Data Governance Lead - Global, Hybrid, Policy Architect

Yonderland; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

26 days vacation

Hybrid work model

Professional development

Trainings

Team events

International environment

Job summary

Yonderland seeks a Data Governance Lead to own data policies across customer, product, and operations for its multi-brand environment. You will establish ownership, drive governance across DPOs and security, and build a stewardship network in a hybrid Porto setting.

You will craft policies for classification, retention, access, quality and privacy, define data contracts, and run a governance forum to drive clear decisions across the organization.

Qualifications

• Senior experience owning data governance in a multi-entity, multi-brand or multi-country org.
• Track record building governance from the ground up with practical policy.
• Experience with GDPR compliance alongside DPOs, security and legal.
• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks and adaptability.
• Deep understanding of classification, access, retention and privacy by design.
• Knowledge of data observability - lineage, freshness, quality, schema and distribution.
• Technical depth to work with engineers on governance in a modern data platform.
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain policies for classification, retention, access, quality and privacy.
• Define data ownership and accountability, including data contracts.
• Set the standard for metadata and documentation across domains.
• Build and coordinate the stewardship network of data owners and stewards.
• Run the governance forum and define decision rights.
• Act as reference point for DPOs and data teams on governance.
• Build playbooks, templates and reference documentation for governance controls.
• Agree data protection practices with security.
• Own the definition of PII and special-category data.
• Support GDPR and other obligations alongside DPOs and legal, including audits.
• Own data observability model - lineage, freshness, quality, schema, distribution.
• Set data quality standards and guide teams to implement them.
• Govern full data lifecycle through compliant routes and report progress.

Skills

Data governance

GDPR compliance

Data lineage

Data quality

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Written communication

Engineering collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

Tools

Data catalogue

Observability tooling

Job description

Yonderland seeks a Data Governance Lead to own data policies across customer, product, and operations for its multi-brand environment. You will establish ownership, drive governance across DPOs and security, and build a stewardship network in a hybrid Porto setting.

You will craft policies for classification, retention, access, quality and privacy, define data contracts, and run a governance forum to drive clear decisions across the organization.