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Data Strategy and Governance Lead

Data Strategy and Governance Lead

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

YOUR ROLE

As a Data Strategy and Governance Consultant, you will be a strategic partner to our clients, helping them establish and embed robust frameworks and processes to ensure effective data governance. This role combines advisory, strategy, and technical expertise, offering you the opportunity to contribute to building organizations that manage and leverage their data in a smart, efficient, and sustainable way.

In this role you will play a key role in:

  • Design and implement best practices and frameworks for data governance, balancing business needs with regulatory requirements (based on DMBOK and EU AI Act);
  • Advise clients on establishing a data governance structure, including designing roles such as data stewards and -owners;
  • Contribute to creating a comprehensive data strategy, including establishing governance models for data architecture, data warehouses, and data catalogs;
  • Assist in defining and structuring workflows for data quality, data control, and metadata management;
  • Guide clients in implementing and adopting data mesh and other data governance approaches;
  • Implement data quality rules and metrics; monitor and remediate;
  •  Manage compliance with GDPR and EU AI Act (risk classification, documentation).

YOUR PROFILE

  • At least 3-5 years of experience in data governance, data strategy, or related data management roles;
  • Experience in structuring roles and responsibilities within data governance and establishing collaboration models across business and IT;
  • A foundational understanding of data architecture, data warehousing and cloud solutions;
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE

  • At Capgemini Portugal we have a flexible and dynamic work environment. Flexibility enables a better work-life balance and gives more flexibility to the employee to manage the working hours, as well if he works at the office or remotely, according with the company’s hybrid work policy; 
  •  We have local programs that promote people growth, reskill and new skills development (Career Acceleration Programs); 
  • We promote an empowering environment with autonomy and peers' relationships among the top scores of our Monthly Employees' feedback; Next to this, we also offer an attractive compensation package and benefits such as Health and Life insurance, as well as Referral program with bonuses for talent recommendations and other fringe benefits according with our partnerships in force.  
  • Capgemini Portugal is an equal opportunity employer. We promote equality and dignity in all aspects of recruitment and employment, as well as employment offers and promotions made according with competence and ability or performance, respectively.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.  

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Ref. code:  392895
Posted on:  Jan 14, 2026
Experience Level:  Experienced Professionals
Contract Type:  Permanent
Location: 

Lisboa, PT

Brand:  Capgemini
Professional Community:  Data & AI

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