Director- Area lead Engineer - Data Governance


Company Description
H&M Group is on a journey to meet and exceed our customers' expectations today and tomorrow. Through collaboration, innovation, and technology we challenge ourselves and the industry. To cater to the individual needs and desires of our millions of customers, our tech organization delivers solutions for the entire value chain for all our brands. We are accelerating digitalization and to stay relevant, we need to ensure we have strong leaders in place to bring our best capabilities, innovation ideas and talented technologists to support the transformation of H&M Group.


Job Description
As the Area Lead Engineer for Data Governance, As a driven leader, you will play a vital role for us in our mission to make H&M Group a truly data and insight driven company& is responsible for architecting and institutionalizing modern data governance policies, and for leading the execution of a range of data governance activities to manage and protect the company’s data assets in the enterprise data office. The role will be accountable to lead and provide direction in the following areas for Enterprise data: data governance strategy and operations, data standards development and management, data catalog capability, data quality management, data policy, and compliance.​ We require a key cross-functional change agent, to drive data maturity, scalability, and competency by providing thought leadership and business influence. This individual should be a seasoned professional with shown experience in data governance and leading/managing change with a solid focus on data management, data adoption, responsible AI & Data.​
We require a key cross-functional change agent, to drive data maturity, scalability, and competency by providing thought leadership and business influence. This individual should be a seasoned professional with shown experience in data governance and leading/managing change with a solid focus on data management, data adoption, responsible AI and Data.
Responsibilities:
Establish and drive a Enterprise roadmap for data management strategy and governance implementation alongside the unit leader​
Create, implement, and manage a data governance framework in alignment with Enterprise data activities to improve data quality through policies, standards, principles, governance metrics, business processes, and data architecture​
Develop standards, policies, and procedures to support the data and information governance strategy and provide technical assurance for the ongoing implementation of the data governance policy within Enterprise​
Lead and advance data governance principles, policies, and programs for stewardship, advocacy, and custodianship of data ensuring data governance policies and practices are embedded​
Influence Enterprise alignment to data-related processes and policies in partnership with Business Process Owners (BPO) and Regional data stewards​
Will lead a high-performing team responsible for the company’s public policy workstream. The workstream is focused on designing and building the next generation of public policy positions and frameworks to ensure that effective regulatory guardrails are in place to secure the beneficial use of AI and Data technologies. By combining your in-depth understanding of AI and Data technologies and their sociotechnical implications with your knowledge of regulatory frameworks and public policy levers, you and your team will help H&M develop evidence-based positions that support the establishment of effective policy interventions. ​
Collaborations with internal and external authorities across Research, Engineering, and Internal Policy Colleagues. Our responsible AI and Data ecosystem at H&M combines policy and governance expertise with a commitment to research-led approaches that are engineered into the AI and data systems that we build​
People Management. The ALE for Responsible AI and Data is an exemplary leader, who embodies our culture and values and delivers success through modeling, coaching, and caring. You have a track record of high ethical standards, unquestioned integrity, and a steadfast commitment to advancing the company’s diversity and inclusion commitments. ​



Qualifications
Qualifications and Skills:
Demonstrated ability working in data-centric roles involving data management, data strategy, data governance, data architecture, or related area in a global organization​
Advanced knowledge of data governance best practices, business, and technology issues related to the management of enterprise information assets, and approaches related to data​
Shown experience developing data ownership and stewardship in a large, complex organization​
A solid understanding of data needs for analysis and business performance management​
Possess a blend of experience in Data governance with good information practice and business processes​
Background in a global working environment and building relationships across cultures​
Experience in developing Data governance/information management framework, policies, standards, and guidelines​



Additional Information
Functional Knowledge​
Communication Skills​
Stakeholder Engagement​
Regulatory experience​
Governance​

Leadership Behaviors:
As a role model for our values and putting them into action, you are expected to demonstrate excellent cognitive, social and emotional skills and know how to nurture them in others by having the ability to…​
... commit to directional decisions, take ownership of the whole and collaborate across boundaries​
… create trust and dare to lead​
... communicate in a timely and clear way​
... strive for speed, reduce complexity and focus on the outcome​

Working with tech at H&M Group 
Shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech. The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers' technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of fashion and lifestyle by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 75-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.