Job Description:
Job summary：
The Regional Data Lead APAC plays a critical role in ensuring core data assets are managed and governed effectively. Working alongside other data leaders, it focuses on enabling the organization to extract value from data while maintaining compliance and quality standards. This role bridges strategy, operations, and governance, and works with technical and product leadership to ensure the data roadmap for Asia Pacific is an enabler of the analytics product development strategy.
What are we looking for?
- 5-10 years of experience in data management, governance, engineering, integration, or related roles, with exposure to relevant data domains (e.g., Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing).
- Understanding of applying data governance principles, DQM, compliance standards and security protocols to global data environments.
- Hands-on experience with data management tools, data analysis, or data visualization software (Python, SQL, Power BI).
- Experience with DevOps principles such as CI/CD, unit testing. Project Ownership skills with the ability to operate in Agile Product framework.
- Conversant with Data Regulations and Laws e.g. GDPR, CCPA, PIPL
- Experience with big data technologies, ETL processes and Data modeling (ideally Microsoft Azure).
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering or related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subject or similar
- Preferred: Masters degree in above fields
- Preferred: Accreditations/certifications (e.g. DAMA) in data management and/or data governance practices is desirable
- Preferred: Professional certifications in SQL, Python, CAP, Microsoft certification
What will be your key responsibilities?
Strategic Data Management
- Execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for APAC data domains in alignment with organizational goals and global data leadership.
- Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to prioritize data initiatives based on business value and strategic alignment.
- Anticipate the data needs of product squads to unlock faster speed to value and insight.
- Promote data as a strategic asset within the domain and across the organization.
Adherence to Data Governance & Compliance Standards
- Ensure adherence to data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
- Ensure data quality management is applied across domains, including defining metrics, monitoring processes, and remediating issues.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies, such as GDPR, CCPA, or industry-specific standards.
Data Asset Delivery & Operations
- Drive the development and maintenance of core data assets within the domain (e.g., master data, transactional data, reference data).
- Partner with data engineering teams to implement scalable data solutions.
- Oversee data lifecycle management, including acquisition, storage, transformation, and archiving processes.
- Monitor the operational performance of data systems and resolve escalated issues.
- Optimize processes to improve data availability, reliability, and usability.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for data-related matters within the domain.
- Work closely with functional leaders, business analysts, and other domain managers to understand requirements and translate them into actionable plans.
- Align with global data domain leads on any areas of overlap.
- Ensure transparency in data priorities, progress, and decision-making.
Analytics Enablement
- Support analytics and reporting needs by ensuring the availability of high-quality, well-documented, and governed datasets.
- Partner with analytics and data science teams to deliver insights and drive innovation within the domain.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Skills Required
- 5-10 years experience in data management, governance, engineering, integration, or related roles
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering or related STEM field
- Hands-on experience with Python, SQL and Power BI
- Understanding and application of data governance principles, DQM, compliance standards and security protocols
- Experience with DevOps principles (CI/CD) and unit testing
- Experience with big data technologies, ETL processes and data modeling
- Exposure to relevant data domains (Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing)
- Project ownership skills and experience operating within an Agile product framework
- Conversant with data regulations and laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPL)
- Experience with Microsoft Azure (preferred)
- Master's degree in relevant field
- Accreditations/certifications in data management or governance (e.g., DAMA)
- Professional certifications in SQL, Python, CAP, Microsoft
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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