Data Governance Implementation Lead

Metyis is growing! We are looking for a Data Governance Lead with 5-8 years of experience for a full time position to join our Data and Analytics team at our Digital Campus in Porto.

Who we are

We are Metyis, a forward-thinking, global company that collaborates with business partners and clients to create and implement the capacities and capabilities required to improve future performance. We operate across a wide range of industries, and with our embedded partnership model we commit to driving sustainable growth for industry-leading organisations, elevating their potential with a long-term vision.

At Metyis, we develop integrated solutions that enable growth by working within our business partners’ organisations with diverse and multidisciplinary teams. This collaborative environment allows Metyis to build strategies and execute them through an ecosystem that combines Big Data solutions, Digital Commerce solutions, Marketing & Design solutions, and Advisory services.

Our teams are set up so that you have plenty of room to build bigger and bolder ideas by speaking your mind and being creative with your knowledge. Imagine the things you could achieve with a multidisciplinary team that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.

What we offer

• A hands-on opportunity to help our clients build and embed data governance in practice, moving beyond theory into real business impact.
• The opportunity to shape reusable data governance building blocks, including templates, ways of working and practical implementation approaches.
• Regular interaction with senior business and IT stakeholders to drive impactful change.
• Collaboration with experienced Metyis colleagues across data, analytics, architecture, privacy, security and business consulting.
• Exposure to different clients, industries and complex data environments.
• The opportunity to grow towards broader data governance leadership while contributing to a fast-growing international and diverse team.
• Engagement with evolving data governance practices, industry trends and new technologies.

What you will do

• Help clients turn data governance from concept into daily practice, starting with areas where business value and stakeholder buy-in are highest.
• Identify priority stakeholders, business pain points and governance gaps together with business and IT teams.
• Define clear ownership, including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Custodians and decision forums, and support stakeholders in adopting these responsibilities.
• Facilitate workshops to align business and technical stakeholders on ownership, definitions and decision-making.
• Translate broad and ambiguous data governance challenges into clear and actionable implementation approaches.
• Support the implementation and embedding of governance into clients’ day-to-day ways of working.
• Turn successful approaches into reusable templates, playbooks and accelerators that can be applied across projects and clients.
• Collaborate with Metyis specialists across data, analytics, architecture and privacy for detailed technical implementation.

What you will bring

• Experience initiating a data or governance effort from scratch, including securing sponsorship and stakeholder buy-in, not only joining one that someone else already set up.
• Comfortable, and energized, engaging senior business stakeholders directly, building those relationships yourself rather than being introduced into existing ones.
• Ability to take a broad, ambiguous mandate and structure it into a clear first starting point.
• Strong communication skills, able to translate data concepts into business value for both technical and business audiences.
• 4 to 6 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, analytics, business analysis, or a related field, still growing toward a broader governance leadership role.
• Working understanding of data platforms and why governance matters.
• Proactive, comfortable with ambiguity, and resilient.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, CDMP) or tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Microsoft Purview).
• Experience in ESG, Finance, HR, Operations, Supply Chain, or another domain where data ownership matters.
• Experience in a consulting, international, or multi-entity organization.
• Basic SQL, BI, or data platform knowledge, and awareness of GDPR or other data protection principles.