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Decathlon

Designs and sells sports equipment and clothing

Data Steward - Data & AI Governance

Data ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree (Licence, Master's, or engineering-school qualification) in Computer Science, Data, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • At least 1–3 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Stewardship, Data Quality, or data program management.
  • Demonstrated experience facilitating communities and leading change.
  • Fluent English at B2/C1 minimum in an international environment.
  • Ability to document and structure rules and resolve complex problems.
  • Knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality Management, Data Lineage, and Data Knowledge concepts.
  • Ability to analyze, query, and manipulate data using at least SQL.
  • Understanding of modern data architectures, including Data Lake, Data Products, and Data Contracts.
  • Knowledge of Data Quality and data cataloging tools.
  • Ability to translate complex business needs into technical governance requirements and vice versa.
  • Experience with Collibra, Unity Catalog, Databricks, DBT, Airflow, and Python.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the Data Governance framework, including the Data Quality Metrics Store, governance standards and requirements, data contracts, Data Knowledge and Context Layer, and standardized remediation tracking.
  • Collaborate with the Data Platform team to integrate governance, security, compliance, classification, personally identifiable information, and quality requirements into the Data Contract project.
  • Structure technical and functional knowledge in the Collibra data catalog and promote the Context Layer to improve data discoverability and lineage.
  • Deploy shared responsibility and Quality by Design with data producers.
  • Support Data Stewardship practices within a dedicated business domain or Digital Unit.
  • Train Data Stewards, Data Owners, and data producers in technical and methodological practices.
  • Assess domain Data Governance maturity and guide critical assets toward certification.
  • Provide day-to-day support and participate in recruiting future teammates.
  • Define business excellence standards and assess expertise during recruitment for Data Governance roles in business domains.
  • Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, manage expectations, align stakeholders on strategic objectives, influence without direct authority, escalate critical issues, and ensure their resolution.
  • Define and monitor strategic OKR trajectories with business units and country teams, and facilitate the Data Steward community.

About the Company

Decathlon

Designs and sells sports equipment and clothing

Decathlon designs, makes and sells sports equipment, footwear and clothing for people ranging from beginners to competitive athletes. Its own sports brands cover activities such as hiking, cycling, running and swimming, with products developed around the needs of each sport. Teams manage product design, production and distribution, combining physical stores with online shopping to sell directly to consumers while also carrying selected partner brands. Revenue comes from sales of sporting goods, with its own product development and purchasing operations supporting a broad assortment at accessible prices. Founded in 1976, Decathlon is headquartered in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Not listed
Founded
1976

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