Data Governance & Quality Manager

3 Year FTC

Poland/Krakow

The right time to join Rolls-Royce in Krakow. Our Global Capability Centre is growing rapidly, creating opportunities to join a high-performing environment supporting some of our most important global markets.

Offered on a three-year fixed-term contract, these roles provide the opportunity to make a lasting impact, and to develop the skills, connections and knowledge that will shape the rest of your career – wherever that may take you.

This role sits between the Head of Data, Reporting & Systems and the Finance, Customer and Supplier Domain Governance & Quality roles. It leads the operational delivery of governance across GBS, converting strategy and policy into priorities, measurable outcomes and consistent practices. The role also chairs the GBS Data Governance Working Group covering Finance, Customer, Supplier, Property and HR.

What you will be doing:

• Lead, coach and performance-manage the three Domain Governance & Quality roles.
• Set governance priorities, coordinate the team roadmap and balance operational issues with transformation demand.
• Own executive and business partner relationships with Data Owners and support timely decisions, sponsorship and remediation.
• Own the enterprise data governance dashboard, consolidating, challenging and reporting domain and spoke KPIs.
• Chair the GBS Data Governance Working Group, identifying cross-domain risks, issues, dependencies and opportunities.
• Maintain the governance delivery model, common controls, role interfaces, escalation routes and ways of working.
• Provide functional leadership to local Data Maintenance teams while their process leads retain formal line management, capacity and service-delivery accountability.
• Review recurring data issues and operational exceptions, driving root-cause remediation and preventive improvement.
• Coordinate governance support for ERP system, tool and process transformation, including cross-domain requirements and readiness.
• Report performance, priorities, material risks and resource constraints to the Head of Data, Reporting & Systems.

Preferred requirements:

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent substantial professional experience in Data Management, Information Systems, Business, Finance, Technology or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, data quality, master and reference data, metadata, lineage, ownership and stewardship.
• Good understanding of federated governance, enterprise systems, KPI design, risk, control and transformation governance.
• DAMA/CDMP, data governance, data quality, SAP, project delivery, service management or related professional certification is desirable.
• Experience providing functional leadership to operational teams that are line managed elsewhere.
• Experience supporting transformation, ERP or system change, data migration and operational transition.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Regional Benefits:

• Private healthcare and group life insurance.
• Annual bonus.
• myBenefit platform/subsidy for Multisport card.
• Internet and electricity allowance for remote work.
• Increased funding for the Employee Capital Plans (PPK) program; Rolls Royce Sp. z o.o. contributes 3% to this program.
• Additional vacation days based on length of service with the employer.
• Hybrid work model (2 days in the office / 3 days from home).
• Work in a modern office located in the Krakow centre – the Unity Tower (ul. Lubomirskiego 20).

The Kraków Rolls Royce Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. It delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please note that all applicants will be subject to Poland right-to- work check as part of the recruitment process.