Overview
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
