Data Governance & Data Quality Manager

Lead Sony Europe’s Data Governance & Data Quality capability and help make critical business data easier to trust, understand and use. In this role, you will establish practical governance frameworks, standards, processes and ways of working that create clear data ownership, consistent definitions, appropriate controls and measurable data quality. Working across business teams, BI, data platforms, data engineering, architecture and IS, you will turn governance principles into everyday practice while enabling effective stewardship, metadata management, data quality and data product governance. You will: Lead and continuously improve the data governance framework, operating model, standards, processes and decision rights. Build clear accountability across Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians and Data Consumers, resolving ownership gaps and conflicting definitions. Be responsible for the data quality framework, including critical data elements, business-owned rules, thresholds, controls, scorecards and issue management. Drive remediation governance and root-cause resolution with accountable business and technology teams, monitoring issues through to closure. Increase adoption of business glossaries, common definitions, metadata standards, cataloguing, lineage and trusted data products. Be responsible for the functional roadmap and business adoption of governance and data quality tools, including Collibra or comparable platforms. Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to embed governance into data, analytics, BI and digital initiatives. Lead, coach and develop a collaborative Data Governance & Data Quality team across multiple countries. You will bring: Experience in data governance, data management, data quality, metadata management or a related area within a large or complex organisation. Practical knowledge of data ownership, stewardship, business glossaries, metadata, lineage and data quality management. Experience introducing or improving governance frameworks, data quality controls, reporting or issue-management processes. The ability to build trusted relationships and explain governance topics clearly to both business and technology stakeholders. People leadership experience, with an inclusive and collaborative approach to developing, motivating and supporting colleagues. Experience with Collibra or a comparable governance, metadata or data quality platform. Familiarity with SAP or Microsoft Dynamics, data lakes or lakehouses, Databricks, Power BI or similar environments would be beneficial. A degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Your new office Budapest Based at the Budapest office, you will enjoy a modern, vibrant and diverse working environment with lots of social and charity events to be part of and enjoy a sense of belonging. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of healthy options, a café, and free coffee/tea in the office kitchens. The office is easily reachable by public transportation. You can enjoy your lunchbreak outside in the garden or have a walk by the Danube. If you like to ride, we have bike storage in the building with a changing room and we also have a MOL BUBI bike docking station in front of the office building. Life at Sony We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture. We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing . We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate