First San Francisco Partners
First San Francisco Partners (FSFP) is a leading business advisory and information management consultancy dedicated to helping companies leverage their data to improve strategic decision-making, reduce risk, create operational efficiencies and fuel unprecedented business success. Our services span data governance, data quality, data architecture, master data management, metadata management and big data.
Our First San Francisco Partners (FSFP) consultant team includes information management professionals with technology, architecture, business process and organizational change management expertise. Our experience and leadership team make us one of the most respected firms in the industry. First San Francisco Partners’ culture is one of teamwork and resourcefulness. We look for people who are creative problem-solvers, collaborative, have outgoing personalities and love the work they do.
If you are ready to be challenged, work with the best and brightest, and be part of a team who’s building exceptional information management and big data strategies, we’d love to talk with you.
Note: FSFP services leading organizations across North America. Travel is required to client sites. FSFP is an equal opportunity employer with competitive salary and benefits packages for full time employees.
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Lead Data Governance Consultant
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First San Francisco Partners (FSFP) is a leading business advisory and information management consultancy dedicated to helping organizations leverage their data to improve strategic decision-making, reduce risk, create operational efficiencies and fuel unprecedented business success. Our consulting services include data management, data governance, Collibra (data governance and data quality software) implementation/adoption, data architecture, data quality, master and reference data management, metadata management and data privacy.
Kelle O’Neal founded the company in 2007 and is its Chief Executive Officer. FSFP’s leading position and strong reputation in our industry is because of our experienced senior leaders and dedicated consultants, business analysts and sales, administrative and marketing staff.
FSFP serves clients throughout the U.S., including large consumer brands, notable financial institutions and other organizations who want to make their information (data) actionable.
FSFP’s culture is centered on teamwork and a shared passion for what we do. We believe in treating clients (and one another) with respect and delivering measurable results for clients. Our FIRST values (Focus, Integrity, Resourcefulness, Skillfulness and Teamwork) guide our interactions.
Are you an experienced data governance professional looking to elevate your career to the next level? Do you want to work with leading edge consultants in a dynamic, rapidly growing company? Would you welcome the opportunity to apply your data management knowledge and leverage innovative technologies to creatively solve key data challenges for today’s leading businesses? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and rapidly evolving work environment?
First San Francisco Partners is seeking both employees and contractors for the Lead Data Governance Consultant role, this role will be responsible for assessing data management environments and governance capabilities to make data actionable for the business and to turn information into value.
What You'll be Doing:
- Lead and conduct data management maturity assessments and identify pain points for capabilities including data quality, governance, architecture, analytics, metadata management, master data management, etc.
- Demonstrate a rigorous and analytical problem-solving approach, leading information-gathering sessions and preparing and delivering client presentations and work products/prototypes.
- Provide thought leadership, frameworks and best practices required to deliver effective data governance solutions to clients.
- Identify data governance gaps and assess data governance maturity in a complex data environment. Should also be able to Identify the implications for data governance that arise from the technology, current processes and skill levels in a complex data environment.
- Develop a strategy for data governance, including a high-level roadmap. Must also be able to create impactful deliverable collateral.
What You Should Have:
- Strong knowledge of data governance and data management concepts, approaches and tools, especially the role of data governance in the successful implementation of data strategy.
- Solid analytical, problem-solving, negotiation and organizational skills with demonstrated ability to multi-task, organize, prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Excellent written/oral communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to explain value of data governance to both business and technical stakeholders.
- Ability to analyze complex environments, distill concepts and present to clients.
- Bachelor’s Degree with strong data understanding through experience.
- Ability to travel up to 25% if needed.
- Candidate must be able to work remotely.
This range is based on our market pay structures. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity and candidate qualifications, such as skills, experience and education.
Pay Transparency Notice: First San Francisco Partners will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Benefits Summary
At First San Francisco Partners, the health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. We support our employees in all aspects of their life, including health and financial well-being. Full Time employees scheduled to work 40 hours per week are offered a variety of benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance; a 401(K) savings plan, disability coverage; life and accident coverage, vacation time and paid holidays.
Temporary Consultants are not eligible for First San Francisco benefits but can participate in other company incentives including our Employee Referral Program.
EEOC Statement
First San Francisco Partners is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
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Data Architect
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First San Francisco Partners (FSFP) is a leading business advisory and information management consultancy dedicated to helping organizations leverage their data to improve strategic decision-making, reduce risk, create operational efficiencies and fuel unprecedented business success. Our consulting services include data management, data governance, Collibra (data governance and data quality software) implementation/adoption, data architecture, data quality, master and reference data management, metadata management and data privacy.
Kelle O’Neal founded the company in 2007 and is its Chief Executive Officer. FSFP’s leading position and strong reputation in our industry is because of our experienced senior leaders and dedicated consultants, business analysts and sales, administrative and marketing staff.
FSFP serves clients throughout the U.S., including large consumer brands, notable financial institutions and other organizations who want to make their information (data) actionable.
FSFP’s culture is centered on teamwork and a shared passion for what we do. We believe in treating clients (and one another) with respect and delivering measurable results for clients. Our FIRST values (Focus, Integrity, Resourcefulness, Skillfulness and Teamwork) guide our interactions.
The Data and Information Architect is a client-facing lead responsible for shaping enterprise data and information architectures that align to business strategy and accelerate adoption of data governance, master and reference data, metadata, and data quality capabilities. This person blends architecture rigor with consulting judgment: they design extensible target-state architectures, translate business needs into pragmatic implementation roadmaps, and partner with stakeholders across business and IT to deliver outcomes that stick.
The ideal candidate has progressed through roles such as data analyst, data modeler, data steward, and architect. That breadth lets them connect strategy, design, and execution rather than treat them as separate workstreams. They are equally comfortable advising executives on a roadmap and sitting with a development team to validate a logical model or review a metadata asset model.
Domain Expertise
- Data Architecture and Modeling: Develops and maintains enterprise high-level data models and targeted subject area models at the conceptual, logical, and physical levels. Captures data requirements from business strategies and data initiatives, designs for current and future state, and reviews physical implementations against enterprise data requirements. Maintains an expert understanding of cloud, hybrid, and on-premise storage patterns, including the security, access, and performance implications of each.
- Information Architecture: Designs the structures that make information findable, usable, and trustworthy. Defines business glossaries, taxonomies, reference data structures, and asset models that anchor the meaning of data across the organization. Aligns information architecture with content, search, and analytics needs so that downstream consumers can locate and interpret data without having to reverse-engineer it.
- Data Governance and Metadata Management: Designs and implements enterprise data governance and metadata management solutions. Translates business and technical requirements into Collibra (or comparable platform) configurations, including operating models, asset models, workflows, and stewardship processes. Develops metagovernance recommendations, designs automated metadata import and export methods, and recommends curation processes for high-quality content.
- Master and Reference Data Management: Familiar with industry-standard MDM and RDM patterns and able to advise on implementation styles (registry, centralized, co-existence, hybrid) based on use case fit. Integrates MDM into the broader data architecture through APIs, batch, or streaming, and aligns match/merge, hierarchy, and stewardship workflows with the governance operating model.
- Data Quality and Lineage: Assesses and improves data quality through profiling, rule definition, and ongoing monitoring. Implements lineage capture so that data flow from source to consumption is visible and explainable. Recommends and configures capabilities for business and technical metadata, data lineage, data profiling, and issue or request management.
- Regulatory and Privacy Awareness: Maintains a working understanding of major data-related regulations (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, and equivalents) and how they shape architecture decisions, classification schemes, access controls, and retention design.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead data and information architecture engagements end to end, including strategy, design, implementation oversight, education, standards creation, and ongoing measurement.
- Conduct workshops and interviews with business and IT stakeholders to assess current-state maturity, identify pain points, and shape a future-state roadmap.
- Identify, document, and prioritize use cases that drive the strategy and roadmap, and translate them into target-state designs.
- Develop and maintain enterprise data models, asset models, and architecture patterns for data layers, data stores, integration, and provisioning.
- Configure and oversee implementation of data governance and metadata platforms (e.g., Collibra), including operating model alignment, workflow design, and bulk metadata loads.
- Perform architecture and technology gap analyses, recommend solutions, and produce implementation roadmaps that move clients toward future state.
- Ensure documentation for models, architectures, and standards is accurate, well organized, and curated for ongoing use.
- Develop and deliver training materials, use case documentation, and implementation specifications that support adoption beyond the engagement.
- Provide thought leadership on emerging practices, including data mesh, data fabric, semantic layers, and AI-supported governance.
Technical Skills and Tools
- Data Catalog and Governance Platforms: Hands-on expertise with metadata tools such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica CDGC, Microsoft Purview, or Unity Catalog.
- Data Modeling Tools: Proficiency with enterprise data modeling tools (e.g., erwin, ER/Studio, PowerDesigner, or equivalents) and the ability to produce conceptual, logical, and physical models that hold up under review.
- Cloud Data Platforms: Familiarity with modern cloud data ecosystems, including Databricks and Unity Catalog, Snowflake, and major hyperscaler data services. Understands how governance policies (access controls, classifications, lineage) apply within those environments.
- MDM and RDM Tools: Practical experience with at least one MDM platform (e.g., Informatica MDM, Reltio, Profisee, or Semarchy). Understands match/merge configuration, hierarchy management, and steward workflows.
- Data Quality and Lineage: Experience with data quality tools (e.g., Informatica Data Quality, Collibra Data Quality, Ataccama) and lineage or observability capabilities, whether tool-driven or implemented through metadata integration.
- SQL and Databases: Strong SQL skills and a solid grasp of relational database design. Comfortable working across platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, and cloud-native equivalents.
- AI and Automation: Uses modern AI assistants thoughtfully to speed up design and delivery work.
This range is based on our market pay structures. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity and candidate qualifications, such as skills, experience and education.
Pay Transparency Notice: First San Francisco Partners will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Benefits Summary
At First San Francisco Partners, the health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. We support our employees in all aspects of their life, including health and financial well-being. Full Time employees scheduled to work 40 hours per week are offered a variety of benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance; a 401(K) savings plan, disability coverage; life and accident coverage, vacation time and paid holidays.
Temporary Consultants are not eligible for First San Francisco benefits but can participate in other company incentives including our Employee Referral Program.
EEOC Statement
First San Francisco Partners is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
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Metadata Analyst / Consultant
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First San Francisco Partners (FSFP) is a leading business advisory and information management consultancy dedicated to helping organizations leverage their data to improve strategic decision-making, reduce risk, create operational efficiencies and fuel unprecedented business success. Our consulting services include data management, data governance, Collibra (data governance and data quality software) implementation/adoption, data architecture, data quality, master and reference data management, metadata management and data privacy.
Kelle O’Neal founded the company in 2007 and is its Chief Executive Officer. FSFP’s leading position and strong reputation in our industry is because of our experienced senior leaders and dedicated consultants, business analysts and sales, administrative and marketing staff.
FSFP serves clients throughout the U.S., including large consumer brands, notable financial institutions and other organizations who want to make their information (data) actionable.
FSFP’s culture is centered on teamwork and a shared passion for what we do. We believe in treating clients (and one another) with respect and delivering measurable results for clients. Our FIRST values (Focus, Integrity, Resourcefulness, Skillfulness and Teamwork) guide our interactions.
First San Francisco Partners is seeking both employees and contractors for the Metadata Analyst role. This role is responsible to design, implement, and oversee establishment and delivery of enterprise Metadata solutions.
We are looking for a positive highly effective communicator that can lead without authority and has a passion for engaging with business, IT and C-suite stakeholders on Data Management projects to join our Delivery team remotely. Priorities change quickly within a consulting business, and we need someone who can recognize these changes and proactively shift work assignments to support the company. This position reports to the Director of Delivery and Operations and will collaborate and support our consultants and clients.
What You'll be Doing:
- Assess, define, and optimize various metadata management processes and standards such as business metadata definitions and technical metadata requirements
- Recommend new use cases. processes and standards as needed
- Support identification, prioritization, approach to remediate existing metadata.
- Deliver ongoing remediation cycle for prioritized business and technical metadata
- Support review and approval of extracted current metadata with relevant Business Data Stewards, Business SME’s, Data Custodians, etc., to review, validate, change, enhance, and update metadata documentation
- Support ingestion of updated and approved metadata into metadata tools
- Create and deliver metadata awareness, education, training, and communication materials
- Participate in business development, proposal creation and the contracting process
- Supports the development of project deliverables, synthesizes findings and integrates them into strategic-level deliverables
- Provides overall accountability for logistics within metadata engagement
- Provides quality assurance review of all metadata deliverables
- Documents and analyzes results from meetings, researches and reviews relevant documents
- Captures and documents business, functional and technical requirements
- Files all project artifacts and deliverables and maintains document inventory
- Facilitates required interactions and meeting sessions
- Works on tasks as directed by the Engagement Lead
- Coordinates the scheduling of meetings and develops, distributes and stores project artifacts, work papers and deliverables
What You Should Have:
- BA/BS or advanced degree in Business/Computer Science/MIS or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 3 - 5 years’ experience in Information Management: Data or Enterprise Architecture, Data Quality, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Warehousing and Business Analytics
- Familiarity with Business glossary, data dictionary, data catalog and data lineage
- Experience in business analysis: gathering data, synthesizing information, forming insights and providing feedback
- Experience with Metadata tools, such as Collibra, Alation, Purview
- Excellent attention to detail, a passion for quality work and the ability to communicate at various levels
- Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills
This range is based on our market pay structures. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity and candidate qualifications, such as skills, experience and education.
Pay Transparency Notice: First San Francisco Partners will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Benefits Summary
At First San Francisco Partners, the health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. We support our employees in all aspects of their life, including health and financial well-being. Full Time employees scheduled to work 40 hours per week are offered a variety of benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance; a 401(K) savings plan, disability coverage; life and accident coverage, vacation time and paid holidays.
Temporary Consultants are not eligible for First San Francisco benefits but can participate in other company incentives including our Employee Referral Program.
EEOC Statement
First San Francisco Partners is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
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