Data Governance Leader: Master Data & Quality

Mckesson Corporation; Cork; On-site; EUR 64,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson seeks a Data Governance Senior Specialist to operationalize master data governance and drive data-quality and regulatory controls across the enterprise.

You will partner with Data Owners, Stewards, and IT stakeholders to establish frameworks, policies, and KPIs, while leading remediation of complex data-quality issues and supporting analytics, AI enablement, and enterprise transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Governance or related discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Experience implementing governance frameworks, policies, standards, stewardship models, and accountability practices.
• Experience supporting metadata management, lineage management, reference data, business glossaries, governance tooling, and executive reporting.
• Experience defining data-quality standards, thresholds, monitoring KPIs, conducting root-cause analysis, and leading sustainable remediation.
• Experience influencing business and technology stakeholders to drive governance adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Experience supporting enterprise transformation, ERP modernization, analytics, automation, AI, or master-data initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of enterprise data-governance frameworks, policies, standards, operating procedures, stewardship practices, and accountability models.
• Establish governance processes that strengthen ownership and stewardship of critical data assets, and facilitate governance councils, working groups, communications, and change activities.
• Define and govern data-quality rules, controls, monitoring practices, thresholds, scorecards, KPIs, and executive performance measures.
• Lead identification, triage, escalation, root-cause analysis, corrective-action planning, remediation tracking, and resolution of complex data-quality issues.
• Establish and maintain metadata, business-glossary, reference-data, lineage, traceability, and documentation standards for critical data assets.
• Provide governance oversight and subject matter expertise for master data, data products, ERP modernization, analytics, automation, AI, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Conduct governance assessments and regulatory analysis, and partner with Compliance, Risk, Audit, Legal, Technology, and business stakeholders to satisfy control and documentation requirements.
• Develop strategic roadmaps, governance priorities, enablement programs, and measurable improvements in data trust and organizational data maturity.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems

Tools

Informatica

Ataccama

Collibra

Alation

SAP

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

McKesson seeks a Data Governance Senior Specialist to operationalize master data governance and drive data-quality and regulatory controls across the enterprise.

You will partner with Data Owners, Stewards, and IT stakeholders to establish frameworks, policies, and KPIs, while leading remediation of complex data-quality issues and supporting analytics, AI enablement, and enterprise transformation initiatives.