Data Management Lead: Build Trusted Data & AI-enabled

Instant Impact; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Instant Impact is representing a leading global Financial Services client in Kraków, seeking a Data Management Lead to build and mature core data capabilities. You will lead a team of Data Management and Data Insight Analysts, working with Data Governance, Architecture, IT, Data Engineering, Analytics and stakeholders to turn data standards into practical, scalable solutions.

You will drive data quality, metadata, lineage and MDM, develop data products with clear ownership and SLAs, and shape

Qualifications

• Strong experience within data management, data quality or a closely related discipline.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise data management frameworks and standards.
• Strong knowledge of data quality, metadata, data lineage, MDM and RDM.
• Experience building or managing enterprise data catalogues and business glossaries.
• Experience developing data products with clear definitions, ownership, SLAs, lineage and quality rules.
• A good understanding of enterprise data platforms and how they are owned and operated.
• Experience selecting, implementing and driving adoption of modern data management tools.
• Experience embedding data management practices within cloud-based data platforms.
• Previous team leadership experience, including backlog management, prioritisation and planning.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex data topics clearly to both business and technical audiences.
• An understanding of how trusted, high-quality data supports analytics, reporting and responsible AI.

Responsibilities

• Build and embed an enterprise data management framework covering data quality, metadata, lineage, master data management, reference data management and authoritative data sources.
• Help assess, select and implement the tools required to support the organisation’s developing data management capability.
• Own and develop the enterprise data catalogue and business glossaries, making data easier to discover, understand and use.
• Establish data quality rules, controls, dashboards and remediation processes.
• Define and maintain metadata and lineage standards across data pipelines, platforms and data products.
• Develop master and reference data frameworks across key business domains.
• Build well-defined data products with appropriate ownership, SLAs, lineage and quality controls.
• Own and prioritise the data management backlog, balancing strategic platform development with business use cases.
• Partner with Data Engineering, Architecture, Product and IT teams to embed data management controls into platforms and delivery processes.
• Lead the implementation and adoption of modern data management tooling, which could include Microsoft Purview, Collibra or Informatica.
• Lead and develop a team of Data Management and Data Insight Analysts.
• Identify opportunities to use automation and AI-enabled capabilities to improve data quality, transparency and efficiency.

Skills

Data management

Data quality

Metadata

Data lineage

MDM

RDM

Data catalogues

Data products

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Job description

Instant Impact is representing a leading global Financial Services client in Kraków, seeking a Data Management Lead to build and mature core data capabilities. You will lead a team of Data Management and Data Insight Analysts, working with Data Governance, Architecture, IT, Data Engineering, Analytics and stakeholders to turn data standards into practical, scalable solutions.

You will drive data quality, metadata, lineage and MDM, develop data products with clear ownership and SLAs, and shape