Data Governance Manager – Global Data Platform, Data Mesh

Serviceplan Group

full-time

Posted on: 3/14/2026

Location Type: Office

Location: Munich • Germany

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About the role

Develop, align, and implement data governance policies (policies, standards, data product guidelines).
Ensure globally consistent requirements and GDPR/CCPA compliance (Privacy by Design, DPIA, retention, consent).
Translate strategic objectives into operational governance processes.
Establish and monitor central data quality KPIs and define SLAs, quality gates, and validation mechanisms.
Collaborate with domain teams, Legal, InfoSec, and market stakeholders to ensure high data quality and regulatory compliance.
Build and maintain a sustainable compliance framework.
Establish a federated governance model (domain ownership, data stewardship, data contracts).
Coach and enable international domain teams and facilitate global governance boards.
Build and maintain a data catalog, business glossary, and consistent metadata models.
Define taxonomies, naming conventions, documentation standards, and lineage.
Implement and maintain data classification models (Public, Confidential, Restricted) and role/access concepts (RBAC/ABAC).
Conduct regular reviews and audits.
Create and deliver trainings, playbooks, and enablement formats.
Promote a Data-as-a-Product culture and an active global community.
Support the organization in change management.
Evolve the governance roadmap, identify process and tool optimizations, and report and monitor relevant governance metrics.

Several years of experience in data governance on global data platforms.
Ability to translate strategic governance objectives into actionable policies and processes.
Experience collaborating with international business, data, and tech stakeholders.
Solid knowledge of data mesh principles (domain ownership, data products, self-service, federated governance).
Experience establishing decentralized responsibilities.
Strong knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and relevant security/compliance frameworks.
Familiarity with data catalog/glossary solutions, data quality frameworks, and lineage tools.
Understanding of modern cloud/data architectures (ideally Azure).
Basic knowledge of CI/CD for data, data modeling, and access concepts.
Ability to facilitate global committees and communities, and to coordinate confidently with multidisciplinary teams.
Excellent English skills; German is a plus.

Benefits

Onboarding: Welcome round, onboarding day, personal mentoring, and (digital) onboarding sessions – we ensure a perfect start for you.
Training & Development: Your development matters to us. Whether through our internal Campus training program to expand your technical, methodological, or personal skills, voluntary language courses, or regular coaching sessions – we keep you up to date.
Flexibility: With flexible working hours, mobile office, and job-sharing models, you can adapt your job to your life – not the other way around.
Fun: Work needs a break sometimes. Whether parties or letting off steam – we offer regular after-work events and agency-sponsored fitness programs.
Sports: Extensive sports program and mobility options through company bikes and e-bike leasing.
Accessibility: Our modern office in Munich’s creative district is conveniently located and easy to reach.
Internationality: As an internationally operating agency group, you have the opportunity to connect and exchange with colleagues from diverse disciplines around the world.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data governanceGDPRCCPAdata quality frameworksdata classification modelsdata mesh principlesdata modelingCI/CD for datadata catalogdata lineage

Soft Skills

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