Data Governance Manager

Serviceplan Group
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, German

Job location

Tech stack

Azure
Cloud Computing
Software Documentation
Computer Security
Continuous Integration
Data Governance
Identity and Access Management
Role-Based Access Control
Data Streaming
Data Classification
Data Lineage
Data Management

Job description

  • Development, alignment and implementation of data governance policies, standards and data product guidelines.
  • Ensuring globally consistent governance requirements as well as GDPR compliance (Privacy by Design, DPIA, Retention, Consent).
  • Translating strategic objectives into operational governance processes.
  • Establishing and monitoring key data quality KPIs and defining SLAs, quality gates and validation mechanisms.
  • Collaboration with domain teams, Legal, InfoSec and markets to ensure high data quality and fulfilment of regulatory requirements.
  • Building and maintaining a sustainable and auditable compliance framework.
  • Establishing a federated governance model (Domain Ownership, Data Stewardship, Data Contracts).
  • Coaching and enabling international domain teams and moderating global governance boards.
  • Building and maintaining the data catalog, business glossary and consistent metadata models.
  • Defining taxonomies, naming conventions, documentation standards and data lineage.
  • Implementing and maintaining data classification models (Public, Confidential, Restricted) and role/access concepts (RBAC/ABAC).
  • Conducting regular reviews and audits.
  • Creating and delivering trainings, playbooks and enablement formats.
  • Fostering a data-as-a-product culture and an active global community.
  • Supporting the organisation in change management.
  • Further developing the governance roadmap, identifying process and tool improvements, and managing the reporting and monitoring of relevant governance metrics.

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in data governance on global data platforms.
  • Ability to translate strategic governance goals into actionable policies and processes.
  • Experience collaborating with international business, data and tech stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of Data Mesh principles (Domain Ownership, Data Products, Self-Service, Federated Governance).
  • Experience in establishing decentralized ownership and accountability structures.
  • Proficient in GDPR and relevant security/compliance frameworks.
  • Knowledge of data catalog/glossary solutions, data quality frameworks and lineage tools.
  • Understanding of modern cloud and data architectures (ideally Azure).
  • Basic knowledge of CI/CD for data, data modeling and access management concepts.
  • Strong facilitation skills for global committees and communities, and confident coordination with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Excellent English skills; German is a plus

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