[Hiring] Data Transformation Program Manager @Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe

Role Description

You will be:

• Leading the engagement from kickoff through assessment, scope definition, delivery, operationalisation, and handover.
• Driving business and technology alignment around data platform adoption, operating model, data ownership, stewardship, data quality, and handover.
• Validating whether the BU is genuinely ready to proceed: sponsor commitment, SME availability, data owner authority, source access, decision-making, and remediation ownership.
• Acting as the main engagement interface for business sponsors, senior data stakeholders, central programme teams, and technology teams.
• Coordinating Data Architect, Platform Engineer, DQ/Analytics, and knowledge management roles. Translating technical findings into business-readable decisions.
• Owning risks, issues, decision logs, and escalation flow. Escalating early when a local issue may affect readiness, delivery quality, or handover.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in IT, data, platform, or digital transformation delivery.
• At least 5 years in senior delivery, programme leadership, engagement leadership, data practice leadership, or pre-sales roles related to data transformation.
• Credible experience specifically with data platform, data governance, or data transformation initiatives (e.g., data quality remediation, master data/canonical model definition, data stewardship operating models, or migration/adoption of a modern data platform).
• Able to discuss operating model, data stewardship, data quality, source ownership, lineage, integration, and platform adoption at a practical delivery level.
• Strong executive stakeholder management; comfortable working with senior business sponsors, central programme teams, and senior data/technology leaders.
• Proven ability to challenge business stakeholders constructively when readiness, ownership, scope, or data quality is weak.
• Experience with structured delivery governance: steering meetings, risk logs, decision logs, escalation paths, and formal client checkpoints.
• Strong communicator who can explain data-related risks in business language and guide stakeholders toward a decision.
• Comfortable managing ambiguity, pressure, conflicting priorities, and multiple concurrent engagements.
• Fluent, high-impact English is required. Portuguese, French, or Spanish is an advantage depending on region.

Requirements

• Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

Recruitment Process

• CV review
• HR call
• Interview
• Client Interview
• Decision