Mediaplus Data specializes in data-driven media strategies, innovative analytics concepts, and tailored data solutions. Our mission: We make data and artificial intelligence usable – enabling better decisions, more relevant communication, and sustainable brand success.
With our interdisciplinary team, we support companies in intelligently connecting complex data streams and generating strategically actionable insights – precise, scalable, and future-oriented.
We are currently seeking a Data Governance Manager (all genders) – Global Data Platform / Data Mesh for Mediaplus Germany.
What you can expect from us:
- Development, alignment and implementation of data governance policies, standards and data product guidelines.
- Ensuring globally consistent governance requirements as well as GDPR compliance (Privacy by Design, DPIA, Retention, Consent).
- Translating strategic objectives into operational governance processes.
- Establishing and monitoring key data quality KPIs and defining SLAs, quality gates and validation mechanisms.
- Collaboration with domain teams, Legal, InfoSec and markets to ensure high data quality and fulfillment of regulatory requirements.
- Building and maintaining a sustainable and auditable compliance framework.
- Establishing a federated governance model (Domain Ownership, Data Stewardship, Data Contracts).
- Coaching and enabling international domain teams and moderating global governance boards.
- Building and maintaining the data catalog, business glossary and consistent metadata models.
- Defining taxonomies, naming conventions, documentation standards and data lineage.
- Implementing and maintaining data classification models (Public, Confidential, Restricted) and role/access concepts (RBAC/ABAC).
- Conducting regular reviews and audits.
- Creating and delivering trainings, playbooks and enablement formats.
- Fostering a data-as-a-product culture and an active global community.
- Supporting the organization in change management.
- Further developing the governance roadmap, identifying process and tool improvements, and managing the reporting and monitoring of relevant governance metrics.
What we expect from you:
- Several years of experience in data governance on global data platforms.
- Ability to translate strategic governance goals into actionable policies and processes.
- Experience collaborating with international business, data and tech stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Data Mesh principles (Domain Ownership, Data Products, Self-Service, Federated Governance).
- Experience in establishing decentralized ownership and accountability structures.
- Proficient in GDPR and relevant security/compliance frameworks.
- Knowledge of data catalog/glossary solutions, data quality frameworks and lineage tools.
- Understanding of modern cloud and data architectures (ideally Azure).
- Basic knowledge of CI/CD for data, data modeling and access management concepts.
- Strong facilitation skills for global committees and communities, and confident coordination with multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent English skills; German is a plus
What we offer you:
- Onboarding: Welcome round, digital onboarding day, newcomer coffee and newcomer round – we’ll make sure your start is perfect continuing.
- Education: Your development is important to us. Whether through our internal campus training program, voluntary language courses or regular coaching – we keep you up to date!
- Flexibility: Flexible working hours, mobile office and job sharing models allow you to adapt your job to your life – and not the other way around.
- Fun: If you work, you also have to take a break. Whether it’s partying or working out – with us, you’ll have plenty of opportunities thanks to regular after-work events and agency-sponsored fitness programs.
- Accessibility: Our modern office in Munich’s creative district is conveniently located and easy for you to reach.
- Internationality: As an internationally operating agency group, we offer you the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with colleagues from different disciplines all over the world.
If youare interested, we look forward to receiving your detailed application, stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectations.
Important note: You will only find our vacancies on our official careers page or via reputable job platforms. Applications always go through our official system. We will not contact you via WhatsApp, TikTok or Instagram and will never ask for payments as part of the application process.