Digital & Tech Mgmt Director
Listed on 2026-07-06
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Management
Project & Program Management, Operations Management
About the Role
Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) is a high-growth function at the heart of CBRE's data transformation — and scaling it effectively requires more than great governance ideas. It requires a senior leader who owns the operational engine: the headcount strategy, the budgets, the programme portfolio, the communications, and the organizational rhythm that keeps a complex, multi-workstream function running at pace.
We're looking for a Director of EDG Operations & Programme Management to be the strategic right hand to the Head of Data Governance. This is a senior leadership role — part COO, part programme director, part communications lead — responsible for ensuring that EDG operates with the discipline, visibility, and momentum needed to deliver across a portfolio that spans the Data Catalog, Master Data, Data Quality, and client-facing governance programmes.
You will hold the consolidated view of the CDO portfolio, own the financial plan, and be the person who ensures nothing important falls through the gaps.
Why This Role Matters at CBRE
EDG is scaling fast — new programmes launching, headcount growing, and a portfolio of services that now spans the Data Catalog, Master Data, Data Quality, and client-facing governance. The Head of EDG needs a trusted Director-level partner to run the operational and programme layer so that strategic capacity stays focused on what matters most. This Director sets the operating model, holds the financial discipline, and ensures that EDG's growing footprint delivers with the rigour and visibility that a VP-led function demands.
Your First Mission (Months 1–6)
Conduct a rapid assessment of EDG's operating model — headcount strategy, programme portfolio health, budget position, and communications effectiveness. Establish a clear operating cadence and a single view of EDG function health that gives the VP and senior stakeholders real-time confidence. Identify the two or three structural gaps that most constrain EDG's ability to scale, and begin fixing them within the first quarter.
What you'll do
Team Operations
Lead EDG's headcount strategy — own workforce planning, headcount approvals, and the full hiring lifecycle from business case through to onboarding, in partnership with HR and Talent Acquisition.
Define and drive the EDG Learning & Development strategy — identifying capability gaps, sourcing programmes, and building a culture of continuous development across a multi-discipline team.
Set and maintain the EDG team operating cadence — owning the bi-weekly Team Huddle, Annual Team Meeting, and senior leadership touchpoints, with clear agendas and accountable follow-through.
Own EDG's internal knowledge infrastructure — the EDG Intranet, Team Hub, and Engage Community — ensuring they serve as genuinely useful resources, not just repositories.
Programme & Project Management
Direct programme management across EDG's core service portfolio:
Account/Client DG, Super Zoom DQ, SODA DQ, CBRE Data Catalog, and myData — maintaining a consolidated view of status, risk, and delivery across all work streams.Lead business case development for new initiatives — structuring investment cases, defining success criteria, and navigating executive approval processes.
Own EDG's resource and staffing model — making allocation decisions across concurrent programmes and proactively resolving capacity constraints.
Govern time reporting and cost attribution across the function, ensuring accurate alignment of effort to programmes and cost centres.
Build and maintain EDG's operational process library — standard operating procedures, governance documentation, and training materials that enable a growing team to operate consistently.
Finance & Budget Management
Own the CDO budget end-to-end — setting the annual plan across all CDO sub-functions, managing in-year spend, producing accurate forecasts, and presenting budget performance to the CDO and D&T Finance.
Govern cost recovery and chargeback mechanisms across CDO programmes — ensuring that internal clients, business units, and shared-service arrangements are accurately tracked and reported.
Lead strategic tool and vendor evaluation processes —…
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