Data Governance Manager (m/w) - #2198248

Job Description

The RIB Group is the world's leading provider of software solutions for managing project and business processes in the construction and real estate industry. More than 60 years of industry experience enable us to successfully achieve our goal of "Building Better Together" with our customers: to make the construction industry the most sustainable and digitalized sector of the 21st century.In recent years, we have turned the vision of making construction projects more efficient and transparent through digital working methods into reality for our customers – but we are not satisfied with that: we want to secure the construction industry's leading position in the future!This is made possible by our 2,500 employees worldwide, including more than 500 in the DACH region. As an independent Schneider Electric company, we offer you national and international career opportunities and meaningful tasks in commercial and technical areas. Be a part of it #ONERIBWe are seeking an experienced and hands-on Data Governance Manager to lead the development and execution of enterprise data governance. In this pivotal role, you will shape how we manage and use data across the organization — ensuring it's accurate, secure, and trusted. Your work will empower smarter business decisions, strengthen regulatory compliance, and unlock the full value of our data assets.You'll collaborate closely with IT, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and business leaders to establish clear governance frameworks, policies, and standards. As we scale and digitize further, your impact will be visible across everything from operational efficiency to customer experience.Key responsibilities

• Data Governance Leadership: Act as a subject matter expert in data governance, providing strategic guidance and promoting best practices across the entire data lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders to drive the adoption of governance policies and manage structured change processes, ensuring clear accountability and ownership.
• Consistency and Compliance: Lead regular data governance reviews to ensure consistency, system alignment, and adherence to governance standards.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure data governance policies comply with applicable regulations (EG, GDPR, PCAOB, SOX). Track and manage program metrics, risks, issues, and corrective actions to ensure timely delivery and desired outcomes.
• Establish Governance Frameworks: Develop and implement data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure data quality, security, and compliance.

Essential requirements

• Completed studies in information technologies, mathematics or computer science or a related discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in data governance, data management, or a related field within an international matrix organization.
• Ability to lead execution of complex projects delivering within defined deadlines and budgets and solid knowledge of ERP systems (eg SAP, MSDynamics, …)
• Deep understanding of data governance frameworks and best practices (eg, DAMA-DMBOK).
• Hans-on experience with data governance tools and platforms (eg, Informatica, Collibra, Alation).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (eg AWS, Azure), data architecture, and BI tools (eg Power BI, Tableau, …).
• Proactive "self-starter” with a "can do” attitude and "hands on” mentality.
• Being an effective communicator, with ability to interpret and clearly convey information, deliver concise recommendations and interact with a wide range of stakeholders at various levels, including senior management, and other teams
• Experience in leading transformations and navigating ambiguity with a positive, solution-oriented mindset
• Very good English language skills (Level C1/C2)

Desired skills and competencies

• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with cross-functional teams to promote data governance awareness, encourage ownership, and align efforts with business goals.
• Compliance Monitoring: Conduct regular audits and governance reviews, monitor KPIs/metrics, and report on the status of compliance and quality initiatives.
• Culture Building: Deliver training and guidance to foster a data-literate, governance-aware culture across the organization.

Advantageous

• Good or very good German language skills (Level B2-C2)

Motivated by our values ​​& vision, we are driving the digital transformation of our customers - for a more digital, efficient and sustainable engineering and construction industry. "Building Better Together” is more than just a slogan for us. Because alongside our customers, you are the priority. Enabling you to fully develop your passion for your tasks, we support you with:

• A structured start: individual onboarding, organized networking
• Goodies like: attractive compensation package based on qualifications including pension scheme and health insurance, Company Share Ownership Program (WESOP)
• A modern working model: trust-based working hours, flexible working hours, possibility of hybrid working
• Career development/prospects: Team or role-based development/training, individual development/training, national and international career prospects within the RIB Group or Schneider Electric

CORPORATE CULTURE AND VALUES
Motivated by our values, we create a corporate culture in which we have a clear vision of how we interact, communicate, work, lead/coach, support, and develop our young talent. People are always our top priority!
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DIVERSITY
RIB promotes equal opportunities for women and men in all functions and fields of activity.
Regardless of whether it's female managers, employees with disabilities, career starters, or older professionals with experience – commitment and the right qualifications are important to us. The RIB Code of Conduct describes our most important principles with regard to nationality, ethnic origin, religion, etc.
RIB VISION
Buildings and structures are responsible for 36% of global energy consumption and almost 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions. To make the industry more efficient, robust, and sustainable, we develop software solutions that can save resources, raw materials, and energy throughout a building's entire life cycle. We see digitalization as a driver for a sustainable construction industry. "Building Better Together" represents the collaboration of the world's two leading process and energy technologies: the RIB Group and Schneider Electric.
Our manifesto describes our beliefs and values ​​that drive our work and inspire us to achieve excellence together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqlC37lhzkhttps://www.rib-software.com/group/impressum

Building Better Together

About Us

Driven by transformative digital technologies and trends, we are RIB and we've made it our purpose to propel the industry forward and make engineering and construction more efficient and sustainable. Built on deep industry expertise and best practice, and with our people at the heart of everything we do, we deliver the world's leading end-to-end lifecycle solutions that empower our industry to build better.With a steadfast commitment to innovation and a keen eye on the future, RIB comprises over 2,500 talented individuals who extend our software's reach to over 100 countries worldwide. We are experienced experts and professionals from different cultures and backgrounds and we collaborate closely to provide transformative software products, innovative thinking and professional services to our global market. Our strong teams across the globe enable sustainable product investment and enhancements, to keep our clients at the cutting-edge of engineering, infrastructure and construction technology.We know our people are our success – join us to be part of a global force that uses innovation to enhance the way the world builds. Email me jobs like this