MDM Capability Lead

• Own the end-to-end MDM capability, including strategy, standards, architecture, and delivery
• Define and maintain the enterprise MDM reference architecture, patterns, and best practices
• Lead the design and implementation of golden record models, hierarchies, relationships, andlifecycle management
• Drive onboarding of domains across Customer, Product, Supplier, Location, Reference, and Policydata
• Lead hands-on delivery using Informatica Customer 360, Semarchy xDM, and Profisee
• Define and implement match & merge rules, survivorship strategies, and identity resolution
• Establish reusable templates for data models, workflows, validations, and integrations
• Govern platform usage, performance, scalability, upgrades, and platform roadmap
• Define and embed data quality frameworks, validation rules, standardisation, and enrichment logic
• Integrate data stewardship workflows, issue management, escalation, and approvals
• Define and maintain governance artefacts including data dictionaries, metadata, lineage, andbusiness glossaries
• Measure, monitor, and report data quality KPIs using dashboards and operational metrics
• Design and oversee batch and real-time integrations between MDM, source systems (ERP, CRM,PIM), and downstream platforms
• Lead API-based and event-driven integration patterns
• Collaborate with data engineering teams using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Spark, Synapse,ADLS Gen2, and Snowflake
• Ensure reliable and consistent data propagation to analytics, reporting, and operational platforms
• Own MDM deployments across Azure and hybrid cloud environments
• Ensure security, access control, secrets management, privacy, and regulatory compliance
• Drive performance tuning, scalability, resilience, and cost optimisation
• Act as the MDM technical authority and enterprise capability owner
• Mentor and guide MDM developers, data engineers, and data stewards
• Lead proof-of-concepts (PoCs), pre-sales activities, and roadmap definition
• Partner closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architecture, QA, and operations teams

We are seeking an experienced MDM Capability Lead to own and mature the organisation's Master DataManagement (MDM) capability across Customer, Product, Supplier, Location, Reference, and Policy datadomains. This role combines hands-on technical leadership, architecture ownership, and capability building,ensuring trusted, governed, and high-quality master data across enterprise systems. The MDM CapabilityLead will define standards, lead implementations, guide delivery teams, and act as the primary authority forMDM, Data Quality, and Data Governance initiatives across the enterprise., * Strong hands-on experience with Informatica Customer 360, Semarchy xDM, and/or Profisee

• Proven expertise in match/merge, survivorship, hierarchies, reference data, and golden-recorddesign
• Experience defining and operating data governance and stewardship models, policies, andoperating frameworks
• Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata management, and lineage
• Strong experience integrating MDM with ERP, CRM, PIM, and line-of-business systems
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and messaging patterns
• Solid background in cloud data platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure
• Working knowledge of SQL, data modelling, and data engineering principles
• Experience defining enterprise-scale data and MDM architectures
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance, security, and non-functional requirements
• Experience leading agile delivery teams and complex enterprise data programs
• Proven ability to act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes
• Experience mentoring teams and building long-term data capabilities
• Experience working in large, complex enterprise environments
• Exposure to data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
• Certifications in MDM platforms, Azure, or data architecture are highly desirable