Data Governance & Data Quality Manager

Lead Sony Europe’s Data Governance & Data Quality capability and help make critical business data easier to trust, understand and use. In this role, you will establish practical governance frameworks, standards, processes and ways of working that create clear data ownership, consistent definitions, appropriate controls and measurable data quality.

Working across business teams, BI, data platforms, data engineering, architecture and IS, you will turn governance principles into everyday practice while enabling effective stewardship, metadata management, data quality and data product governance.

You will:

• Lead and continuously improve the data governance framework, operating model, standards, processes and decision rights.
• Build clear accountability across Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians and Data Consumers, resolving ownership gaps and conflicting definitions.
• Be responsible for the data quality framework, including critical data elements, business-owned rules, thresholds, controls, scorecards and issue management.
• Drive remediation governance and root-cause resolution with accountable business and technology teams, monitoring issues through to closure.
• Increase adoption of business glossaries, common definitions, metadata standards, cataloguing, lineage and trusted data products.
• Be responsible for the functional roadmap and business adoption of governance and data quality tools, including Collibra or comparable platforms.
• Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to embed governance into data, analytics, BI and digital initiatives.
• Lead, coach and develop a collaborative Data Governance & Data Quality team across multiple countries.

You will bring:

• Experience in data governance, data management, data quality, metadata management or a related area within a large or complex organisation.
• Practical knowledge of data ownership, stewardship, business glossaries, metadata, lineage and data quality management.
• Experience introducing or improving governance frameworks, data quality controls, reporting or issue-management processes.
• The ability to build trusted relationships and explain governance topics clearly to both business and technology stakeholders.
• People leadership experience, with an inclusive and collaborative approach to developing, motivating and supporting colleagues.
• Experience with Collibra or a comparable governance, metadata or data quality platform.
• Familiarity with SAP or Microsoft Dynamics, data lakes or lakehouses, Databricks, Power BI or similar environments would be beneficial.
• A degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Your new office

Budapest

Based at the Budapest office, you will enjoy a modern, vibrant and diverse working environment with lots of social and charity events to be part of and enjoy a sense of belonging. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of healthy options, a café, and free coffee/tea in the office kitchens. The office is easily reachable by public transportation. You can enjoy your lunchbreak outside in the garden or have a walk by the Danube. If you like to ride, we have bike storage in the building with a changing room and we also have a MOL BUBI bike docking station in front of the office building.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose - ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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