Manager, Master Data Management and Governance

(Maternity Cover 12 months)

Dublin

Reports To: Senior Manager, Digital Excellence

Grade: 4

The salary scale for this role is €82,004 - €97,193

New Entrants to the Public Sector commence on the first point of the Scale.

Purpose

Bord Bia has a vision that customers around the globe recognise that Irish food and drink is world-class; that it is high quality, distinctive, and made by a diverse range of creative producers from a unique and fortuitous island location.

Our purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

In this role, you will manage and utilise Bord Bia’s data, to improve business operating performance, client proposition and experience aligned to Bord Bia Strategy. The role holder will develop policy for master data, information governance and controls, and will act as a champion for the use of data analytics within Bord Bia.

What you’ll do

Input into and implement the data management and usage strategy in Bord Bia, aligned to the Bord Bia strategy and create a culture that treats data as a valuable crossfunctional asset.
Manage and support the data migration and integration forbusiness-critical systems, including ETL and datavalidation. Execution of extract, transform and load activities, assessing data quality and cleaning where necessary.
Understand current data structures across the organization, advise cross functional departments on how to maximiseand/or best use and manage data to facilitate better business performance in alignment with strategy.
Mine and analyse data, leveraging the existing toolsets of Bord Bia, such as Microsoft Power BI, Co-pilot, other BI and AI tools, to extract insights to inform business decisions leading to the creation of portals, dashboardsand reports to present findings appropriately.
Develop and implement policies, procedures and controls for the appropriate protection of data through a defined lifecycle from acquisition or creation to end of life disposal where appropriate.
Be responsible for the overall management of Bord Bia’sdata assets, including, but not limited to, identification,collation, categorisation and how to appropriately manage data. This will involve identifying relevant data owners,creating an inventory of data, mapping out data access andacting as custodian of that data.
Promote and be a champion for a data-driven and insightled culture, at all times leveraging the organisation’s data to develop insights that drive business opportunities and decision making.
Manage assigned budgets in accordance with One Bord Bia procedures
Adhere to the One Bord Bia Operating Model.

About You

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

Knowledge:

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Computer Science, Information Science, business or engineering
5+ years’ experience of one or more Enterprise Architecture frameworks and data management solutions
Leadership experience of engaging in cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organisation and within complex contexts
Experience of data migration, particularly ETL (ExtractTransform & Load) and using AWS Pipelines (writingstored procedures), Python, JSON and SQL
Experience in understanding the mechanics of migrating images between systems, with a strong emphasis on accurately mapping and validating those images within new system environments
Architecture frameworks and data management solutions
Strategic technology planning and execution experience;and policy development and maintenance
Familiarity with business information generation andanalysis methods

Skills & Capabilities:

Digital first mindset, comfortable with an agile culturefocused on continuous improvement
Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to effectively manage people, process and technology change in a dynamic and complex operating environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills,
The ability to explain digital concepts and technologies to business leaders, as well as business concepts to technologists, able to sell ideas and process internally at all levels.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Capabilities

Knowledge:

Certification in a recognised Project Management Discipline an advantage

Skills & Capabilities:

Significant business experience using various project and program management methodologies in a variety of environments.

Closing Date/Time: Monday, 29 September 2025 @ 9am (GMT/UTC+1)

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Bord Bía is an Equal Opportunities Employer: We want to see a society where everyone is equal. We know our foundation must be an equitable workplace that recognises the dignity and worth of everyone and gives all our employees the freedom and opportunity to fulfil their potential: we want for you to be able to bring your whole self to work, so you can be the best you can be and live your purpose whilst developing your career with us. Our talented and diverse workforce also reflects the diversity of our clients, customers and markets by utilising their range of skills, knowledge and experience. Harnessing the wide range of perspectives this diversity brings, promotes innovation and helps make us more creative and competitive.

Bord Bia is committed to ensuring that all recruitment candidates have complete and equitable access as can reasonably be provided. If you require any support or accommodation as part of the recruitment process, please contact us directly at humanresources@bordbia.ie

Manager, Master Data Management and Governance (Maternity Cover 12 months)

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