Billigence

Lead Data Manager / Metadata Lead

North Sydney, New South Wales

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Seniority: Lead / management
Country: AU
Work mode: On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly: 27 Oct 2026

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About us

Billigence Pty Ltd is a specialist in the delivery of market-leading Business Intelligence and CRM solutions. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia and with offices in Prague, London, Frankfurt and Singapore our passion is data and our focus is the delivery of end-to-end solutions via a talented team of skilled professionals.

We are partners with leading edge software platforms including Snowflake, dbt, Tableau, Alteryx, Collibra, and Salesforce.

About the Role

Must be an Australian citizen willing to get baseline clearance.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Manager / Metadata Lead to drive the uplift of metadata practices across high-value data assets supporting analytics, automation, and AI initiatives. The successful candidate will lead metadata governance activities, oversee a team of metadata specialists, and ensure data assets are documented, governed, and managed in accordance with industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

Lead delivery of enterprise metadata and data governance initiatives.

Implement and maintain metadata standards, including ISO/IEC 11179.

Develop metadata catalogues, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.

Identify and prioritize high-value data assets for governance and AI readiness.

Drive metadata quality, consistency, and standardization across systems.

Lead stakeholder engagement with business SMEs, data stewards, analysts, and technical teams.

Manage and mentor metadata registrars and developers.

Monitor project delivery, risks, milestones, and reporting.

Support data governance, data quality, and information management practices.

Ensure metadata assets are fit for business, analytics, reporting, and AI use cases.

Essential Skills & Experience

Extensive experience in metadata management, data governance, or data management leadership roles .

Demonstrated experience implementing ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry Standards .

Strong understanding of:

Data Governance

Metadata Management

Data Quality

Master Data Management

Information Management Frameworks

Experience creating and managing:

Business Glossaries

Data Catalogues

Data Dictionaries

Metadata Registries

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex data initiatives.

Ability to operate strategically while maintaining delivery oversight.

Highly Desirable

Experience with enterprise metadata/catalogue tools such as:

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Alation

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