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About the Role

The Regional Data Lead APAC plays a critical role in managing and governing core data assets, enabling the organization to extract value from data while maintaining compliance and quality standards. This role bridges strategy, operations, and governance, working with technical and product leadership to align the Asia Pacific data roadmap with the analytics product development strategy.

Responsibilities

• Execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for APAC data domains in alignment with organizational goals and global data leadership.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to prioritize data initiatives based on business value and strategic alignment.
• Anticipate the data needs of product squads to unlock faster speed to value and insight.
• Promote data as a strategic asset within the domain and across the organization.
• Ensure adherence to data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Ensure data quality management is applied across domains, including defining metrics, monitoring processes, and remediating issues.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies, such as GDPR, CCPA, or industry-specific standards.
• Drive the development and maintenance of core data assets within the domain (e.g., master data, transactional data, reference data).
• Partner with data engineering teams to implement scalable data solutions.
• Oversee data lifecycle management, including acquisition, storage, transformation, and archiving processes.
• Monitor the operational performance of data systems and resolve escalated issues.
• Optimize processes to improve data availability, reliability, and usability.
• Act as the primary point of contact for data-related matters within the domain.
• Work closely with functional leaders, business analysts, and other domain managers to understand requirements and translate them into actionable plans.
• Align with global data domain leads on any areas of overlap.
• Ensure transparency in data priorities, progress, and decision-making.
• Support analytics and reporting needs by ensuring the availability of high-quality, well-documented, and governed datasets.
• Partner with analytics and data science teams to deliver insights and drive innovation within the domain.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in data management, governance, engineering, integration, or related roles, with exposure to relevant data domains (e.g., Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing).
• Understanding of applying data governance principles, DQM, compliance standards and security protocols to global data environments.
• Hands-on experience with data management tools, data analysis, or data visualization software (Python, SQL, Power BI).
• Experience with DevOps principles such as CI/CD, unit testing.
• Project Ownership skills with the ability to operate in Agile Product framework.
• Conversant with Data Regulations and Laws e.g. GDPR, CCPA, PIPL.
• Experience with big data technologies, ETL processes and Data modeling (ideally Microsoft Azure).

Skills

• Data Management
• Data Governance
• Data Engineering
• Data Integration
• Data Quality Management (DQM)
• Data Regulations and Laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPL)
• Big Data Technologies
• ETL Processes
• Data Modeling
• Microsoft Azure
• DevOps Principles
• CI/CD
• Unit Testing
• Project Ownership
• Agile Product Framework
• Python
• SQL
• Power BI

Location

• APAC

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5-10 years

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering or related STEM subject or similar
• Masters degree
• Accreditations/certifications (e.g. DAMA) in data management and/or data governance practices
• Professional certifications in SQL, Python, CAP, Microsoft certification

Salary/Compensations

• Industry competitive salary

Benefits

• Company bonus
• Strong focus on learning and development support
• Access to in-house Mars University

About the Company

• Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales.
• Mars produces well-loved brands such as M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and COCOAVIA®.
• Mars also takes care of half of the world’s pets through its nutrition, health and services businesses.
• Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries.
• The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its Associates.

Equal Opportunity

• Mars is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace.