Your Tasks

• Ownership and continuous evolution of the enterprise data governance framework, including policies, standards, data classification, and metadata management
• Extension of data governance into retail and product data domains (e.g. assortment, pricing, category management) , balancing a hands-on approach whilst ensuring a secure data & governance framework
• Close collaboration with Legal, Tax, IT Security, and Data Privacy teams to ensure alignment of governance frameworks with regulatory and risk requirements
• Coordination of the Data Domain Council, including support of domain working groups, resolution of conflicting priorities between domains and escalation of unresolved issues with clear options
• Leadership of data quality governance through the definition of KPIs, escalation paths, and remediation workflows in collaboration with domain leads
• Maintenance and continuous enhancement of the enterprise data catalog and business glossary on GCP/BigQuery, leveraging tools such as Dataplex, DataHub, and Collibra
• Support of GDPR compliance activities, including data classification, PII discovery, and maintenance of Records of Processing Activities (RoPA)
• Monitoring and reporting of governance maturity across domains, with a focus on continuous improvement and progress reporting to the Data Board
• Functioning as the operational interface between the central Data & AI team and business-side domain leads, ensuring translation of governance requirements into actionable processes
• Design and steering of change management processes to drive governance adoption across ~11 markets, including stakeholder alignment, communication, and rollout planning in a federated operating model

Your Profile

• Several years in data governance, data management, or a related discipline in a complex, multi-market organization, preferably in a retailer
• Proven ability to drive governance adoption in a federated model — influencing and gaining genuine commitment from stakeholders without formal authority over them
• Strong command of data governance frameworks and best practices (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK); ability to adapt them pragmatically to organizational context
• Hands-on experience with data catalog and metadata tools — Dataplex, DataHub, Collibra, or similar
• Familiarity with GDPR and data privacy requirements, ideally in a retail or consumer context
• Proven ability to work in a federated model — influencing without direct authority across business and technology stakeholders
• Experience in change management and the design of change processes to embed governance practices in a federated operating model
• Cloud data platform experience, ideally GCP/BigQuery
• Excellent communication skills in English; German is a strong plus

About Us

MediaMarktSaturn is Europe’s leading consumer electronics retailer. It sees itself as a partner, daily companion and navigator for its customers in the digital world. Its over 1,000 MediaMarkt and Saturn stores are closely integrated with their online shops.

The best solutions come from bringing together diverse perspectives. Embracing diversity is key to achieving our vision of becoming the Experience Champion. We value inclusion, foster equal opportunity, and welcome you to be part of our team.

Additional Benefits

Job Infos

​Location: Ingolstadt

MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group

Department: HQ - Priorization Management & CDO

Entrylevel: Professional Level

Type of Employement: Full Time

Working Hours: 37,5

Persona: Job Requisition HQ Employee

Recruiter: Lea Ellerich

Recruiter: Lea Theresa Ellerich