Senior Data Governance & Quality Leader

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

Job summary

McKesson seeks a Data Governance Senior Specialist to operationalize master data management and data-governance practices. You will establish governance frameworks, stewardship, data quality controls, and executive reporting to keep data trusted, compliant, and fit for business use.

You will collaborate with Data Owners, Stewards, business leaders, Compliance, Risk, and IT to influence adoption and lead complex remediation, driving enterprise-wide analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Management, Data Quality, or related discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• Experience implementing governance frameworks, policies, 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 and 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 skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Informatica

Collibra

Alation

SAP

Job description

McKesson seeks a Data Governance Senior Specialist to operationalize master data management and data-governance practices. You will establish governance frameworks, stewardship, data quality controls, and executive reporting to keep data trusted, compliant, and fit for business use.

You will collaborate with Data Owners, Stewards, business leaders, Compliance, Risk, and IT to influence adoption and lead complex remediation, driving enterprise-wide analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decisions.