Senior Data Management & Governance Specialist

About the role

Roche is looking for a Senior Data Management & Governance Specialist in Madrid. The role uses data governance and quality foundations to support IT maturity, including agentic AI, intelligent automation and data-driven IT decisions. It involves managing data assets, ensuring data quality, lineage and metadata accuracy, and supporting data stewardship programmes while working with business and technical stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, develop and enforce data governance policies aligned with IT4IT value streams, working independently on governance projects
• Develop data standards and data models for critical IT data entities, and diagnose root causes of poor data quality
• Implement proactive data quality frameworks following Enterprise Data Strategy guidelines
• Handle large-scale governance projects and align governance with agentic AI readiness, defining data quality, trust and compliance standards
• Create data lineage and ownership maps for IT operations data across the IT4IT landscape
• Manage governance across complex IT operations ecosystems such as ServiceNow, data warehouses, monitoring platforms, asset management tools and emerging automation/AI systems
• Work with stakeholders to define data definitions, resolve data issues and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations

Required profile

• Data-first mindset and experience leading, developing and enforcing data governance policies across multiple business units
• Experience managing data assets, ensuring data quality, lineage and metadata accuracy
• Proven track record of handling big-sized data governance projects and overseeing complex governance systems
• Familiarity with the IT4IT framework and Common Service Data Model (CSDM) strongly preferred
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to explain governance to technical teams and business leaders

Required skills

• Proficiency in data management tools and data stewardship practices
• In-depth knowledge of data privacy laws, regulatory requirements and compliance standards
• Understanding of IT service management frameworks such as ITIL, IT4IT or equivalent
• Experience with data quality tools or master data management (MDM) platforms