Data Management Expert

Are you excited to be part of our dynamic team where business meets technology? Drive Rituals' growth through innovative tools within our Business Technology department.

Data Management Expert at Rituals

As the Data Management Expert within our Technology Platforms team, you will play a key role in operationalising data governance through technology, architecture, and systems integration. You will ensure that our data governance tooling is effectively implemented and aligned with both technical and business requirements. Acting as a bridge between the Data Governance Transition Team and the Business Technology teams, you will standardize, scale, and embed governance efforts into Rituals’ data infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Computational Data Governance: Focus on the technical side of data governance by creating a technical vision and implementing the right tools, frameworks, and technical enablers for data product delivery teams.
• Develop and Implement Data Policies: Help shape data governance standards within Rituals, ensure adherence within the tech organization, and integrate with our newly built Enterprise Data Platform and Open Metadata data catalog.
• Maintain Data Quality: Oversee data flows of engineering teams to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data, and implement frameworks for validation.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure data processing complies with legal and organizational guidelines, including alerts and observability metrics.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate data-related risks, particularly regarding PII data handling and data access.
• Education and Training: Organize trainings for teams on data management and best practices for our tools and frameworks.

Strategic Value

As our Data Management Expert, you will help shape the data governance standards within Rituals and directly impact the technical success and sustainability of our data governance initiatives. In this role, you will create the technical vision and roadmap for data governance, ensuring that our governance framework is operationally implemented and embedded in our data infrastructure. With Rituals’ rapid growth, this is crucial for our operational continuity, enabling our ambitious analytics vision and increasing our AI readiness via data governance by design.

Key Stakeholders

• You will be part of the Technology Platforms team within the Business Technology department, responsible for the tech & standards for engineering teams and for building and operating the Enterprise Data Platform (GCP), Open Metadata data catalog, and data contract service.
• On a daily basis, you’ll collaborate with the Data Governance Transition team, which is positioned within our business departments, to create shared goals and work towards our common Data Governance vision.
• You will work closely with the engineering teams within our Business Technology department to enable and educate them in using our tools and frameworks, ensuring data products are aligned with governance requirements.
• You will also interact with legal and compliance departments to ensure data governance adherence is embedded in our technical strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a data management role with a focus on architecture, technology, policies, and processes. This includes Enterprise Data Platforms, domain-driven architecture, data products, data contracts, lineage, and quality monitoring frameworks.
• Strong ability to translate governance requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
• Experience implementing a data catalog, lineage, and data quality frameworks (such as Great Expectations or Soda) for technical teams and driving adoption.
• Excellent collaboration skills, especially in interfacing between governance, architecture, and technical teams, with the ability to influence and drive change.
• Familiarity with Open Data Contract, Open Metadata, and GCP is a plus.
• Passionate about improving data quality and fostering a data-driven culture.

Join us if you are enthusiastic about being part of a fast-growing company on a journey to drive innovation and growth through exceptional data management.

Benefits of working at Rituals

• Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Staff discount on Rituals products
• Attractive bonus
• Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm
• Company & team events