Data Program Manager

The role

The Data Program Manager holds end-to-end accountability for the delivery, governance, and continuous improvement of complex data and AI transformation programmes. The role is delivery-focused and operates at a senior level, with responsibility for programme outcomes, governance, and performance. The role also requires strong commercial awareness and the ability to support opportunity shaping and initiative definition in collaboration with Client Partners when needed.

Role responsibilities

• Own and oversee cross-workstream alignment, dependencies, and critical path across the full programme lifecycle.
• Define, own, and continuously evolve programme-level artefacts, governance, and reporting to support decision-making and assurance.
• Provide clear, insight-led executive reporting to senior client and Valtech leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Own programme assurance, including regular health assessments and proactive intervention.
• Shape and mobilise new initiatives and opportunities within the engagement.
• Identify and drive improvements to delivery models, team structures, and ways of working.
• Act as an escalation point for complex delivery, commercial, or stakeholder challenges.
• Ensure delivery outcomes align with strategic client goals and long-term account objectives.

Must have qualifications

To be considered for this role, you must meet the following essential qualifications:

• Proven experience leading complex Data & AI programmes with multiple concurrent workstreams, teams, and senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience owning large-scale programmes or portfolios, including scope, budget, risk, and value realisation.
• Proven experience in the management of project budgets
• Demonstrates commercial acumen, including ownership of programme financials, forecasting, and optimisation of margin and efficiency.
• Supports opportunity shaping in collaboration with Client Partners, shaping ambiguous briefs into structured programmes and delivery approaches.
• Strong experience in delivery assurance: assessing programme health, identifying risks, gaps, and inefficiencies, and driving corrective action.
• Proven ability to design and evolve programme governance, operating models, and team structures.
• Experience using data and performance metrics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Comfortable influencing across disciplines, markets, and seniority levels.
• Upper-Intermediate English level.

The benefits

• Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
• Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
• Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training, and industry experts
• Our benefits are tailored to each location. Your Talent Partner will provide full details during the hiring process.

About Valtech

Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate.