Senior Manager Data Governance Program

Sonova Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonova is seeking a Senior Manager Data Governance Program to lead enterprise data governance initiatives. You will drive governance strategies, establish data ownership, and coordinate data owners and stewards across the organization.

You will partner with IT and business units to implement tools, define standards, and ensure data quality while fostering a culture of data-driven decision making. This hybrid role supports flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of data governance best practices, tools, processes and roles.
• Ability to partner with IT and business to drive data governance across the organization.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develops data governance vision and builds processes, including issue tracking and metadata management.
• Evaluates standards, policies, and objectives for enterprise data governance.
• Facilitates changes to align data processes with governance policies.
• Identify and set up data catalog and data dictionary tools.
• Collaborate with business and analytics teams to uncover data opportunities.
• Design data governance framework and processes to enable data access and quality.
• Partner with business and IT leaders to identify data owners and data stewards.
• Mentor and upskill data and analytics teams on governance.
• Promote data awareness across units and coordinate enterprise data initiatives.
• Identify data collection processes that introduce risk and propose solutions.
• Provide input to overall data architecture to reduce data fragmentation.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Data catalog

Data dictionary

Mentoring

Leadership

Cross-functional

Job description

At Sonova, we envision a world where everyone can enjoy the delight of hearing. This vision inspires us and fuels our commitment to developing innovative solutions that improve hearing health and human connection - from personal audio devices and wireless communication systems to hearing aids and cochlear implants. We're dedicated to providing outstanding customer experiences through our global audiological care services, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to engage fully with the world around them.

Guided by a culture of continuous improvement that fosters resilience and self-motivation, our team is united by a shared commitment to excellence and a deep sense of pride in our work, each of us playing a vital role in creating meaningful change,

Here you’ll find a diverse range of opportunities that span both consumer and medical solutions and the freedom to shape your career while making an impact on the lives of others. Join us in our mission to create a more connected world, where every voice is heard and every story matters.

Senior Manager Data Governance Program

Asthe Senior Manager, Data Governance Program, you run the data governance program; facilitate data governance steering committees; deliver data governance process training; recruit and coordinate the activities of data owners and data stewards; and coordinate the process of defining, managing, and monitoring key data assets.

This position provides both strategic leadership and tactical oversight with respect to implementing data governance strategies across the enterprise.

In this role, you will be in charge of:

• Develops data governance vision, and builds, communicates, and operationalizes associated processes, including, but not limited to issue identification, prioritization, and tracking, metadata management, and report certification.
• Evaluates and recommends standards, policies, processes and objectives for data governance across
• Facilitates the implementation of changes required to bring data processes into compliance with enterprise data governance program policies and objectives.
• Identify and setup data catalog and data dictionary tools and evolve the capability over time
• Work with vendors to identify and test data governance tools to automate data governance with time
• Collaborate with business and data & analytics teams to uncover ongoing data opportunities
• Design data governance framework and processes to make it easy to find, access and understand data and solve for data quality issues
• Partner with business and IT leaders to define and identify data owners and data stewards for key data sources
• Mentor and upskill data and analytics teams on data governance
• Effectively partners with other business units-departments to promote data awareness in the corporate culture and to encourage and provide input into the development of enterprise data governance projects. Coordinates data initiatives that increase the probability of strategic directives and business objectives being met.
• Identifies data collection and management processes that present increased enterprise risk levels and inefficient execution of work and proposes alternatives and recommendations for solutions.
• Provides input to overall data architecture to minimize fragmentation of data.

Your background:

• 5+ years of experience working with data and managing large-scale data governances
• Deep understanding of data governance best practices, tools, processes and roles
• Ability to partner with IT and business to drive data governance across the organization
• Passion for data and how to make it easy to find, understand, and use it
• Attention to detail and ability to find data quality issues
• Fluency in English, other languages are considered as a plus

How we work:

At Sonova, we prioritize the well-being of our employees and foster an inclusive environment that promotes engagement and collaboration. Our team-customized hybrid work model empowers teams to balance individual needs with business goals, offering flexibility and individualized time management. We recognize the importance of life outside of work and strive to create a supportive and motivating workplace where innovation thrives.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.