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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Metadata Management Consultant in GBS Heredia Office, Costa Rica
We’re looking for a Metadata Management Consultant to help move our enterprise data governance program forward—by strengthening how our data is defined, discovered, and used across the organization.
In this role, you’ll be part of the DEA team, partnering across business and technology communities to make our Alation data catalog and Snowflake-based data ecosystem easier to navigate, more consistent, and more reliable. You’ll lead curation for key domains, enable stewardship at scale, and help shape where automation removes friction—working closely with a dedicated engineering/automation team to deliver improvements.
This is a role for someone who cares about making things better: clearer definitions, smoother workflows, stronger standards, an engaged organization, and real adoption.
What You’ll Do:
Drive domain curation and metadata quality
Lead curation for assigned domains to ensure the business glossary, key datasets, and lineage are accurate, complete, and aligned to governance standards
Apply consistent curation methods to keep definitions, ownership, and critical metadata current as the environment evolves
Strengthen the catalog experience
Configure and refine catalog assets such as term hierarchies, classifications, and policies , and recommend structural improvements to make the catalog easier to use and more intuitive
Help stakeholders find the “right data” faster by improving clarity, context, and metadata completeness
Enable stewardship and scale adoption
Create and deliver steward training, and develop practical SOPs and playbooks that make governance easier to execute and sustain
Consolidate curation metrics, track progress, and help guide backlog grooming with domain stewards to focus effort where it matters most
Accelerate outcomes with automation (without needing to code)
Identify recurring pain points and help shape automation opportunities (e.g., bulk onboarding, lineage harvesting, metadata quality checks )
Partner with a dedicated automation/engineering team—translating needs into clear requirements and helping validate outcomes—so improvements are scalable and sustainable
Operate effectively across teams
Build alignment across a matrixed organization by being a trusted partner to data owners, stewards, analysts, engineers, and product teams
Bring structure to ambiguity: translate business language into metadata that is consistent, searchable, and reusable
Occasional collaboration across global hours or minimal travel may be needed depending on business needs.
What We’re Looking For:
Bachelor's in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, Business Administration or related field with 3 or more years of relevant technical experience
In lieu of degree, 8 or more years of relevant technical, data, or business experience in data, analytics, or governance environments
Experience in data governance, metadata management, catalog tools, or data quality disciplines
Exposure to automation, basic scripting/SQL, or partnership with Data Engineering teams
Relevant certifications (e.g., DAMA CDMP, data governance, or analytics tools) - Desired
What Will Set You Apart:
Mastery of catalog operations, curation methods, and data governance standards
Ability to influence without authority across a complex, matrixed organization
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; translates business language into structured metadata
Working knowledge of metadata automation patterns; familiarity with basic scripting/SQL
Effective communicator and collaborator who can drive stewardship alignment and scalable workflows.
Additional Details:
Relocation Available: No
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