Job Description
Job Title:  LEAD DATA GOVERNANCE
Posting Start Date:  4/20/26

Job Posting Title: LEAD DATA GOVERNANCE  
Band/Level: 5-1-C 
Education Experience: Bachelors Degree (High School +4 years)  
Employment Experience: 7-10 years  


At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. 
Job Description: 

Job Overview

Manages enterprise-wide data governance activities. Responsible for data quality and manages protection of sensitive data and information assets. Establishes and ensures adherence to enterprise data governance framework for data policies, standards and practices to achieve required level of consistency, quality and protection. Serves as a point of escalation for governance, data quality and protection issues. Ensures quality and value of core data assets. Responds to regulatory protection requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Master Data Governance & Coordination

  • Establish and operationalize an ICT Master Data Governance framework.
  • Coordinate nominated Master Data Owners across functions (Operations, Engineering, Finance, Project Management, Commercial, Product Management, etc.).
  • Define clear roles, responsibilities, and escalation paths for data ownership.
  • Facilitate recurring cross-functional data governance forums and reviews.

2. Data Quality KPI Definition & Monitoring

  • Define measurable KPIs for data accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and integrity.
  • Implement dashboards (in collaboration with DD&T teams) to monitor data health across systems (SAP S/4HANA, Hydra MES, Planisware, Salesforce, SAP IBP).
  • Establish target thresholds and continuous improvement plans.
  • Ensure transparency of data quality performance to functional leadership.

3. Sustainable Issue Resolution

  • Identify systemic root causes of master data defects.
  • Drive sustainable corrective actions with Master Data Owners and process stakeholders.
  • Ensure data issues are resolved at process level, not through recurring manual corrections.
  • Partner with DD&T Process Automation and Process Intelligence teams to eliminate recurring data defects.

4. Enable AI & Process Intelligence

  • Ensure master data structures and governance support:
    • Advanced analytics and AI use cases
    • Process mining and task mining initiatives
    • Reliable automation and digital workflows
  • Collaborate with the DD&T AI Lab to ensure master data is AI-ready and supports model performance.
  • Support data standardization to enable reuse of models and interoperability across functions.

5. Transformation & Continuous Improvement

  • Promote data as a strategic asset within the Business Unit.
  • Drive adoption of standardized templates, definitions, and taxonomies.
  • Support SAP S/4HANA evolution and system integrations from a data governance perspective.
  • Contribute to digital transformation programs by embedding data quality controls early in process design.

Desired Candidate

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in Master Data Management, Data Governance, ERP environments, or cross-functional process management.
  • Experience working in global, cross-functional manufacturing or industrial environments.
  • Strong understanding of ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA preferred) and enterprise data flows.
  • Experience defining and tracking data quality KPIs.
  • Knowledge of data analytics environments (e.g., Databricks) is a plus.
  • Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.

Competencies

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.

Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

 

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

•    Competitive Salary Package
•    Performance-Based Bonus Plans
•    Health and Wellness Incentives
•    Employee Stock Purchase Program
•    Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
•    Employee Resource Group

 

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Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.

 

Job Locations:

Doraisanipalya, J.P Nagar, 4th Phase, Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore, Karnātaka 560076
India
Posting City:  Bangalore
Job Country:  India
Travel Required:  Less than 10%
Requisition ID:  148376
Workplace Type:  Hybrid
External Careers Page:  Information Technology