Global Digital Data Lead
Akzo Nobel
Overview
In this role you will build the data foundations that power decision-making, digital transformation, and AI across Decorative Paints. You’ll establish a single source of truth for product, customer, and commercial data while driving governance and data quality. You will enable advanced analytics and scale AI readiness, partnering across functions to raise data literacy and adoption. This is a chance to shape data-enabled growth for a global leader in paints and coatings.
Responsibilities- Define and execute the global data strategy
- Establish governance, standards, and data quality frameworks
- Lead master data initiatives across product, customer, and commercial domains
- Drive harmonization and integration of global data sources
- Own programs related to product information management and customer data excellence
- Partner with Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, IT, and Digital teams
- Support advanced analytics and AI use cases through robust data foundations
- Improve data literacy and adoption across the organization
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Information Management, Business, Engineering, or related field
- Strong experience in data management, governance, analytics, or data strategy
- Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM), data quality, and data architecture principles
- Experience working with commercial, customer, and product data
- Ability to translate business requirements into data solutions
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience working in a complex global environment
- stakeholder management
- communication
- cross-functional collaboration
- Data management
- Governance
- Analytics
Reference: WJ-747_30204225