What are we looking for?

• Deep and rich experience in leading data governance projects and/or processes

• Deep experience in the creation and implementation of strategies for global organizations

• Experience with a focus on working with multi-brand organizations, consumer analytics and personal and/or sensitive data

• Proven ability to influence director-level leadership, able to persuade leaders to change behaviors and invest behind new approaches and strategies

• Proven ability to motivate, guide and partner with highly-skilled professionals and data experts including strategy, product, operations, technology and data & analytics to achieve strategic goals and drive change in their ways of working

• Great at developing new relationships, driving positive change, and matching analytics opportunities to data acquisition strategy

  Ability to communicate complex subjects in a clear and simple way

  Excellent planning, project management, organizational orchestration and peer relationships skills

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Connect and Collaborate effectively across Petcare to ensure our efforts are consistent, complementary and enable ecosystem benefits that are greater than the sum of the parts

  • Role model the ecosystem approach across all divisions

  • Champion ecosystem led Pet and Pet Parent centric approaches, and align data governance processes to the business strategy and priorities

  • Be the voice of eco-system analytics (pet health and monetary) for division data governance roadmaps

• Own the tracking, monitoring and audit of data governance activities

• Be an expert partner for Division Data Directors and data asset to protect data, by ensuring the best governance practices are implemented

• Work closely with Data Engineering teams to automate and accelerate data access processes, establishing Data Governance SLA’s

• Chair regular reviews for the data governance processes ensuring Data & Analytics Leadership team has clear visibility of what’s being approved, and why

• Proactively staying ahead of data governance developments and changes across fast-moving legislations and markets

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.