Data Engineering Lead - Governance Focus, Brazil

Position: [Job - 25136] Data Engineering Lead - Governance Focus, Brazil

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Location:

Brazil - Hybrid

Client Industry: Consumer Goods / Food & Beverage

What You'll Do

Lead data engineering teams in a complex multinational environment where success depends on your ability to navigate organizational complexity, champion data governance, and connect the dots across global stakeholders. This is a leadership-first role (60-65% soft skills, 35-40% technical) where your energy, curiosity, and diplomatic assertiveness matter as much as your Databricks expertise.

Real Impact

Your work will transform how the client operates with data globally - establishing governance maturity, breaking down organizational silos, and enabling teams to deliver end-to-end solutions faster. You'll shape not just the technical platform, but the culture around data excellence.

Your Day-to-Day Leading & Unblocking

• Lead multiple data engineering teams across Brazil and global locations, mentoring team members on both technical excellence and business context.
• Act as the "glue" that connects all moving pieces - ensuring nothing falls through the cracks in cross-functional projects.
• Remove obstacles for your teams, facilitating productivity and keeping projects moving forward.
• Evaluate not just what your teams deliver, but how they deliver it - coaching toward scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Navigate multinational bureaucracy effectively, knowing when to push back diplomatically and when to align.

Stakeholder Engagement & Business Connection

• Engage proactively with business stakeholders (both in Brazil and globally) to understand priorities, constraints, and context.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams and business leaders, translating between technical and business language.
• Ask insightful questions that demonstrate genuine curiosity about Client's business (not just accepting requirements at face value).
• Balance global directives with local execution, providing constructive feedback when needed.
• Drive adoption of self-service analytics tools across the organization.

Data Governance Architecture (Critical Focus Area)

• Structure and evolve a centralized data catalog, data dictionary, and end-to-end data lineage.
• Define and enforce corporate data standards: business rules, naming conventions, and data models.
• Implement and monitor data quality frameworks: KPIs, automated alerts, SLA tracking with data providers.
• Ensure governed data architecture following medallion patterns (landing/bronze/silver/gold layers).
• Apply Master Data Management (MDM) best practices to eliminate data silos.
• Establish clear data ownership across teams and align everyone around a single source of truth.

Technical Leadership (Supporting Role)

• Leverage Databricks to design, validate, and optimize data solutions for performance and scalability.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback aligned with engineering best practices.
• Define coding standards, documentation requirements, and architectural guidelines across all data teams.
• Stay current with data engineering trends and recommend appropriate technologies for our context.

What You Need to Succeed Core Leadership & Soft Skills Foundation

• Dynamic, proactive, energetic personality (this is non-negotiable).
• Inquisitive and genuinely curious about business context - you naturally ask "why" and seek to understand organizational dynamics.
• Advanced/Fluent English - daily communication with US and global teams (MANDATORY).
• Multinational company experience - you've successfully navigated complex, matrixed global organizations (7+ years in corporate environments).
• Diplomatic assertiveness - you can express opinions constructively, push back when needed, and build consensus.
• Exceptional communication skills - equally effective with technical engineers and C-level business stakeholders.
• Emotional intelligence - you read the room, build relationships at all levels, and adapt your approach to different audiences.

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