Data Governance & Data Security Specialist

Quick Facts

Role: Data Governance & Data Security Specialist

Core focus: Data governance processes and business-driven Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) security rules, including alert evaluation and support for email security configuration.

Description

Identify, consolidate, and model business-relevant data across processes, and support departments in introducing and operating data governance. Derive and continuously improve DLP security rules based on data attributes and content, evaluate DLP alerts (including root-cause and false-positive analysis), and ensure governance-compliant reporting and escalation. Coordinate with internal governance stakeholders (e.g., works council and data protection) and support technical configuration/testing of email security controls with log and audit evidence.

Responsibilities

• Identify, consolidate, and model business-relevant data along processes; support business areas in implementing and running data governance.
• Derive DLP security rules from business data and continuously evolve them; define attribute- and content-based protection criteria.
• Coordinate alignment with bodies such as the works council and data protection; adapt guidelines and support rollout via trainings and communication.
• Assess DLP security notifications, conduct root-cause and false-positive analyses, and manage governance-aligned reporting and escalation.
• Support technical configuration of email systems: manage tests, steer troubleshooting, and provide log and audit evidence.

Requirements

• Degree in business informatics, computer science, business administration, or comparable qualification.
• Solid professional experience in Data Governance and Data Management plus IT Security or Business Analysis; ideally in regulated financial services or insurance.
• Practical knowledge of data structuring and establishing data-governance processes.
• Proven experience with DLP concepts and technical configuration of protective systems.
• Understanding of regulatory and legal frameworks for data handling, including GDPR and works council/IT co-determination requirements.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills to translate business requirements into technical rule sets, including RACI and operating models.
• Excellent communication skills, confident moderation of cross-functional workshops, and diplomatic stakeholder management.
• Very good German and English communication skills (written and spoken).

Benefits

• Modern work environment and a continuing education platform.
• 30 days of vacation and flexible working hours.
• Possibility to work from home or mobile for two days per week.
• Discounts on insurance contracts and products from financial subsidiaries.