Senior Manager - Data Governance

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FDJ UNITED is one of Europe’s leading betting and gaming operators, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With more than 5,000 employees and a presence in around fifteen regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition. We set new standards, proving that entertainment and safety can go hand in hand. Here, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to delivering the best and safest entertaining experiences for our customers every day.

We’re looking for bold people who are eager to succeed and ready to level-up the game. If you thrive on innovation, embrace challenges, and want to make a real impact at all levels, FDJ UNITED is your playing field.

Join us in shaping the future of gaming. Are you ready to LEVEL-UP THE GAME

The role

We are building the sportsbook of tomorrow at FDJ United. We are recruiting a Senior Manager into our established Sportsbook Data organisation to lead our data governance strategy and implementation.

• Champion and drive strategy for adoption of Data Mesh principles across Sportsbook Data and Engineering.
• Define data products, the remit of data product owners, align with architects and principal engineers for how we expose products within domains and abstract implementation details within the domain.
• Specify and own central policies, drive and influence adoption of these policies with a mandate set by senior leadership.
• Set requirements to guide the development of our self-service data and machine learning platform to facilitate a model of decentralised data domains.
• Set a shared vision for data governance with the Head of Data and then define, own and drive a coherent implementation strategy.
• Closely interface with the GRC function to establish policies for security, privacy, retention policies and AI governance, aligning with central teams as needed.
• Closely interface with central/integration Architects taking a holistic view to identify opportunities and drive positive change.
• Alignment with data and engineering functions within peer platforms, agreeing governance and process between platforms.
• Align with data quality/stewardship efforts within teams and facilitate alignment where it benefits domains.
• Champion data governance mindset within teams, including outreach, training and alignment.
• Work with a global stakeholder network in EU and Australia; promote flexibility and autonomy in your working pattern.
• Ensure that you and your team adhere to Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) obligations and that compliance reporting processes are followed.
• Raise non-compliance incidents appropriately and ensure team awareness of reporting processes.
• Challenge processes, policies and projects that could negatively impact compliance within the Group.
• Complete all mandatory compliance trainings within the set deadlines and reach out to Compliance Teams if unsure of obligations.

• Demonstrable holistic experience working in data domains, including data architecture, data engineering, data product development, data stewardship/quality management, and data governance.
• Experience driving high profile data governance initiatives with measurable impact.
• Ability to drive organizational and cultural changes through a clear vision and delivery plan.
• Understanding of compliance and legislation; experience working with data protection officers and GRC functions.
• Technically strong leadership; ability to guide adoption of principles and policies and occasionally provide tooling to enable policy implementation. Technologies used by the teams include Kafka, AWS S3, DynamoDB, Postgres, Elastic, Airflow, DBT, openmetadata, asyncAPI. Development work is Java, Python, .NET.
• Solid understanding of data and engineering system design and architecture; able to engage with architects as peers.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to sell a vision and influence across audiences from delivery teams to Directors and Execs.
• Ability to articulate initiatives, accomplishments and value from governance initiatives quarter to quarter.

Our world is hybrid. A career is not a sprint. It’s a marathon. One of the perks of joining us is that we value you as a person first. Our hybrid world allows you to focus on your goals and responsibilities and lets you self-organise to improve your deliveries and get the work done in your own way.

We believe talent knows no boundaries. Our hiring process focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and evaluate each candidate based on merit, regardless of personal characteristics as age, gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity or disability.