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Data Governance Manager
The Data Governance Manager is a key role to lead and manage all organization-wide data governance activities aligned with Data Strategy journey. The position will focus on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance and data quality framework for data policies, standards and practices, both at the department and Business and Functional areas level, to achieve the required level of consistency, quality and protection to meet overall business strategy needs.
The Data Governance Manager serves as global point of contact for governance, data quality and protection issues and will work closely with Business and GBS stakeholders to improve the quality and value of core data assets enabling the journey to a data driven company.
Responsibilities:
Data Governance Strategy and Framework:
• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of data-driven organization
• Roll out an enterprise wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and providing data business services through modifications to organization behaviour policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture
• Lead data governance committees, comprising resources from the Business and Functional areas and IT business and operations functions, to achieve their objectives; resolve issues escalated from Business and Functional areas data governance representatives
Governance Standards, Policies and Procedures:
• Develop standards, policies and procedures to support the creation and implementation of data governance policies within the business.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data governance playbooks and data-centric culture adoption across the enterprise, focusing on business units and markets adoption
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements • Define roles and responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability for stewardship of the company’s principal data assets through federated operational model implementation
Market Knowledge:
• Will stay informed of what data governance best practices are available and will research suppliers and markets, to identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of data assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the business processes / represent data as a strategic business asset at the Senior Management table
• Facilitate Data Governance solutions evaluation from technical and functional sides for data governance initiatives and other enterprise projects according to the industry standards and cutting-edge technologies
Communication and Collaboration:
• Collaborate with leadership across the organization to identify business needs and implement Data Governance and Data Stewardship capabilities.
• Engage a network of business/IT stakeholders and manage relations between them and central Data & Analytics team where there will be influence but not authority.
• Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data related business requirements are clearly defined, communicated and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning •Work on the delivery of Data Governance communication plans to help establish a cultural change in how data governance is perceived and managed at the company
Training and Support:
• Working with Business teams and other Data & Analytics teams to ensure key business users are educated and trained in what data governance practices are currently implemented and available within JTI to meet business requirements and consequently maintain the data strategy aligned to it
Who we are looking for:
University degree in Computer Science or similar3 - 5 years of experience of embedding Data Governance processes and standards into existing and future strategic projects5+ years in a major services organization, with change or transformation leadership experience and good understanding of various project management techniquesExperience with rolling out data governance frameworks and roadmaps, aligning and documenting data definitions, setting up a proper data governance organization, and data quality controls Varied and detailed knowledge of Data Management areas such as data quality, data migration, metadata management etc.Outstanding interpersonal skills so you are seen as credible, knowledgeable and a positive representative of the Data Governance teamDemonstrated consulting skills, with change management concepts and strategies, including communication, culture change and performance measurementAbility to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the firmFlexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid changeStrong organizational, business understanding and analytical skillsKnowledge of DMBOK. CDPM certification is a plusExperience analyzing and applying regulatory policy analysis to business operations preferredFluent in EnglishProficient with computers and Microsoft OfficeKnowledge of Azure Purview and Data Catalog is a plusKnowledge of Microsoft Data Quality and Common Data Model is a plusKnowledge of SAP information Steward (Metapedia, etc.) and SAP data services knowledge is a plusAre you ready to join us? Build your success story at JTI. Apply now!
Next Steps:
After applying, if selected, please anticipate the following within 1-3 weeks of the job posting closure: Phone screening with Talent Advisor > Assessment tests > Interviews > Offer. Each step is eliminatory and may vary by role type.
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