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Data governance consulting services

Build a framework of trust around your most critical asset: your data. A strong data governance program ensures your data is accurate, consistent, and secure, enabling you to mitigate risk and unlock its full value. Our data governance consulting services help you design, implement, and manage a pragmatic data governance framework that aligns with your business goals, ensuring you can meet compliance requirements, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate your analytics initiatives with high-quality, reliable data.

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Pythian has the top data governance consultants

Our data governance consulting is delivered by a team of certified experts using proven methodologies to build a framework of trust and compliance for your data assets. We help you implement the right policies and technologies to reduce risk, improve data quality, and empower your teams with reliable information.

25+

Years of experience

For over two decades, we have been helping the world's leading organizations solve their most complex data challenges, giving us the deep expertise needed to design and implement a truly effective data governance program.

45+

Data technologies supported

Pythian supports over 45 technologies—from cloud platforms and data warehouses to data lakes and databases—ensuring we can design a governance framework that fits your unique technology stack.

500+

Global customers

As a global service provider, we serve customers across the world—many who have been with us for decades, and trust us to help govern and manage the critical data that runs their business.

What's included in Pythian's data governance consulting services?

A strategic framework for trusted data

Our data governance consulting is a comprehensive service designed to guide every stage of your journey. We do more than just write policies; we create a strategic, actionable roadmap to embed a culture of data quality and accountability, ensuring your governance program delivers sustained business value.

Governance strategy and roadmap

We begin by assessing your current data governance maturity, identifying critical gaps in policies, processes, and technology. Our consultants then collaborate with your stakeholders to develop a strategic roadmap that prioritizes initiatives and aligns the governance program with your specific business objectives.

Framework and policy development

We help you design and document a comprehensive governance framework, including clear data policies, standards, and procedures. This includes establishing key roles and responsibilities, such as data ownership and stewardship, to create clear accountability for your data assets across the organization.

Data quality management

We establish a robust data quality framework to profile, monitor, and remediate data issues. Our team implements the processes and tools necessary to measure data quality metrics, ensuring your teams can rely on accurate and consistent data for analytics and operations.

Master and metadata management

We help you create a single source of truth for your most critical data domains. Our consultants assist in implementing master data management (MDM) solutions and data catalogs to ensure your data is well-documented, easily discoverable, and consistently defined across the enterprise.

Compliance and risk mitigation

We design your governance framework to ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA from the start. Our consultants help implement the necessary controls and processes to protect sensitive data, manage data lineage, and mitigate the risk of regulatory penalties.

Global telco drives campaign success with a governed analytics platform

A leading telecommunications provider needed to create a single version of the truth to better understand customer behavior and optimize its marketing campaigns. By building a new analytics platform on Google Cloud, they were able to leverage high-quality, trusted data to personalize customer offers, resulting in a 33% increase in their Net Promoter Score (NPS) and a 10% uplift in average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Business outcomes you can expect from our data governance consulting service

Drive growth with data you can trust

A modern data governance framework is the foundational step for any business looking to treat data as a strategic asset. We help you implement a program that builds trust, reduces risk, and simplifies workflows, allowing you to innovate faster and make more confident decisions.

Increase trust in data

Break down data silos and establish a single source of truth for your key metrics and entities. A well-designed governance program ensures data is accurate, reliable, and timely, empowering your teams to make faster, more confident decisions.

Ensure regulatory compliance

Mitigate the risks associated with data privacy and protection regulations. We help you design and implement robust controls and processes to ensure your data is protected and that your business can meet strict requirements like GDPR and CCPA.

Improve operational efficiency

Reduce the time your teams spend searching for, validating, and questioning data. By creating a well-documented and managed data ecosystem, you streamline workflows and empower employees to focus on value-added activities instead of data wrangling.

Enhance data security

Implement robust security controls and governance from the start. Our framework establishes clear policies for data access, handling, and classification, ensuring your sensitive information is protected from unauthorized use.

How Pythian's data governance consulting service works

A proven process for a best-in-class governance program

As an experienced data partner, our consultants use specialized tools and a proven process to do more than just create a rulebook. We help you build a sustainable data governance program that accelerates innovation, reduces costs, and strengthens security from day one.

Discovery and assessment

We begin by assessing your current governance maturity, data systems, and business processes to understand their connections and identify key challenges and compliance gaps.

Strategic and framework design

We analyze your environment to create a detailed governance framework, strategic roadmap, and implementation plan. This includes defining policies, standards, and data stewardship roles tailored to your needs.

Implementation and rollout

Our team manages the full implementation of your governance program. We help deploy technologies, establish data quality rules, build out the data catalog, and train your data stewards to ensure successful adoption.

Monitoring and management

Our support extends beyond implementation. We offer post-launch managed services to support your day-to-day governance operations, including continuous monitoring of data quality metrics and program effectiveness.

Build a foundation of trust in your data

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Telco boosts revenue with advanced analytics
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Telco boosts revenue with advanced analytics

Learn how a major telecommunications company built a governed analytics platform on Google Cloud to create a single source of truth for their marketing campaigns. The new solution provided high-quality, reliable data that led to a 10% increase in average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Fresno Unified designs a data governance strategy
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Fresno Unified designs a data governance strategy

Facing challenges with siloed data across numerous departments, Fresno Unified School District partnered with Pythian to run an AI workshop. The engagement helped them design a comprehensive data governance strategy to improve data accessibility, quality, and security for its 74,000 students.

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Gaming company boosts customer loyalty with real-time data
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Gaming company boosts customer loyalty with real-time data

A leading online gaming company was losing customer loyalty due to a 24-hour data delay from its on-premises infrastructure. The company partnered with Pythian to migrate its environment to Google Cloud, deploying real-time data pipelines that provide access to actionable insights. The new solution enables the company to proactively address user experience issues, boosting customer engagement and retention.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about data governance consulting services

What is data governance consulting?

Data governance consulting services are provided by an experienced partner like Pythian to help you design, build, and optimize a framework for managing your data assets. We use a proven process to establish policies, standards, and controls that improve data quality, reduce risk, ensure compliance, and build trust in your data.

Why is data governance important for my business?

Data governance is important because it ensures your organization's data is reliable, consistent, and used properly. It builds a foundation of trust that allows for more accurate reporting and analytics, improves operational efficiency, and helps mitigate legal and financial risks by ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations.

What is included in your data governance consulting services?

Our data governance consulting services cover the entire project lifecycle. We begin with a comprehensive assessment of your current environment, then create a detailed strategic design and implementation roadmap for your governance framework, policies, and stewardship model. We manage the deployment and can offer post-launch managed services for ongoing support.

 

How do you measure the success of a data governance program?

The success of a data governance program is measured through a combination of quantitative and qualitative metrics. This can include measurable improvements in data quality scores, reductions in compliance-related issues, faster data delivery times for analytics projects, and increased user satisfaction and trust in data, often tracked through internal surveys.

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