Job Information
Diageo Market Data Lead in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Job Description :
About us
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.
Join us to create a career worth celebrating.
Purpose of Role
The Market Data Lead will be responsible for driving and maintaining data governance across Diageo Brazil, ensuring that data standards, policies, and principles are consistently applied across all domains and global value streams. This role acts as the ultimate authority on data governance for the market, independent of specific data assets or streams, enabling high-quality, trusted data to support business decisions and strategic outcomes, working together and under Global Data Guidelines and ways of working, to drive the agenda efficiently at the Market. Additionally, the Market Data Lead will manage the overall Data Brazil Program, including the macro backlog, data assets, and detailed data mapping.
Key Responsibilities
Define and enforce data governance policies, standards, and principles across all business domains.
Sponsor and drive adoption of governance practices within the market, ensuring alignment with global frameworks.
Lead the Data Brazil Program, managing the macro backlog and prioritization of initiatives.
Oversee the mapping and documentation of data assets and detailed data structures.
Act as the primary point of contact for data governance, providing clear visibility and accountability for data-related decisions.
Ensure data definitions and standards are consistently applied across markets and domains.
Engage and influence Local and Regional Senior Leadership, Local Data Team and Champions, Regional Data Team, and Global Strategic Data Functions.
Qualifications & Experience
Degree in Business, Data Management, Information Systems, or related field.
Minimum 8+ years in data governance, data management, or related roles.
Proven track record of leading governance initiatives and managing complex data programs in multi-market environments.
Strong leadership and influencing skills.
Deep understanding of data governance frameworks and business strategy.
Ability to manage ambiguity and drive alignment across diverse stakeholders.
Language Requirements
Portuguese: Native
English: Fluent
Spanish: Desired
Capabilities & Behaviors
Leadership and decision-making authority on data governance matters.
Ability to define standards and monitor compliance effectively.
Strategic thinking with a focus on enabling business outcomes through trusted data.
KPIs & Success Metrics
Measurable improvement in the company’s data governance maturity level.
Increase in confidence scores for critical data sets.
Delivery and adoption of foundational data assets and structures within agreed timelines.
Effective management of the Brazil Data Program budget, including tracking total investments and cost optimization.
Positive feedback from local, regional, and global stakeholders on governance effectiveness and collaboration.
Time Commitment
This is a full-time role, expected to operate at a strategic level, with accountability for governance across all data domains within the market.
Flexible Working Statement:
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement:
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.
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Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Sao Paulo
Additional Locations :
Job Posting Start Date :
2026-03-30
With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 29,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.
Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.
With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.
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