Hybrid Data Governance Specialist

at Airbus

• Job title: Data Governance Specialist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, Java, Perl, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Lisbon, Portugal

About the role

• Data Governance Specialist within Airbus handling finance data governance and security issues. Involved in compliance, risk management, and improving processes in financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Managing a comprehensive Finance security plan in accordance with the corporate security strategy
• Partnering with technical and business leads within Finance to assess Finance security maturity level, security needs, analyze cybersecurity risk, and prioritize remediation on an annual basis
• Collaborating with security in maintaining an annual cybersecurity roadmap
• Acting as point of contact for the Finance process owners to support the implementation of security requirements into processes
• Producing necessary metrics to demonstrate the overall security of the business unit
• Actively participating in the information security incident response process
• Working with cross-organizational stakeholders to determine the understandability and relevance of published security policies and their impact on the business
• Supporting projects on security matters, collaborating with IT, security architects and legal
• Escalating and documenting business initiatives with security implications, and/or specific security challenges
• Participating in security audits
• Act as the PMO supporting the E2E Security Process applied to the deployment of financial system
• Driving the Finance Data Office process to advise projects requiring access to financial data on how to be compliant with Finance compliance standards
• Advising projects, in collaboration with Financial Systems experts, on the target data model to achieve desired needs
• Act as the expert and focal point for Data Quality related topics, supporting data product delivery and requirement collection
• Processing validations of data requests, interfacing with the Data Officer and Data Custodian (business owner of the data)
• Collaborating in the update of the data model of the Finance department, in strong collaboration with IT stakeholders
• Organizing yearly security benchmarks with industry peers
• Inspiring the corporate Data Governance network by sharing latest data governance trends and best practices
• Proposing improvements to data governance processes and methods
• Promoting security awareness and trainings

Requirements

• 3 -5 years of applicable experience
• Professional/Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to interpret and apply policies and regulations across a large, complex business
• Analytical aptitude, critical thinking, and data-driven decision-making skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with leaders at multiple levels and facilitate team interactions
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence
• Ability to balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, in particular in leading or contributing to global and multi-functional teams
• Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance
• Expert level understanding of data security tools, processes, and procedures
• Competent in the interpretation of numeric data and understanding of statistical principles
• Good fundamental knowledge of industry-standard frameworks
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and cross-functional expertise across multiple IT operational and security disciplines
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff
• Must possess a high degree of integrity, be trustworthy, and have the ability to lead and inspire change.
• Would be considered a plus: Experience in Finance with a high level understanding of the processes and a more in-depth expertise in one (Close to report, Transactional accounting in an industrial environment, Treasury, Reporting, Planning…)
• One or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., C++, Perl, Java, Python, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge in the use of databases for reporting
• Working knowledge with tools in relations with data governance and IT security management
• GCIH, GCIA, or CISSP.

Benefits

• Acquiring expertise in major and high growth domains: data governance and IT security
• Diverse career opportunities within Airbus European core countries or in other regions around the world.
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
• A modern office at Parque das Nacoes, well connected to public transportation.
• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.