Data Governance & Stewardship Process Lead

What you will do:

• Design and continuously improve Data Owner and Data Steward processes, responsibilities, and collaboration models.
• Coordinate and facilitate governance councils, domain forums, and working groups across the organization.
• Define, maintain, and implement governance policies, procedures, RACI frameworks, and operating practices.
• Lead discussions with Data Owners and senior stakeholders to review results, make decisions, and agree on corrective actions.
• Manage governance workflows covering data definitions, issues, exceptions, approvals, decisions, and escalations.
• Drive the resolution of cross-functional data issues in partnership with business and technology teams.
• Lead onboarding, training, and enablement activities for Data Owners and Data Stewards.
• Monitor governance decisions, actions, KPIs, and maturity indicators to assess progress and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop communication materials, learning content, and adoption plans that strengthen engagement with data governance.
• Partner with Data Quality, Master Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, and business teams to embed governance into delivery processes.
• Support the expansion of data definition management, lineage visibility, and governed data coverage across key business domains.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate governance workflows.
• Apply practical governance principles to business data, initially focusing on customer information and progressively covering areas such as products and sales.

What you need to succeed:

Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Information Management, Technology, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in data governance, data management, business process management, or information management.
• Proven experience establishing stewardship processes within a complex enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of data governance operating models, stewardship practices, workflow design, and governance frameworks.
• Experience with policies and standards management, issue management processes, RACI models, and decision-right structures.
• Experience leading change adoption and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a pragmatic and process-oriented mindset.
• Fluent English.
• Demonstrated success working within a global matrix organization.

Preferred:

• DAMA/CDMP certification.
• Process management or change management certification.
• Experience with data governance, workflow, or stewardship tooling.

What we offer you

• A permanent contract.
• A competitive salary as well as participation in the variable remuneration system based on personal and financial objectives.
• Meal vouchers.
• Other fringe benefits applicable to the position and location.
• The opportunity to join an experienced and international team.
• A positive and collaborative working environment.
• The opportunity to grow your career within a solid and well-established international company.
• The chance to contribute to a global organization undergoing continuous transformation and improvement.
• Excellent office facilities in a convenient location at Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid.

Additional benefits may apply depending on the position and location.

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.

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