AI & Data - Data Governance - Senior Manager

EY; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Pension/Discounted Health Insurance

Web Doctor

Additional Annual Leave

Free Gym Membership

Travel Pass

Maternity & Paternity Leave

Bike to Work Scheme

Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards

Tech MBA paid by EY

Job summary

EY is seeking an experienced data governance leader to help clients unlock value from data assets. You will work across assurance, tax, transactions, and consulting to embed data analytics into business strategies, drive governance frameworks, and lead cross-functional teams.

You will shape enterprise data policies, manage complex stakeholder expectations, and mentor teams while advancing EY’s mission of building a better working world through data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD Degree.
• 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management.
• Understanding of technologies used in data governance and management (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica).
• People management experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, managing budgets, scope creep, expectations, deliverables, timelines.
• Ability to communicate technical information in non-technical language.
• Highly professional with the ability to work in challenging, diverse, and evolving client environments.
• Data Governance or Data Management related certifications (e.g., from DAMA, EDMC).

Responsibilities

• Work in multi-disciplinary teams across various industries, helping clients use analytics to transform and improve their business.
• Establish enterprise data governance framework, including data policies, standards, and processes.
• Develop and implement data management and governance roadmap, including strategic priorities for organisation-wide data capabilities.
• Help our clients create and enforce policies for effective data management.
• Identify new business opportunities for using data assets to achieve business efficiency.
• Lead a team responsible for driving data governance projects leveraging robust tools and infrastructure.
• Design data quality frameworks to enhance clients' data quality across key domains.
• With guidance from partners and senior managers, identify and act on potential EY opportunities.
• Establish and strengthen internal and external relationships.
• Devise and implement secure data handling procedures with attention to technical aspects.
• Establish data sharing rules for Senior Management and stakeholders.
• Guide clients in adopting best data regulations and tech changes.
• Create innovative commercial insights and adapt methods to client needs.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

People management

Communication (written, verbal)

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Non-technical communication

Certifications (DAMA/EDMC)

Hybrid/ adaptable

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

General Information

Location: Dublin / Cork / Waterford / Limerick / Galway

Business Area: UKI AI & Data

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you, we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

The opportunity

Our data analytics team focuses on helping our clients unlock value from their information assets through collaboration with domain experts across assurance, tax, transactions, and consulting to embed innovative data analytics solutions in existing business areas. Data Analytics is one of the most exciting fields in today’s digital world. It offers challenging work, career development and great job satisfaction. EY’s mission is to build a better working world by asking better questions and finding better answers – this is what data analytics all about is. What better way to help us achieve our mission than by working with our data science and engineering teams as we continue this journey. In response to strong market demand, we are seeking additional individuals to enhance our existing team. We are transforming our business by embedding analytics in everything we do. We are helping our clients transform their businesses by doing the same, across industry sectors and lines of business. We are growing and so are our people. We are hiring experienced professionals in a variety of roles, this is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the Data Analytics team who are not only changing how we deliver services to our clients but are also committed to creating a diverse environment where EY people are valued, where they feel they belong and can contribute their best in every encounter.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Work in multi-disciplinary teams across various industries, helping our clients use analytics to transform and improve their business.
• Establish enterprise data governance framework, including data policies, standards, and processes to help our clients achieve overall business needs.
• Develop and implement data management and governance roadmap, including strategic priorities for establishing organisation-wide data capabilities.
• Help our clients create and enforce policies for effective data management.
• Identify new business opportunities for using data assets to achieve business efficiency.
• Lead a team responsible for driving data governance projects leveraging robust tools and infrastructure to sanitise, store and manipulate data.
• Design data quality frameworks to enhance clients' data quality across their key domains and processes.
• With guidance from partners, directors, and senior managers, you'll identify and act on potential business opportunities for EY.
• Actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships.
• Devise and implement efficient and secure data handling and analysis procedures with attention to all technical aspects.
• Establish data rules and procedures for data sharing with Senior Management, internal and external stakeholders.
• Guide our clients in preparing and excelling in their approach and adopting best practices for the rapidly evolving data regulations and technological changes.
• Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership

Skills And Attributes For Success

• A Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD Degree
• 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management
• Understanding of technologies used in data governance and management (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica, etc.)
• People management experience
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, managing budgets, scope creep, expectations, deliverables, timelines, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical information in non-technical language.
• Highly professional with the ability to work in challenging, diverse, and evolving client environments.
• Passion for contributing to the team's growth and our Data Analytics practice.
• Data Governance or Data Management related certifications (e.g., from DAMA, EDMC)

Career progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success as defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

About EY

As a global leader in Assurance, Tax, Transaction and Advisory Services, we’re using the finance products, expertise, and system aspects we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

What Working At EY Offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs: covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Hybrid Working
• Pension/Discounted Health Insurance
• Web Doctor
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Free Gym Membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards
• Tech MBA paid by EY

Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.