Data Governance & Data Platform Architect (Manager lead)

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✨ Your talent drives our future Getnet is a global technology company specializing in payment solutions for commerce. Founded in Brazil and operating across Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, we support over 1.3 million merchants with end-to-end services - from POS terminals to e-commerce platforms. We are part of PagoNxt , the global fintech of the Santander Group, and operate as an acquiring hub with a strong presence in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay . Our mission is clear: to simplify payments with innovation, security, and scale, helping businesses of all sizes grow with agility. We offer a unified platform that integrates hardware, software, fraud prevention, acquiring, reconciliation, and financial services - all in a single ecosystem, so our clients can focus on growing their business. Being part of Getnet means joining a company that combines the innovation of a fintech with the solidity of a global bank. Imagine your future. Care for your career. Simplify your journey. This means you'll have the chance to build impactful solutions, grow with real development opportunities, and thrive in a culture that values well-being, inclusion, and clarity. We combine flexibility, autonomy, and global collaboration - so you can focus on what matters, connect with purpose, and help shape the future. Here, you'll find space to grow, real opportunities to lead, and a culture where everyone belongs and contributes. ✨ If you want to be part of the next generation of financial solutions, this is the place. We are looking for a Data Governance & Data Platform Architect to join Getnet's Global Data team in Madrid. This role combines strong functional expertise in Data Governance with a solid technical foundation in modern data platforms. The position will be responsible for evolving the global governance operating model, ensuring data standards are embedded by design into the enterprise Lakehouse architecture, and coordinating governance practices across multiple countries. You will act as a key bridge between Business Domains, Data Engineering, and Architecture, ensuring that governance principles, regulatory requirements, and data quality standards are consistently applied across the global ecosystem. This is not a pure engineering role, but a governance leadership position with architectural oversight and technical depth. 📌 What you'll do Role Mission Lead and evolve Getnet Global's data governance and data platform capabilities to enable trusted, scalable, and business-driven data products across all countries and global teams, supporting regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and advanced analytics/AI use cases. Looking for a Data Governance & Data Platform Manager with strong team ‑ leadership experience and a strategic vision for data, responsible for driving data governance, data quality, and the enterprise data platform. This role will lead multidisciplinary teams-both technical and functional-and coordinate data ingestion and standardization initiatives across multiple countries, ensuring their integration within the Lakehouse ecosystem. The position requires a balanced combination of leadership, technical expertise, and management skills in Agile environments , as well as a strong focus on structured documentation in Jira and Confluence. 📌 Responsibilities Team Leadership & Management Lead and develop multidisciplinary teams (Data Governance, Data Engineering, Data Platform) in an Agile environment. Define clear objectives, assign responsibilities, and ensure efficient and coordinated execution in a multi ‑ country context. Foster a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and ownership within the team. Oversee task prioritization, resource allocation, and the resolution of blockers. Drive team maturity in Agile practices , ensuring consistency in Scrum ceremonies and continuous improvement. Data Governance Design and lead the implementation of the data governance strategy , including data quality, lineage, metadata, security, and standardized data models. Supervise the use and operations of data ‑ governance tools (cataloging, quality, lineage, MDM) and their integration with automated, AI ‑ based models. Ensure comprehensive documentation of architecture, processes, decisions, and standards. Support regulatory and audit requirements related to data management and traceability. Define and evolve the global data operating model (roles, responsibilities, data ownership, stewardship model). Establish governance forums and decision-making bodies (Data Council, Domain Data Owners, etc.). Ensure alignment with Group data policies and regulatory frameworks. Data Platform Define and track KPIs for data quality, platform adoption, and data value realization. Oversee the integration and evolution of the Data Lake/Datamart using technologies such as Databricks, Unity Catalog, etc. Coordinate data ingestion from multiple countr

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