Senior Data Strategy & Governance Lead

Metso; Tampere; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Wellbeing programs

Competitive compensation

Learning pathways

Mentoring

Internal mobility

Global collaboration opportunities

Job summary

Metso is seeking a Senior Manager/Manager, Data to develop and continuously improve enterprise-wide data management capabilities. You will lead a capability area such as data governance, data quality or metadata management and translate strategic aims into operating models, processes and ways of working across the organization.

This is an opportunity to shape how Metso manages data as a strategic asset and strengthen the trusted data foundations needed for digitalization, analytics, AI and

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance, data quality, metadata management, master data management, data strategy, data architecture or related discipline.
• Experience leading data development, governance, quality or capability-building initiatives in a global matrix organization.
• Knowledge of data strategy, governance, data roles, data quality, metadata, master data, data modelling or data architecture.
• Ability to create roadmaps, prioritize development needs, and lead initiatives toward measurable outcomes.
• Experience establishing and rolling out common processes, standards and ways of working.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation and influencing skills across functions, business areas, and geographies.
• Ability to translate between business, data and IT perspectives and turn complex topics into practical, value-adding solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and a structured, analytical, collaborative, and development-oriented approach.
• Experience in industrial environments is valued. Familiarity with ERP, CRM, PLM or MES, modern data tools (e.g. MDM, data quality and data catalogues), or integration platforms is an advantage. Understanding how AI, automation, and data management tooling can improve data-related practices is also beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of an assigned enterprise data management capability, such as data governance, data quality, metadata management, or data strategy.
• Define and continuously improve related concepts, operating models, processes, standards and governance practices.
• Translate Metso’s strategic objectives into a practical capability roadmap, priorities and scalable initiatives.
• Establish common ways of working across business, data and IT, supporting adoption through communication, coaching, and training.
• Define meaningful measures and KPIs to monitor adoption, effectiveness and business impact.
• Facilitate workshops, working groups and governance forums, building alignment across stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, data roles, architects, solution owners, and IT stakeholders.
• Monitor relevant industry developments, technologies and good practices and apply them where they create value for Metso.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data strategy

Data architecture

Data modelling

Data productization

Roadmapping

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Metso is seeking a Senior Manager/Manager, Data to develop and continuously improve enterprise-wide data management capabilities. You will lead a capability area such as data governance, data quality or metadata management and translate strategic aims into operating models, processes and ways of working across the organization.

This is an opportunity to shape how Metso manages data as a strategic asset and strengthen the trusted data foundations needed for digitalization, analytics, AI and