Data Governance Manager

Expleo Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Expleo Academy training programmes

Medical and dental insurance

Pension and life assurance

Employee wellbeing programme

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Expleo Group is seeking a senior data governance professional to implement and maintain the organisation's data governance framework, driving data quality, ownership, policy compliance, and regulatory adherence across the enterprise.

You will manage the Data Quality team, collaborate with stakeholders, risk and compliance, and leadership to improve data integrity, security, and accessibility while supporting business objectives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Information Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise-scale data governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of data quality management principles.
• Experience working with Informatica data governance tools.
• Experience supporting GDPR, AI Act and other regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model, and controls to mitigate data governance risks.
• Establish and promote data governance best practices across business and technology functions.
• Utilise Informatica Data Management Cloud to maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, and data lineage documentation.
• Coordinate the internal Data Stewards working group, facilitating meetings, and supporting follow‑on actions.
• Review and refine data ownership, stewardship, and accountability structures.
• Ensure governance processes align with organisational goals and regulatory obligations.
• Lead root‑cause analysis and remediation activities for data quality issues.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to improve data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness.
• Deliver governance reporting and insights to executive stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and best practices in data management and governance.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

MDM

Data lineage

Data privacy

Regulatory compliance

Data risk

Education

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

Tools

Informatica Data Management Cloud

Job description

Job Summary

This hands‑on role is responsible for implementing, and maintaining the organisation’s data governance framework to ensure data is managed as a strategic asset. The role will drive data quality, data ownership, policy compliance, regulatory adherence, metadata management, and data stewardship practices across the enterprise.

The successful candidate will manage the Data Quality team and work closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, risk and compliance functions, and senior leadership to improve data integrity, consistency, security, and accessibility while supporting business objectives and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the enterprise data governance strategy, policies, standards, and operating model, and controls to mitigate data governance risks.
• Establish and promote data governance best practices across business and technology functions.
• Utilise Informatica Data Management Cloud to maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, and data lineage documentation.
• Coordinate the internal Data Stewards working group, facilitating meetings, and supporting follow‑on actions.
• Review and refine data ownership, stewardship, and accountability structures.
• Ensure governance processes align with organisational goals and regulatory obligations.
• Lead root‑cause analysis and remediation activities for data quality issues.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to improve data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness.
• Deliver governance reporting and insights to executive stakeholders.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and best practices in data management and governance.

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Data Analytics, or related field.

Desirable

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
• DCAM (Data Management Capability Assessment Model)
• DAMA Certification
• GDPR/Data Privacy Certification

Essential Skills

• Data Governance Frameworks
• Data Quality Management
• Metadata Management
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Data Lineage and Data Catalogue Management
• Data Classification and Data Privacy
• Regulatory Compliance (GDPR, AI Act, etc.)
• Data Risk Management

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Information Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise‑scale data governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of data quality management principles and methodologies.
• Experience working with Informatica data governance tools.
• Experience supporting GDPR, AI Act and other regulatory compliance.

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique well‑being, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family‑friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work‑life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology‑loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy – enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.