Oversight Data Management & Governance

Oversight Data Management & Governance

Country: Spain

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture, and all our professionals at every level are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Within Global Data Tech Platforms, our mission is to define, develop, and enable a modular, scalable, and instantiable Data Tech Platform that can be adopted across Santander’s geographies, accelerating value creation while ensuring consistency, governance and operational robustness.

The Oversight, Adoption & Operating Model area plays a critical transversal role, ensuring that capabilities are effectively adopted by countries, aligned with global product and tech strategies.

As Data Tech Platform Governance & Business Support Manager, you will be a key enabler of the global adoption and sustainable operation of Santander’s Data Tech Platform. You will act as a bridge between global platform teams and local unit organizations, ensuring that platform capabilities are deployed, adopted and evolved in a structured, coordinated and value-driven way across the Group.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Platform Adoption & Business Support

• Drive the adoption of Data Tech Platform capabilities across countries.

• Act as a central point of coordination between global platform teams and local units, aligning expectations, timelines and dependencies.

• Support countries throughout their adoption journey, facilitating follow-ups, workshops to ensure smooth integration.

• Facilitate communication across multiple stakeholders, ensuring information flows clearly between global teams, units, and senior management.

Platform Oversight & Operating Model

• Contribute to the governance of the Data Tech Platform lifecycle, ensuring that new capabilities change in a controlled and coordinated manner.

• Track platform roadmaps, releases and dependencies, ensuring transparency and alignment across global and local teams.

• Collaborate with product, engineering and architecture to ensure alignment between operating model and platform evolution.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Professional Experience

• 8+ years of experience in technology-driven environments, ideally within large, complex organizations.

• Proven experience working with data platforms and cloud-based ecosystems, supporting global or multi-country initiatives.

• Strong background in platform governance, adoption, operating models or program-level oversight roles.

• Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across geographies, functions and seniority levels.

Hard Skills

• Solid understanding of data platform ecosystems, including cloud environments and data architecture concepts (e.g., Azure, AWS, Databricks or similar).

• Strong experience in backlog coordination, roadmap tracking, dependency management and cross-team alignment. Analytical skills to identify risks, bottlenecks and improvement opportunities across complex initiatives.

• Ability to structure complex information and present it clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Knowledge of operating models for data and technology platforms, including governance structures, roles and responsibilities.

• Familiarity with Agile ways of working and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence). Agile certifications are highly valued.

Soft Skills

• Strategic mindset with hands-on execution drive.

• Proven ability to collaborate across global teams and manage complex stakeholder ecosystems.

• Passion for technology, experimentation, and continuous learning.

• Fluent Spanish and English (required).

WHAT WE OFFER

• Global impact: Work with Data & AI leaders across multiple countries to design the future of customer interaction.

• Continuous learning: Access to the Santander Open Academy, global community, and specialized upskilling programs.

• Flexibility & wellbeing: Hybrid work model, flexible hours, wellness programs, and family-friendly benefits.

• Competitive rewards: Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and exclusive financial advantages.

LOCAL COMPLIANCE

Santander is proud to be an organization that provides equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion, or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates.

READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR JOURNEY?

If this sounds like you, apply now and help us shape the future of Data Tech Platforms at Santander.

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