Head of Data, Governance and Enablement

As Head of Data, Governance & Enablement (f/m/d), you own the enterprise data foundation required to make AI and digital roadmaps executable. You lead the Data pillar, overseeing the integrated data layer, semantic and knowledge graph capabilities, and the governance frameworks that ensure data is reliable, secure, and compliant. Your day balances strategic decision-making, operational oversight, and collaboration with engineering and business teams to ensure every initiative starts with trusted, validated data. How You'll Make an Impact

• Build, operate, and continuously improve enterprise data products and the underlying data platform, including DataOps pipelines
• Drive data readiness for roadmap initiatives - confirming feasibility, availability, and prerequisites to ensure on-time delivery
• Own and enforce data contracts, including schema definitions, freshness SLAs, quality checks, and access controls
• Implement governance guardrails such as data classification, DLP controls, audit logging, lineage, and retention processes
• Establish automated data quality monitoring and scalable remediation pathways to prevent data issues from blocking AI delivery
• Partner closely with AI Factory and business stakeholders to ensure initiatives scale safely with trusted data and clear ownership

• A university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, business, or a related field
• Extensive leadership experience across data platforms, data product ecosystems, governance, and enablement in complex enterprise environments
• Deep expertise in data foundations for AI, including data products, DataOps, semantic/knowledge graph layers, access controls, and auditability
• A strong track record of institutionalizing governance frameworks through standards, automation, and contractual mechanisms
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to align business, engineering, and risk/compliance teams around pragmatic solutions
• Experience improving data quality and operational reliability at scale across multiple systems and business domains, plus fluency in English; additional languages are an advantage

In addition to a competitive remuneration package aligned with the UK market, you can typically expect:

• Pension: access to a UK pension scheme with employer contribution
• Share plans: opportunity to participate in Siemens Energy employee share schemes (where applicable)
• Flexible working: hybrid working options and flexible hours (depending on role and site requirements in Lincoln/Warwick)
• Holiday: paid annual leave plus UK public/bank holidays (policy dependent)
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and wellbeing resources
• Learning & development: access to training, professional development and self-directed learning resources
• Family-friendly policies: parental leave and flexible-working arrangements to support work/life balance
• Inclusive workplace: equal opportunities, with support for applicants and employees with disabilities

Who is Siemens Energy? At Siemens Energy, we are more than an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation. Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: Our Commitment to Diversity Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character - no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.