Director, Data Governance Transformation

Job Description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Matter.

As part of the Mondelēz International Digital Services division, you have global responsibility for a specific discipline that may include partnering with leaders in sales, finance, marketing, customer service and logistics, procurement, HR, etc. You lead a team that delivers best-in-class service and value creation to their clients and that always strives for operational excellence.

How you will contribute

You will work with others, including C-Suite and other senior personnel, to define the experience direction. In addition, you will design and re-engineer processes to ensure customer-focused delivery of services and ensure that value is delivered by using performance metrics and analysis.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Your specific discipline (senior level)
• Collaborative management with the ability to build partnerships across client groups and key stakeholders influence and drive business performance
• Developing and leading high performing teams, partnerships with businesses, and developing/staffing people
• Strategic thinking, with an eye for detail and results
• Working in a matrix environment and dealing with multiple stakeholders

More about this role

Enterprise Transformation & Change Leadership

• Lead the transformation of Mondelēz into a more data governance-friendly organization—shifting mindsets, behaviors, and ways of working across markets and functions.
• Design and execute a multi-year change and adoption strategy that makes governance accessible, relevant, and embraced by the business.
• Bring a human-centered approach to governance transformation—meeting people where they are and making the case for governance in business language.

Storytelling, Communication & Engagement

• Develop and deliver compelling governance narratives, communications, and campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences—from C-suite to operational teams.
• Craft the "why" behind governance in ways that connect to business outcomes, growth, and risk—not just compliance.
• Engage at senior and executive levels across markets, functions, and regions to build sponsorship, momentum, and accountability.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Mondelēz senior stakeholders—translating governance ambition into stories of impact and progress.

Senior Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior leaders across the Mondelēz matrix.
• Facilitate governance conversations, decision-making forums, and steering groups—securing alignment and removing blockers.
• Influence without authority across a complex, matrixed organization with diverse priorities and cultures.

EDGE Team Transformation & Management Support

• Drive the transformation and continuous improvement of the EDGE team itself—ways of working, capability uplift, and operating rhythm.
• Support the Senior Director, Data Governance in the day-to-day leadership and management of the EDGE team.
• Help set team priorities, coach team members, and foster a high-performance, collaborative culture.

KPI Framework, Maturity Assessment & Reporting

• Own the governance KPI framework—defining the measures that demonstrate governance value, adoption, and impact.
• Design and execute maturity assessments across the enterprise, tracking progress against clear baselines and targets.
• Produce evidence-driven reporting and insight packs for senior leadership—enabling steering decisions and investment prioritization.
• Translate data into narrative: make governance progress visible, understandable, and actionable for executive audiences.

Horizon Scanning & Industry Engagement

• Continuously scan for emerging governance transformation practices, innovation, change methodologies, and CPG/FMCG benchmarks.
• Represent Mondelēz externally in industry forums and peer networks; bring outside-in perspectives to accelerate the transformation.

Required experiance:

• Consulting background essential: Significant experience in a top-tier management consultancy or Big 4 advisory practice, with a focus on transformation, change management, or data/digital strategy.
• Proven track record driving enterprise-scale transformation and change adoption in complex, matrixed global organizations (FMCG/CPG experience highly desirable).
• Demonstrated success engaging, influencing, and managing senior stakeholders—including C-suite, regional presidents, and functional leaders—across diverse cultural and organizational contexts.
• Experience in storytelling, executive communication, and building compelling change narratives.
• Track record designing KPI frameworks, maturity models, and evidence-driven reporting for senior audiences.
• Experience supporting team leadership and building high-performing, cross-functional teams.

We pride ourselves on having a high performing and collaborative culture where we support your career and development. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer salary starting from 6.750€ gross plus annual bonus payment based on your performance. The final offer will depend on the skills and previous experience of the candidate. We also offer top attractive benefits.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands globally and locally including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.

Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen—and happen fast.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Experience Management

Global Business Services