistent data definitions, quality, ownership, and compliance across operational, regulatory, and commercial business functions.
Key Responsibilities
Data Governance Framework & Implementation
- Develop, implement, and maintain data governance policies, standards, and procedures aligned to maritime and logistics business requirements.
- Drive end-to-end data governance implementation across vessel operations, voyages, schedules, cargo, customer, and regulatory data streams.
- Support and coordinate with area-specific Data Governance Officers (DGOs) across regions.
Data Quality & Compliance
- Monitor and evaluate data quality, compliance status, and adherence to governance standards across business units.
- Identify data quality issues, gaps in data ownership, and inconsistencies affecting operations and reporting.
Business Data Architecture
- Define and maintain business data entities and data items related to vessels, ports, voyages, cargo, contracts, and customer data.
- Create and update enterprise data standards, business glossaries, data dictionaries, and metadata documentation.
Stakeholder Management & Collaboration
- Collaborate with SMEs across operations, IT, compliance, and commercial teams to resolve data definition and ownership issues.
- Promote data governance awareness, best practices, and training across the organization.
Key Skills & Experience
- 5–7 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Quality, MDM, Metadata, or Data Stewardship roles.
- Strong understanding of maritime, shipping, logistics, or transportation data structures.
- Proven ability to identify and resolve operational and regulatory data gaps.
- Excellent documentation, standardization, and communication skills.
- Experience with data governance tools (Collibra, Informatica Axon/DQ, Alation, Atlan preferred).
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s/Master’s in Engineering, IT, Data Science, or related fields.
- Experience working with data catalogs, lineage tools, and data quality frameworks.
- Knowledge of SQL, Power BI, or similar analytics tools (optional but preferred).
