Data Governance

Sopra Steria; Katowice; On-site; PLN 201,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Luxmed

MedicoverSport

Worksmile

Educational platforms

Languages learning platform

Referral bonus

Life insurance

Certifications paid by the company

Conferences

Tech Lunches

Communities

Kindergarten

Job summary

Sopra Steria Polska is seeking a senior Data Governance professional to join a multinational team supporting a major aeronautical client. You will lead data governance initiatives, design strategies, and promote a data‑driven culture across business units in Poland and France, with collaboration across international stakeholders.

The role emphasizes data dictionaries, catalogs, quality processes, and delivering high‑quality artefacts while aligning with client objectives and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of experience in data, analytics, or digital transformation.
• Broad knowledge of data domains, concepts, and associated technologies.
• Strong ability to manage project challenges, timelines and delivery quality.
• A consultant mindset, with excellent soft skills and proven experience working effectively with stakeholders and clients.
• Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits in our Katowice office.

Responsibilities

• Conducts data maturity assessments and defines strategic transformation roadmaps.
• Designs and implements comprehensive data governance frameworks.
• Promotes and embeds a “data‑driven” culture across business teams and executive leadership.
• Shares lessons learned, data guidelines, and best practices based on previous projects, providing continuous leadership and direction.
• Oversees the implementation of data dictionaries, data catalogs, and data quality processes to ensure consistency, accessibility, and reliability of data assets.
• Produces high‑quality deliverables, makes informed decisions, and optimizes delivery within their scope of responsibility.
• Works closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure solutions are aligned with business objectives, operational constraints, and organizational priorities.
• Designs, plans, and facilitates workshops with all relevant stakeholders to drive alignment, gather requirements, and support decision‑making.

Skills

Data governance

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Sopra Steria is one of the largest players in the tech industry in Europe, known for its consulting, digital services and software development. We operate in nearly 30 countries in the world, hiring more than 55,000 employees.
The Polish branch, as the Global Delivery Center, operates in Katowice since 2007 and has been growing ever since. Currently, our team consists of around 1,000 specialists.

Within the Digital Platform Services department, our teams specialize in areas such as cloud, operating systems, virtualization, databases, backup or storage, as well as networking and security. We also have 1st line support consultants who speak French and English, but also Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German.

The Application Services department is responsible for areas such as software development, data engineering, testing services, CRM, ITSM and ERP platform integrations, as well as application management for customers in Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Job Description

We are looking forData Governance to join Sopra Steria Polska for a team thatworks for a client in the aerospace sector. You will work in an industrial, stable environment in multinational team (France, Poland, India) for a major aeronautical manufacturer. The program involves wide portfolio of applications developed by multiple teams in modern technologies, that e.g., support pilots, crew, and airline in planning the flights or various airport operations.
Note that we can only offer cooperation to people who are located in Poland and have EU citizenship.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts data maturity assessments and defines strategic transformation roadmaps.
• Designs and implements comprehensive data governance frameworks.
• Promotes and embeds a “data‑driven” culture across business teams and executive leadership.
• Shares lessons learned, data guidelines, and best practices based on previous projects, providing continuous leadership and direction.
• Oversees the implementation of data dictionaries, data catalogs, and data quality processes to ensure consistency, accessibility, and reliability of data assets.
• Produces high‑quality deliverables, makes informed decisions, and optimizes delivery within their scope of responsibility.
• Works closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure solutions are aligned with business objectives, operational constraints, and organizational priorities.
• Designs, plans, and facilitates workshops with all relevant stakeholders to drive alignment, gather requirements, and support decision‑making.

Tech stack on the project:

• various

Qualifications

Must have requirements:

• 10–15+ years of experience in a relevant field such as data, analytics, or digital transformation.
• Broad knowledge of data domains, concepts, and associated technologies.
• Strong ability to manage project challenges, timelines and delivery quality.
• Up‑to‑date understanding of current trends, innovations, and future directions in the data landscape.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully managing and steering large projects or programs.
• Strong understanding of both the functional and technical challenges within their scope.
• A consultant mindset, with excellent soft skills and proven experience working effectively with stakeholders and clients.
• Ability to collaborate efficiently in cross‑functional, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• General knowledge of Data/Data Governance topics and associated technologies
• Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits in our office in Katowice.

Additional Information

What we offer:

BENEFITS (UoP):Luxmed,MedicoverSport,Worksmile, educational platforms, languages learning platform,referral bonus, life insurance,certifications (paid by the company),conferences, Tech Lunches, possibility to join our Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud), local kindergarten.

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES (B2B):Tech Lunches,Worksmile,possibility to join our Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership,AIand Cloud).

In case of questions, please contact the HR team.

The recruitment process for this position consists of two stages:

• a short phone call with a recruiter (30 min max)
• one-hour long interview on Teams (with both general and technical questions)

Salary range:
UOP: 18 000 -22 000 PLN gross/month.
B2B:135-180/190 PLN/h net
All information about salary range and its additional components will be provided during the 1st stage of recruitment process.

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.