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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Manager Data & AI Governance

Data ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • More than 7 years of experience in a strategy and Data & AI transformation consulting firm, with demonstrated specialization in data governance and data management.
  • Experience working in international contexts and large matrixed organizations.
  • Proficiency in Data & AI operating models and organizations, including Target Operating Models, Centres of Excellence, Data Mesh, and AI factories.
  • Proven expertise in data governance, including data lineage, data quality, Master Data Management, data catalogues, and data ownership.
  • Knowledge of major data-market solutions, including Collibra, Informatica, and Semarchy.
  • Understanding of modern data architectures, including lakehouse and data fabric, and associated AI and agentic use cases.
  • Ability to structure and solve complex problems, with analytical rigor, synthesis, and attention to detail.
  • Ability to formulate pragmatic recommendations oriented toward decision-making and value creation.
  • Interpersonal skills and ability to support C-level stakeholders.
  • Ability to explain complex data and AI topics to non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to produce high-quality presentation deliverables.
  • Ability to manage time and priorities effectively in a demanding, rapidly changing environment.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct Data and AI governance maturity assessments and develop transformation roadmaps at scale for international enterprises.
  • Design target Data & AI organizations, including Target Operating Models, Centres of Excellence, Data Mesh, and AI factories; define associated governance principles for data domains, data ownership, and data products; and support operational deployment.
  • Advise clients on strategic data-model and data-product design choices, including product hierarchies, business-domain modeling, and canonical-versus-use-case trade-offs.
  • Define and deploy AI-native data-quality strategies, assessing the current state, identifying pain points, prioritizing remediation initiatives across batch and streaming data, selecting market solutions, and defining implementation roadmaps.
  • Design data-access policies, golden rules, and a Data Manifesto that engages stakeholders.
  • Define Master Data Management strategies, including domain modeling, lifecycle governance, and alignment with business processes.
  • Lead delivery of data-governance programs in a functional consulting role, defining and validating governance rules, designing Master Data Management workflows and target processes, and coordinating with business governance.
  • Define data-lineage, data-catalogue, and traceability strategies and identify market implementation solutions.
  • Conduct benchmarks and frame solution-selection processes across data catalogues, including Collibra, Atlan, and Alation; Master Data Management, including Semarchy, Informatica, and Stibo; data quality; and data observability.
  • Engage with business, Data, and IT leadership to structure issues and contribute to executive-level strategic decisions.
  • Manage complex, multi-team engagements and take direct responsibility for deliverable quality and client satisfaction.
  • Supervise and support team members on engagements and in their career development, including analysts and consultants.
  • Contribute to business development by drafting and presenting commercial proposals and delivering client presentations.
  • Contribute to developing Accenture offerings and internal assets, including accelerators, stage-zero work, proofs of value, and best practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Certifications in Azure, AWS, GCP, or Master Data Management are appreciated.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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