Principal Collibra Architect

Role Overview

• Lead enterprise data governance and data intelligence implementations for higher education, nonprofit, public sector, and commercial clients.
• Serve as both a hands-on Collibra solution architect and trusted client advisor.
• Responsible for designing scalable governance operating models, configuring Collibra platform capabilities, advising on stewardship and metadata management practices, and helping clients turn data governance strategy into practical, adopted solutions.
• Bridge business and technical stakeholders, lead implementation teams, define best practices, and position Collibra within a broader data ecosystem that may include cloud data platforms, integration tools, ERP, CRM, reporting, data quality, lineage, and AI governance use cases.

Requirements

• 8+ years of overall experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, data architecture, analytics, or enterprise data consulting.
• 5+ years of experience designing or implementing enterprise data governance programs, 3+ years of hands-on Collibra implementation experience.
• Hands-on experience leading Collibra implementations with strong understanding of Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, including data catalog, business glossary, operating model, communities, domains, assets, responsibilities, workflows, policies, and stewardship processes.
• Ability to design and implement scalable Collibra operating models aligned to client governance goals.
• Experience translating business data governance needs into Collibra configuration, workflows, metadata models, roles, responsibilities, and adoption plans.
• Strong client-facing consulting skills, including discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, executive communication, and workshop facilitation.
• Ability to lead data governance implementation workstreams from strategy through configuration, testing, rollout, and adoption.
• Experience integrating Collibra into broader enterprise data environments, including CRM, ERP, data warehouse, lakehouse, BI/reporting, MDM, data quality, and integration platforms.
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data ownership, stewardship, data quality, lineage, issue management, and data governance operating models.
• Ability to mentor junior consultants and provide quality assurance across Collibra deliverables.
• Strong documentation skills, including solution design documents, governance playbooks, process flows, RACI models, configuration guides, and implementation roadmaps.
• Ability to support pre-sales pursuits, solution estimates, proposal development, delivery approach, and client presentations.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• ERP

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision coverage, HSA and FSA accounts, life and disability insurance, fertility and family planning benefits, and employee assistance and discount programs
• 11 paid federal holidays and flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Flexible career paths – our career tracks provide advancement, mobility, and flexibility as you continue to grow with us
• A healthy environment where we value unique experiences, and care about everything that makes you, you.