Data Governance Lead

Data Governance Lead

We are Flutter Central & Eastern Europe (CEE).

As a proud member of the Flutter family - a global leader in sports betting and iGaming - we are building one of the Group`s most dynamic tech and product hubs in Central and Eastern Europe. We aren`t just here to participate; we`re here to change the game.

By uniting local powerhouses like MaxBet, Adjarabet.com, and Adjarabet.am, we combine deep regional expertise with the scale and strength of Flutter`s global platforms. We are setting a new standard for entertainment, responsibility, and innovation — powered by real customer signals that shape everything we build.

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Purpose of the role

The Data Governance Lead is responsible for establishing and leading data governance across Flutter CEE.

The role will define how data is owned, described, quality-controlled and trusted across CEE brands and markets. It will establish the governance operating model, standards, decision-making forums, stewardship network and supporting capabilities required to embed effective data governance across the organisation.

Working closely with business and technical stakeholders, the Data Governance Lead will ensure that governance is practical, proportionate and aligned with the CEE Data Strategy, enabling trusted data, data-driven decision-making and self-service across the business. The role will also align CEE governance practices with Flutter Group standards while addressing the specific business, regulatory and operational requirements of CEE markets.

This is a new role with the opportunity to build the CEE data governance capability from the ground up.

Key responsibilities

Build the governance framework

- Define and implement the CEE data governance operating model, including policies, standards, roles, decision rights and escalation routes.

- Set up and chair a working-level governance forum, and prepare governance topics for the CEE Data steering committee.

- Establish clear responsibilities for Data Owners, Data Stewards and Business Stewards.

- Monitor the effectiveness of the governance model and evolve it as the organisation's data capabilities mature.

- Align governance priorities with the wider CEE Data Strategy.

- Help establish appropriate ownership, documentation, traceability and controls for sensitive or regulated data.

Data quality and trust

- Establish and maintain the CEE business glossary and KPI standards, working with business and technical stakeholders to resolve conflicting definitions, agree common standards, manage changes, and promote consistent use across reporting, analytics and operational processes.

- Implement and run governance tooling covering cataloguing, lineage and data observability, from rollout through to adoption.

- Define the data quality dimensions, standards and principles to be applied across Flutter CEE.

- Identify critical data domains and work with Data Owners and Data Stewards to agree appropriate data quality measures and thresholds.

- Establish processes for data quality issues to be raised, assessed, prioritised, assigned and resolved.

- Clarify accountability for data quality across business and technical teams.

- Make data quality visible through regular reporting on the health of critical data.

- Support teams in understanding the business impact of data quality issues and prioritising improvement activity accordingly.

Lead the team

- Build and lead a team of Data Stewards, shaping the roles, hiring, onboarding and developing them.

- Set the team's priorities and delivery plan, and manage the governance workstream within the CEE Data Strategy programme.

- Manage the delivery partner's contribution to governance, scope, quality of output, and handover into the internal team.

Embed governance in the business

- Establish and lead a network of Business Stewards embedded within CEE brands and business functions.

- Define the expectations, responsibilities and ways of working for Business Stewards.

- Establish effective dotted-line relationships between Business Stewards and this role.

- Support Business Stewards in managing definitions, ownership, quality and governance issues within their domains.

- Establish regular communication, training and community activities for the steward network.

- Promote collaboration between Data Owners, Business Stewards, Data Stewards and technical teams.

- Translate governance principles into practical actions for both technical and commercial teams.

- Develop and deliver governance communications, enablement and training.

- Ensure governance is incorporated into relevant projects, processes and data products from the outset.

- Promote governance as an enabler of better decisions and more efficient ways of working, rather than an additional control layer.

Align with Flutter Group

- Act as the CEE point of contact for Flutter UKI Data Enablement and wider Group governance initiatives.

- Adopt Group frameworks, standards and tooling where they fit, and make a clear, evidenced case where CEE needs to differ.

- Work with Legal, Compliance and Security on regulatory and privacy requirements across CEE markets, making sure governance supports them by design.

- Represent CEE in Group governance forums and feed CEE's position into Group decisions.

- Support compliance with GDPR, local gaming regulation and other relevant market-specific requirements.

What we're looking for

Essential

- A strong professional background in data, gained through analytics, business intelligence, data management, data engineering or a related discipline.

- A practical understanding of how data is produced, captured, transformed, modelled and consumed.

- Experience with, or meaningful exposure to, core data governance concepts, including:

- data ownership and stewardship;

- data quality;

- metadata management;

- business glossaries;

- KPI and metric definitions;

- data lineage.

- Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills.

- The ability to build effective relationships across technical, commercial and control functions.

- A structured and analytical approach to solving complex or ambiguous problems.

- The ability to translate governance principles into practical processes and ways of working.

- Business fluency and the credibility to work with both engineers and commercial stakeholders.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Fluent English and the ability to work effectively across CEE markets.

Desirable

- Previous line-management experience or clear readiness to move into a people-leadership role.

- Experience establishing a new capability, operating model or cross-functional programme.

- Familiarity with governance, catalogue, lineage or observability tools such as Alation, Collibra, Monte Carlo or similar platforms.

- Knowledge of regulatory and privacy requirements relevant to CEE markets, including GDPR and local gaming regulation.

- Experience working in a multi-brand, multi-market or federated organisation.

- Awareness of recognised data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK.

Why join this role

- It is a founding role. The person in it defines how data governance works across Flutter CEE, rather than inheriting someone else's framework.

- It has visibility. Governance is one of the four pillars of the CEE Data Strategy and is reported at steering committee level.

- It connects directly into Flutter Group through UKI Data Enablement, which means exposure well beyond CEE.

- It is a rare skill set. Data governance leadership is in short supply across the industry, and building this function is a genuine step up in career terms.

- Support is in place — Group framework, external delivery partner, and programme funding behind it.

Why choose us

At Flutter CEE, people have access to vast opportunities for career growth and self-development. Our employee benefits package goes far beyond offering the minimum: We support our people in becoming their best version at work and beyond - and our benefits reflect that commitment.

These are some of the benefits included in our employee package:

- Generous annual leave
- Hybrid work
- Individual health insurance
- Paid sick leave
- Paid maternity & paternity leave
- Family reward
- Performance & referral bonu ses