Define and own the Group's target data architecture on Microsoft Fabric and other appropriate platforms

Personally build and maintain core Fabric artefacts, including pipelines, lakehouse structures, semantic models and reports

Lead migration from legacy, on-premise, single-vendor data setups to scalable, governed, cloud-native architecture

Represent data on the Group's Architecture Review Board and align AI and data initiatives to a single architectural direction

Establish the Group's first formal data governance framework, including data catalog, data quality rules, ownership/stewardship model, naming conventions and change/version control

Own the Group Master Data programme covering chart of accounts, cost centres, customers and products

Ensure compliance with GDPR and local data-protection requirements across jurisdictions

Take executive ownership of the Helix Fabric-based data platform programme

Own the programme roadmap, budget and prioritisation

Define and enforce group-first platform architecture principles

Manage external data, BI and Fabric delivery partners,



including sourcing, RFQ/RFP management, contract negotiation and performance accountability

Run competitive vendor selection processes and conclude current data-services and data-foundation partnerships

Balance vendor delivery with sustainable internal capability building

Build the Group Data team, starting with the approved Data Analyst hire

Coordinate and integrate data-adjacent contributors into a coherent Group Data function

Establish working practices, documentation and knowledge transfer

Partner with Finance and other business functions to translate reporting requirements into durable data architecture

Represent data topics in the Group AI & Data Council and ensure AI use cases use governed, trustworthy data

Build relationships with Regional IT leads and local stakeholders across Portugal, France, Ireland, Spain and Italy while driving convergence on group standards

Requiremen

📌 Group Data Manager (Madrid)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Madrid