Data Governance Project Lead (m/w/d)

Snapshot of Your Day

As a Data Governance Project Lead, you will partner with data domain stakeholders, the Data Excellence & Data Governance team, and software capability teams to conceptualize, quantify benefits of, plan, and execute data management projects that create business value through the discovery and availability of trustworthy data in a variety of business processes and knowledge domains. You will act as the single point of contact for the domain(s) and will leverage the wider data governance team members and their expertise to embed and drive the operationalization of data governance.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Engage with data domain, business process, and software architecture communities to understand mission‑critical business needs and emerging issues, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Support and enable data domain managers and data stewards in conceptualizing projects and initiating activities to harmonize data through the implementation of data governance processes.
• Plan projects effectively, including resource estimates, timelines, and deliverables, to ensure successful execution and alignment with business objectives.
• Assist stakeholders in creating business cases for new investments in data governance and excellence programs by identifying and quantifying potential impacts, such as cost savings and productivity gains.
• Identify risks, leverage relationships, and develop creative solutions to remove barriers to achieving project objectives, while enabling the materialization of the data excellence framework.
• Define and implement relevant data quality management principles and policies, model best practices by communicating success stories about data excellence initiatives and collaborate with other data domains to maximize reusability and business impact from new projects.

What You Bring

• Possess a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Business Management, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Long‑term experience across three or more business disciplines, such as finance, sales, engineering, project management, procurement, manufacturing, quality, and information technology.
• Demonstrate expertise in multiple enterprise‑scale software systems, including ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle), CRM (e.g., Salesforce), data catalog/integration platforms (e.g., Collibra, Informatica), and project management tools (e.g., Jira, Planview, Microsoft Project).
• Passionate about digitalization and transformation programs, with a commitment to continuously enhancing skills in data and analytics.
• Recognized as a thought leader and natural bridge‑builder, with a strong track record of managing change across diverse stakeholders in a global environment.
• Knowledgeable about the entire energy value chain, with a strong passion for decarbonizing the world’s energy supply, excellent communication and presentation skills in English, and an agile mindset focused on delivering minimum‑viable products (MVP) quickly and iterating rapidly. German skills will be an asset.

Benefits

• In addition to an attractive remuneration package in line with the market, you can expect an attractive employer‑financed company pension scheme.
• We also offer the opportunity to become a Siemens Energy shareholder.
• We offer the opportunity to work flexibly and remotely.
• The professional and personal development of our employees is very important to us.
• In relation to work‑life compatibility, we have a range of offers, e.g., flexible working time models, childcare places, trial part‑time work, or even a sabbatical.

We value equal opportunities and welcome applications from people with disabilities.