Data Governance & Master Data Management (MDM) Senior Expert

Honda Motor Europe; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Bracknell is seeking a dynamic Data Governance & Master Data Management (MDM) Senior Expert. The role involves establishing enterprise-wide data governance frameworks and managing teams for effective decision-making. Candidates must have a solid background in data management, strong leadership skills, and familiarity with CRM platforms. This position offers flexible working arrangements including working from home up to 2 days per week.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to harmonize data across multiple systems and touchpoints.
• Understanding of data privacy and consent management practices.
• Proven experience leading teams in the implementation of governance and MDM frameworks in complex environments.
• Demonstrated leadership with excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Passion for data ethics, sustainability, and responsible data use.

Responsibilities

• Establish and oversee enterprise-wide data governance and MDM frameworks.
• Lead data quality initiatives, including profiling, monitoring, and remediation.
• Design and implement MDM strategy for core domains (e.g., customer, supplier, product).
• Promote data literacy and awareness through training and communication.

Skills

Data harmonization

Stakeholder management

Data privacy knowledge

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., CDMP, DGSP, DAMA)

Tools

Salesforce

Dynamics

Informatica

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Data Governance & Master Data Management (MDM) Senior Expert

At Honda we embrace inclusion in our policies, and our contracts state that hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week. We offer flexibility for when you work. Regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break and 08:00 – 13:00 on Friday. We offer daily flex-time with a start window between 07:00 and 11:00, provided there is no business requirement to attend the office.

While there is no contractual right to work from home, you may request to work from home 2 days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

Role: We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Data Governance & Master Data Management (MDM) Senior Expert to establish and oversee enterprise-wide data governance and MDM frameworks. This role will build and manage a team that enables data-driven decision-making, unlocks business value, and supports regulatory compliance.

While the role is based in our European head office in Bracknell, significant travel is expected across our regional operations and occasional international travel.

Main Responsibilities:

• Data Governance: Ensure governance and quality of master data across systems.
• Develop and implement data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Define and embed data ownership and stewardship roles across business units.
• Lead data quality initiatives, including profiling, monitoring, and remediation.
• Ensure compliance with internal data policies.
• Facilitate data governance councils and cross-functional working groups.
• Collaborate across the business to align data standards and definitions.
• Drive harmonisation across platforms to enable accurate reporting and personalisation.
• Implement controls for data lifecycle management, including onboarding, updates and offboarding.

Master Data Management

• Design and implement MDM strategy for core domains (e.g., customer, supplier, product).
• Oversee data modelling, taxonomy, and hierarchy management.
• Collaborate with IT and business teams to integrate MDM into systems and workflows.
• Manage MDM tools and platforms, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Drive data harmonization across systems to support analytics and reporting.

Stakeholder Engagement and Enablement

• Partner across the business to align data initiatives.
• Promote data literacy and awareness through training and communication.
• Act as a trusted advisor on data-related risks, opportunities, and innovations.

Qualifications, skills and experience:
Required

• Proven ability to harmonize data across multiple systems and touchpoints.
• Understanding of data privacy and consent management practices.
• Proven experience leading teams in the implementation of governance and MDM frameworks in complex environments.
• Demonstrated leadership with excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CDMP, DGSP, DAMA) are highly desirable.
• Experience managing master data in CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Dynamics).
• Strategic thinker with operational delivery capability.
• Passion for data ethics, sustainability, and responsible data use.
• Familiarity with data mesh, data fabric, and modern data architecture principles.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, ESG disclosures).
• Hands-on experience with governance and MDM tools (e.g., Informatica, Collibra, Microsoft Purview).

Honda is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in the workplace for all employees, temporary workers, contractors, applicants and visitors. Honda also encourages respect for the individual differences and talents of others while making full use of one's own abilities, based on Honda's philosophy of respect for the individual.

At Honda, we value and celebrate diversity and are committed to being a fair, non-discriminatory company that promotes and welcomes the uniqueness and differences of people around the world. We recognise that a diverse workforce allows for different ideas and perspectives, and we encourage everyone to share them. We strive to foster a culture of belonging that is consistent with Honda's core values and lived out in the way we work and respect each other. For us at Honda, diversifying our workforce means increasing its overall strength by providing people with equal opportunities - regardless of personal characteristics or previous careers.

This commitment flows directly from the Honda philosophy and the belief that we are all working towards a common goal. Honda recruits, hires, trains and promotes the most qualified/experienced individuals at all levels without regard to race, origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

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