Data Governance Lead

South Holland, Netherlands

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Job ID:: R-1171161
Date posted:: 02/12/2026
Job Type:: Full time
Job Category:: Legal

UNILEVER IS HIRING A DATA GOVERNANCE EXPERT

Data is at the heart of everything we do. It fuels personalisation, drives smarter decisions, and builds trust with consumers and employees alike.

To strengthen this foundation, we’re looking for aData Governance Leadwho’s passionate about responsible data use and excited to help shape how data is collected, protected, and activated across our European markets.

This is an ideal role for someone early in their data governance career who wants to grow fast, work cross‑functionally, and make a visible impact.

Key responsibilities

1. Data Compliance & Privacy (30%)

Ensure our markets collect and use consumer and employee data in a compliant, transparent, and value‑driven way.
Partner with Global Data Governance, Legal, and local Privacy teams to embed global standards into marketing and HR processes.
Maintain and evolve privacy and governance controls to prevent misuse and strengthen trust.
Support regulatory assessments and prepare compliance reports.
Build end‑to‑end data maps to visualise how data flows across the organisation.

2. Data Management & Quality (30%)

Help markets improve data quality, structure, and usability—especially for Social First marketing initiatives.
Develop best‑practice frameworks for capturing clean, actionable media data.
Support onboarding and oversight of third‑party data partners.
Provide guidance on data governance challenges and lead quality‑improvement initiatives.
Identify opportunities to enhance data reliability and value.

3. Data & AI Governance, Literacy & Maturity (40%)

Support the annual data governance maturity programme across key EU markets.
Localise global data and AI governance standards to meet European regulatory and marketing needs.
Deliver training sessions on data literacy, responsible AI, and compliant data activation.
Build strong relationships with data owners, analysts, and AI practitioners.

WHAT WE OFFER

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever UKI | Unilever

EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE?

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DISCLAIMER

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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