Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Beacon Hill is seeking a Data Governance Consultant for a pharmaceutical client's growing Document Retention Team. The consultant will analyze structured and unstructured data, determine appropriate classifications, and support document labeling using Microsoft Purview. The role also involves stakeholder collaboration, documenting classification decisions and risks, and advising on data protection and information governance.
Responsibilities
- Experience identifying, evaluating, and documenting sensitive, confidential, or highly restricted information assets across a complex enterprise environment
- Experience conducting data discovery and sourcing activities through active research, stakeholder interviews, questionnaires, follow-up, and collaboration with business and technology teams
- Experience partnering with IT System Owners, Business System Owners, data owners, and senior business leaders to understand data content, context, sensitivity, business value, and associated risks
- Experience analyzing unstructured content—including business documents, presentations, reports, emails, and other records—to determine appropriate data classifications
- Experience supporting or administering document labeling and data-classification capabilities, preferably using Microsoft Purview
- Experience serving as a trusted advisor or subject-matter resource to business and IT stakeholders on data protection and information governance
- Experience influencing stakeholders and motivating data owners or system owners to adopt appropriate security and protection measures
- Experience documenting classification decisions, assessments, risks, remediation actions, and business rationale
- Experience working independently in a matrixed, cross-functional organization and managing multiple sourcing or assessment activities simultaneously
- Experience learning and evaluating business processes across multiple functional areas
- Experience in information security, data governance, privacy, records management, risk management, or a related discipline
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labels, data discovery, or related Microsoft security technologies Preferred but not required
- Familiarity with enterprise data-classification models and information-protection controls
- Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or another highly regulated industry
Skills
- •This opportunity is 100% remote (must support CST)•
- • Experience identifying, evaluating, and documenting sensitive, confidential, or highly restricted information assets across a complex enterprise environment
- • Experience conducting data discovery and sourcing activities through active research, stakeholder interviews, questionnaires, follow-up, and collaboration with business and technology teams
- • Experience partnering with IT System Owners, Business System Owners, data owners, and senior business leaders to understand data content, context, sensitivity, business value, and associated risks
- • Experience analyzing unstructured content—including business documents, presentations, reports, emails, and other records—to determine appropriate data classifications
- • Experience supporting or administering document labeling and data-classification capabilities, preferably using Microsoft Purview
- • Experience serving as a trusted advisor or subject-matter resource to business and IT stakeholders on data protection and information governance
- • Experience influencing stakeholders and motivating data owners or system owners to adopt appropriate security and protection measures
- • Experience documenting classification decisions, assessments, risks, remediation actions, and business rationale
- • Experience working independently in a matrixed, cross-functional organization and managing multiple sourcing or assessment activities simultaneously
- • Experience learning and evaluating business processes across multiple functional areas
- • Experience in information security, data governance, privacy, records management, risk management, or a related discipline
- • Familiarity with enterprise data-classification models and information-protection controls
- • Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or another highly regulated industry
- • Bachelor's degree in information technology, cybersecurity, information systems, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- • Experience with Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labels, data discovery, or related Microsoft security technologies Preferred but not required
Benefits
- 100% remote (must support CST)
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