Data Governance Team Lead

C&A Düsseldorf

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Overview

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for the many. We are building on more than 180 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernize the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

Our Data Governance team will be responsible for ensuring that we generate business value out of our data whilst remaining compliant and ensuring the conditions for sustained long-term impact. As Data Governance Lead, you will craft a cohesive vision for the future of data governance at C&A and develop the strategy, team setup and roadmap to support this vision. You will work cross-functionally to deliver data governance strategies, policies, and data management initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience in successfully rolling out data governance initiatives in large, data-rich organizations and a passion for creating pragmatic solutions for and with the people.

Are you passionate about data and eager to drive impactful change? This is a unique opportunity to build a Data Governance team from scratch and to drive its strategy and success, contributing to the C&A Data Transformation. At C&A we are driven by our values and we believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is notcontradictory to caring for people & the planet, we are always forward thinking and acting todevelop our business and innovate the industry. This is your chance to join the C&A team as Data Governance Team Lead!

Responsibilities

Understand our business objectives and define and execute the Data Governancestrategy and roadmap that will support these objectives
Drive a team of Data Governance Managers and be accountable for the outcomes of yourteam.
Coach and support the performance and growth of your team members.
Guide your team in leading greenfield data ownership and stewardship initiatives,promoting a culture of data accountability and responsibility.
Use a mix of frameworks, enabling technology and people centricity to design pragmaticsolutions that increase the trustworthiness of our data.
Drive compliance initiatives for relevant legal regulatory requirements (CSRD reporting, Digital Product Passport)
Be an ambassador and lead the cultural change in the organization's awareness of theimportance of robust data management
Support Data & AI literacy initiatives

What you bring

You are a data governance and data management expert and have experience operating within the DAMA DMBOK Framework
You have a strong understanding of compliance frameworks related to Data Governance (GDPR, CSRD, EU AI Act).
You have a solution-oriented and pragmatic mindset and enjoy finding solutions with others.
You possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills and are at-ease collaborating with both business and technical peers. You can tailor your language todifferent audiences.
You are skilled in clear and proactive stakeholder management - managing expectations, gathering feedback and mediating conflicting priorities
You have advanced analytical skills, are proficient in SQL and ideally possess knowledge in data architecture concepts

What we offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll beable to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will alsoenjoy: