Job Description

We are seeking a Collibra Ranger / SME to drive the implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement of a data governance framework using the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform. This role will act as the bridge between business, data, and technology teams, ensuring that data assets are well-governed, discoverable, and trusted across the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Configure, manage, and optimise the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform
• Maintain communities, domains, assets, and workflows
• Ensure metadata is structured, consistent, and aligned to governance standards
• Support and enforce data governance policies, standards, and frameworks
• Collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, and Business SMEs
• Facilitate governance forums and decision-making processes
• Oversee the data catalogue lifecycle (onboarding, classification, enrichment)
• Define and maintain business glossaries and data definitions
• Ensure lineage, ownership, and classification are captured accurately
• Act as a Collibra champion ("Ranger") across the business
• Train and support users to increase platform adoption
• Translate business requirements into Collibra solutions
• Work with data teams to monitor and improve data quality metrics
• Support regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., POPIA, GDPR where applicable)
• Ensure audit readiness through proper governance controls
• Collaborate with technical teams to integrate Collibra with:
  • Data warehouses / data lakes
  • BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)
  • ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Support API usage and automation where applicable

Essential skills

• Proven experience working with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform
• Strong understanding of:
  • Data governance frameworks
  • Metadata management
  • Data cataloguing
  • Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders
  • Ability to translate business needs into governance solutions
• Familiarity with:
  • Data modelling concepts
  • Data lineage tools
  • SQL or data querying (advantageous)
  • Understanding of system integrations and APIs (nice-to-have)

Desired skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to drive adoption and influence change
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges 
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects  
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses 
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive