Data Governance Specialist

Job title: Data Governance Specialist

About Flutter Entertainment

Flutter Entertainment is a global leader in sports betting, gaming, and entertainment, with annual revenues of $11.7 Bn and a customer base of over 12 million players (in 2023) driven by a portfolio of iconic brands, including Paddy Power, Betfair, FanDuel, PokerStars and Sportsbet. As a pioneering force in the industry, Flutter is at the forefront of technological innovation, offering seamless digital experiences to millions of customers worldwide. With a commitment to responsible gaming and a focus on customer-first strategies, Flutter leverages its scale, diverse offerings, and data-driven insights to deliver entertainment while ensuring the highest safety and compliance standards. Its dynamic approach to global growth has positioned Flutter as a dominant player in established and emerging markets, pushing the boundaries of the entertainment experience. Listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Flutter was recently included in TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2024 in the 'Pioneers' section. Our ambition is to transform global gaming and betting to deliver long-term growth and a positive, sustainable future for our sector. Together, we are Changing the Game

About Flutter Entertainment India

Our office, located in the heart of Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, is the Global Capability Center for Flutter Entertainment. Now home to 700+ talented colleagues, we are driving the future of entertainment across critical areas like Technology, Infosec, Procurement, Customer, and HR Operations. We are committed to crafting impactful solutions for all our brands and divisions to power Flutter's incredible growth and global impact. Our portfolio of world-class brands, global scale, and challenger mindset presents a powerful combination. We have ambitious growth plans and goals for the future and the global and local scale to achieve them

Role Overview

We are at an exciting stage of the Group People Analytics evolution within Flutter as we advance both our product base and capabilities. Reporting into the Governance and Technology Senior Leader, the Data Governance Officer will be involved in all aspects of a Data Governance lifecycle within HR Operations.

They will be part of a team of go-to data governance domain experts and will be encouraged to drive a standard process DG culture that results in industry leading efficiencies, accountability, and stakeholder trust in our data management.

This is an excellent opportunity in this new capability, where the role will have the opportunity to directly shape the overarching framework foundations.

Key Responsibilities

• Be an ambassador for a best practice data governance framework embedding as a core value-add function
• Adoption and assurance of various internal and external compliance standards including Sarbanes Oxley, GDPR etc
• Play an active part in all aspects of the Data Governance framework design, development, delivery, maintenance and assurance
• Providing professional data governance advice and support to HR Operations as a proactive and approachable authority.
• Maintaining, refining and obtaining assurance of implementation of data governance policies, standards, procedures and related documentation.
• Hands-on compliance assurance, through metrics and measurement, on policy and standards implementation, particularly in the areas of data quality, data lineage and traceability, and organization of data through central metadata management.
• Actively involved in activity to implement and maintain an enterprise-grade data governance technology solution to harmonize and streamline data discovery/profiling, data quality monitoring, data enrichment strategies, data lineage, metadata management, and data integration.
• Liaise across various stakeholders and peer groups for consistency and ensure maximum value add embedded initiatives and priorities

Skills & Capabilities

• An experienced data governance professional with recent hands-on data governance specific experience
• Practical domain expertise in the areas of data quality, metadata management, data cataloging and data lineage methodologies, niche software and standards
• Proficiency in working with enterprise-grade business management and collaboration tooling and methodologies
• Champion / Challenge the status quo with strong data literacy and compliance guardrails
• Innovative and inquisitive with a completer / finisher mindset