Project Manager - Group Data (f/m/d)

Project Management Institute, Inc.; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Deutsche Börse Group is seeking a Project Manager for the Chief Data Officer to drive its digital transformation by strengthening the strategic use of data across eight business units. You will work directly with the Chief Data Officer and senior stakeholders to lead data initiatives, enable data products, governance, and data mesh practices while aligning with the group’s data and AI strategy.

The role emphasizes collaboration across business lines, legal entities, and tech teams, with a focus

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of digital transformation experience within financial services.
• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, IT, data science).
• Strong knowledge of data management, data products, metadata, data governance and modern data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic transformation of data into a strategic asset with senior stakeholders.
• Lead initiatives to strengthen data capabilities across eight business units.
• Contribute to enterprise data & AI strategy and data ecosystem partnerships.
• Collaborate with business, product IT and shared IT to implement data mesh and governance.
• Monitor progress, report milestones and KPIs, manage risks and issues.
• Support stakeholder alignment and prepare updates for senior management.

Skills

Data governance

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Master's degree

Tools

PRINCE2

PMP

Job description

Your area of work

As Project Manager for the Chief Data Officer you drive the digital transformation of Deutsche Börse Group by strengthening the strategic use of data across the eight businesses units (SimCorp, ISS STOXX, EUREX, EEX, Deutsche Börse, 360T, Clearstream Securities Services and Fund Services), contributing directly to the Group's data & AI strategy, leading key data initiatives of group-wide relevance, supporting the development and scaling of data capabilities and platforms across the organization, and managing projects for the section Group Data.

Group Data is led by the Group's Chief Data Officer who drives the further buildout of the group-wide data mesh and data governance to improve access to high-quality, governed data for decision making, AI & automation, and commercialization. Data plays a key role in Deutsche Börse Group's digital transformation as foundation for AI and digital business models.

Your responsibilities

• You work directly with the Chief Data Officer and senior stakeholders in driving the strategic transformation of data from byproduct of business operations and internal processes into a strategic asset providing competitive advantage, aligned with business objectives.
• You lead key initiatives for enhancing the strategic use of data across the Group, working with the eight business units and central functions on strengthening data capabilities like data product management, internal and external data sharing, metadata/ context management, data quality and observability, and AI for data.
• You directly contribute to the implementation of the enterprise data & AI strategy, with a particular focus on getting fit-for-purpose data/ context ready for internal and external consumption, including working with our strategic technology partners on data ecosystem and platform partnerships (e.g., marketplace, agents).
• You collaborate closely with the business, product IT and shared IT teams managing the core data platforms and tools and implementing the enterprise-wide standards in their respective data domains to ensure further build out and adoption of data mesh principles and modern data governance practices.
• You monitor project progress and performance, tracking and reporting on milestones, deliverables, and KPIs, identifying and mitigating risks and issues, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• You support stakeholder alignment, facilitate effective communication and collaboration across technical and non-technical teams, and prepare regular updates and presentations for senior management.

Your profile

• You have at least 3 years of digital transformation experience within a bank, asset manager, hedge fund, trading firm, exchange, strategy consultancy or technology consultancy, with proven experience leading workstreams of data & AI or digitalization projects within the financial services industry.
• You have completed your university-level master's degree in business administration, economics, IT, data science, engineering or similar degree in a relevant field of expertise with excellent results.
• You combine good knowledge of data & analytics, including data management, data products, data contracts, data quality, metadata, data distribution, and modern data architectures (e.g., data mesh, data fabric), with first experience in business transformation to become a data driven or data centric organization.
• You possess a good understanding of analytical and operational data use cases, enterprise data strategy, data target operating model, and data governance in a federated, decentral setup.
• You enjoy collaborating operating across multiple business lines, legal entities, jurisdictions, tech and non-tech functions, with experience in working in interdisciplinary project teams across business, product and shared IT.
• You are a strong and committed team player, with strong organizational and problem-solving skills, ability to manage and adapt to change, attention to detail, excellent communication skills from technical audiences to senior management, and the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Strong project management skills, ideally backed by a recognized certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2), complement your profile.