Senior Manager, Data Management

• Netherlands salary range:70501 - 88126
• UK salary range:60000 - 68511
• US National salary range:$96886 - $121107
• New York salary range:$101390 - $130866

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Manager Data Management leads the strategy governance and execution of enterprise data management capabilities across the organization. Reporting to the Director Data Management & Intelligence you will lead the foundational data components needed to improve our data agenda. These include data quality metadata master data governance and stewardship and it ensures that they back clear standards sound ethics and execution across complex cross-functional projects.

This is both ahighly strategic and hands-on leadership role. The Senior Manager Data Management will define and evolve the enterprise data management roadmap. You will translate organizational goals into concrete governance frameworks and build the coalition of business technology and analytics stakeholders needed to embed new ways of working. You will lead a team of three data professionals while also influencing a broader network of data owners and stewards across the business who dont report to them directly.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Strategy & Roadmap Leadership
  • Implement and refine the enterprise data management strategy aligned with our organizational and mission-level goals.
  • Manage and evolve the data management roadmap including prioritization methodology trade-off decisions across competing our needs and a regular review schedule (e.g. quarterly) with senior stakeholders.
  • Translate high-level organisational goals into concrete applicable data projects.
  • Identify strategic risks (regulatory technical resourcing) related to data management and build mitigation plans.
  • Lead change management efforts: run workshops and training to shift mindset and build our data literacy; develop communication plans for major policy or tooling rollouts.
• Metadata & Master Data Management
  • Lead metadata management projects to improve data discoverability lineage transparency and documentation.
  • Manage master data modelling hierarchy management and golden record processes across important domains
  • Ensure integration of metadata and master data solutions with analytics reporting and operational systems.
  • Lead the ongoing adoption and optimization of our data cataloguing and lineage tooling.
• Governance Ethics & Compliance
  • Expand (and in some cases develop) frameworks and best practices for data governance ethics quality metadata and master data management.
  • Oversee creation and adoption of enterprise data policies standards definitions and controls.
  • Ensure compliance with data-related regulatory and privacy requirements (e.g. GDPR CCPA and other applicable regulations).
• Data Quality
  • Define data quality standards KPIs and measurement methodologies across important domains at an enterprise level.
  • Establish ongoing monitoring and reporting on data quality performance against defined KPIs.
• Team Leadership & People Management
  • Lead and mentor (through indirect influence) a network of data owners and stewards including onboarding and engagement through the data lifecycle.
  • Mentor and lead your (direct) team of data professionals across data governance data quality and sharing and ethics.
• Cross-Functional Influence & Stakeholder Management
  • Lead cross-functional data governance forums (steering committees councils working groups) including business-side data owners and stewards outside the direct reporting line.
  • Partner with engineering analytics product and business leaders to agree on data priorities and roadmaps.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Bachelors degree in Data Management Information Systems Computer Science Statistics Business Administration or a related field.
• 8 years of experience in data management data governance or a related data discipline including 23 years in a formal people management role.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling a data governance program from the ground up including policy development standards definition and stewardship models.
• Experience leading master data management (MDM) and metadata management projects at an enterprise level.
• Hands-on experience implementing or administering a data catalogue or data governance platform (e.g. Collibra Alation Informatica Microsoft Purview or similar).
• Experience with data governance frameworks data quality methodologies and metadata management principles along with how governance integrates with analytics BI and reporting systems.
• Experience building lead and mentor a team including hiring performance management and career development.
• Working knowledge of data privacy and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR CCPA or sector-specific regulations and how they inform data sharing and ethics policies (preferred).
• Stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to improve adoption of standards across teams without direct authority.
• Program management experience managing multiple complex cross-functional projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated change management experience.
• Ability to travel a maximum of 10% per year nationally and internationally.

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE:

• Be a part of a global organization with an impactful mission and a collaborative respectful and accountable culture.
• Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and career development.
• Benefit from remote working flexibility and flexible hybrid working environment.
• A favourable timeâoff policy.
• Prioritize your wellbeing. We have numerous ways to promote work-life balance.

Apply now and lets grow together. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring how your skills can help us grow our mission.

If you have any questions about the job vacancy please contact the HR department:The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender race color ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity ages disability and any other protected group.