Principal Metadata Management Lead

Principal Metadata Management Lead

Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our globally renowned energies client for a Metadata Management Lead with Collibra Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC) experience to take accountability for defining/designing, implementing and scaling enterprise metadata management and data governance capabilities.
This is a senior individual contributor role working as a temporary contractor in London, requiring 3 days onsite per week. Starting ASAP in May until 31st Dec 2026.
You’ll act as a thought leader on metadata, cataloguing, and governance design, with a strong focus on enterprise tooling capabilities, specifically: Collibra Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC), Databricks Unity Catalogue, and the evolution of enterprise catalogue, access, and metadata analytics.
This is an important role ensuring data, analytics, and AI assets are discoverable, trusted, governed, and reusable across the organisation, enabling regulatory compliance, value from data, and AI-data readiness.

Your role will focus on:

Enterprise Metadata & Data Governance Thought Leadership
Metadata Analytics - Supporting the design and delivery of a future product consolidating metadata analytics across platforms, reporting and sources.
Enterprise Data Catalogue – including leading the evolution of the Enterprise Data Catalogue into a primary enterprise entry point for discovering, understanding and accessing data and reporting.
Product Ownership - Lead the design, governance, and adoption of this system as the “enterprise marketplace” for data products and reports.
Data Products, AI & Marketplace Readiness 
Essential experience and technical expertise sought:

Extensive experience in enterprise data governance and metadata management
Deep hands‑on expertise with Collibra Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC)
Strong understanding of data platforms, APIs, and metadata integration patterns
Strong facilitation, communication, and storytelling skills – translating complex ideas or concepts to a general audience
Experience in working in varied natural teams
Proven ability to operate as a senior individual contributor influencing at scaleDesirable

Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, and data platforms
Knowledge of AI governance, model registries, and emerging AI regulation
Experience in complex, global enterprise environments
Strong facilitation, communication, and storytelling skills
Experience in implementing or facilitating data governance within a line of business, or cross-business
Experience in successful data access initiatives 
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