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Senior Data & AI Governance Consultant

Hybrid in Tres Cantos·Added today (last checked 30 Oct)

SENER

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Work mode
Hybrid, Tres Cantos
English
Required
Experience
5+ years
Benefits
Private health insurance, life insurance, meal vouchers

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • More than 5 years of experience in data management and governance consulting, or data-driven digital transformation.

  • Hands-on experience in the design or implementation of governance, quality, metadata, catalog, master data, or data operating models.

  • Excellent communication, writing, and executive presentation skills. Experience preparing and facilitating workshops with business and technology areas is sought.

  • Customer orientation, collaboration, autonomy, rigor, and the ability to manage multiple work fronts.

  • Business focus, well understanding client needs and their ecosystem, paying attention to risks and opportunities, and collaborating in building the value proposition for each client.

  • Advanced level of English.

Nice to have

  • Experience in engineering, industry, energy, infrastructure, transport, aerospace, or defense environments will be valued.

Education & certifications

  • Solid knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK and its disciplines: governance, quality, metadata, architecture, integration, modeling, security, and master and reference data.

  • Knowledge of maturity assessment methodologies and the design of data strategies, policies, standards, processes, roles, and controls.

  • Familiarity with data catalog and governance tools, as well as cloud ecosystems and data platforms. A development profile is not required, but the ability to communicate with technical teams is.

  • Knowledge of frameworks and standards such as DAMA (a current DAMA CDMP Certification at practitioner level or higher is valuable), DCAM, EDM Council, ISO 8000, ISO/IEC 38505, or COBIT, and applicable data protection and artificial intelligence regulations will be valued.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

These are some of the benefits you will enjoy at Sener:

  • You will have the opportunity to participate in innovative, high-tech international projects, collaborating with a multidisciplinary and highly qualified team.

  • You will enjoy better management of your time through our flexible working hours and remote work policies.

  • You can optimize your salary with our flexible compensation plan (meal card, private health insurance, childcare vouchers...) and you will have life and accident insurance.

  • We will take care of you with our physical and emotional well-being program, which includes sports, workshops, etc.

  • We will boost your professional development with technical, skills, and language training, etc., so you can keep growing and achieving your goals.

  • We promote equal opportunities, diversity, and inclusion for all people, and we are certified as a Family-Responsible Entity (efr).

If you identify with our values and want to be part of a leading international family-owned engineering firm, we look forward to meeting you! We want to go as far as you want to go.

The role

At Sener Group, we place nearly seven decades of engineering and technological innovation knowledge at our clients' service to help them with their day-to-day problems and challenges.

We need to bring new profiles into Sener Dcode, which has an absolutely digital focus, perfectly complementing its scope of action with operational efficiency.

We want to accompany companies and their businesses in digital transformation across all types of markets, such as industry, energy, infrastructure, transportation, aerospace, defense, or health.

Our mission at Sener Digital is to drive digitalization through knowledge of industry and operational processes, making our clients more data-oriented, secure, and efficient in the face of increasing market competition.

What you'll do

As a Senior Data & AI Governance Consultant, you will participate in the design and implementation of data and AI management and governance models for Sener Dcode clients, helping them treat data as a strategic asset. The profile will combine consulting capability, knowledge of industry best practices, and an understanding of business needs, complementing Sener Dcode's architecture, data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities.

  • Lead the evolution of Sener Dcode's Data & AI Governance team, defining the evolution roadmap within the organization and mentoring new team members.

  • Design governance models, defining data governance frameworks, principles, policies, decision bodies, roles, and responsibilities, including RASCI and coordination mechanisms.

  • Prepare and conduct maturity diagnostics and workshops with clients, defining the data strategy, identifying risks, and developing implementation roadmaps prioritized by value, risk, and feasibility.

  • Design and deploy organizational and operating models, including Data Owners, Data Stewards, technical custodians, committees, and communities of practice.

  • Define dimensions, rules, indicators, controls, and quality improvement plans, as well as monitoring and incident resolution mechanisms, and support the definition of business glossaries, data domains, taxonomy, etc.

  • Translate security, privacy, ethics, and regulatory requirements into data management policies, standards, and controls, coordinating with legal and cybersecurity specialists where appropriate.

  • Connect data governance with analytics and artificial intelligence use cases, ensuring availability, reliability, traceability, and reuse of information.

  • Contribute to Sener Dcode's proposals, methodologies, accelerators, and reusable assets, supporting pre-sales activities and the presentation of solutions to clients.

Technical Skills

  • Structured thinking, analytical capacity, and orientation toward solving complex problems, as well as the ability to translate business needs into governance models and actionable requirements.

Hiring process

3 steps2 interviews
  1. Apply

  2. Screening

  3. Introductory call

  4. Interviews

  5. Job offer

  6. Onboarding

About SENER

SENER is a global engineering and technology group headquartered in Getxo (Bilbao), Spain, with a strong presence in the aerospace, defense, energy, and infrastructure sectors. The company provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, as well as specialized consulting, with a workforce of over 5,000 employees worldwide. SENER is known for its work on complex projects, including space systems, offshore wind energy, and large-scale data centers.

In Spain, SENER has a major engineering hub with offices in Bilbao, Madrid, and Barcelona, employing a significant number of engineers. The company is a key player in the Spanish engineering landscape and actively recruits international talent, offering roles in English and Spanish. For international professionals, SENER provides an opportunity to work on high-profile projects in Spain, such as data centers, aerospace, and energy infrastructure, with a collaborative and technically demanding work culture.

Industry
Engineering
Founded
1965
Employees
1,000–5,000
Headquarters
Getxo, Spain
In Spain
Getxo, Madrid, Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • SENER is a Spanish company, so international hires will need a work visa, which the company typically sponsors.
  • The company's working language is Spanish, but English is widely used in engineering and technical teams, especially on international projects.
  • SENER offers opportunities to work on large-scale, high-profile projects like the Spanish high-speed rail network and offshore wind farms.
  • The engineering culture is project-based and rigorous, with a strong focus on technical excellence and safety.
  • International hires may find the relocation process to Spain straightforward, with the company providing support for visas and onboarding.
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