Data Governance Lead (iGaming)

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia; hybrid work

Company

Flutter CEE is a Central and Eastern European technology and product hub within hirify.global, operating brands including MaxBet, Adjarabet.com, and Adjarabet.am in the sports betting and iGaming sector.

What you will do

• Define and implement the CEE data governance operating model, including policies, standards, roles, decision rights, escalation routes, and governance forums.
• Establish data ownership, stewardship, documentation, traceability, and controls for sensitive or regulated data.
• Develop business glossaries and KPI standards; resolve conflicting definitions and promote consistent use across reporting, analytics, and operational processes.
• Implement governance tooling for cataloguing, lineage, and data observability, and define data quality standards, measures, thresholds, and issue-resolution processes.
• Build and lead a Data Steward team and establish a Business Steward network across CEE brands and business functions.
• Align CEE governance with Flutter Group standards while supporting GDPR, local gaming regulation, privacy, security, and other market-specific requirements.

Requirements

• Strong professional background in data through analytics, business intelligence, data management, data engineering, or a related discipline.
• Practical understanding of how data is produced, captured, transformed, modelled, and consumed.
• Experience with or meaningful exposure to data ownership and stewardship, data quality, metadata management, business glossaries, KPI and metric definitions, and data lineage.
• Strong stakeholder-management, influencing, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across technical, commercial, and control functions.
• Structured and analytical approach to solving complex or ambiguous problems and translating governance principles into practical processes.
• Business fluency and credibility when working with engineers and commercial stakeholders.
• Fluent English and the ability to work effectively across CEE markets.

Nice to have

• Previous line-management experience or readiness to move into people leadership.
• Experience establishing a new capability, operating model, or cross-functional programme.
• Familiarity with Alation, Collibra, Monte Carlo, or similar governance, catalogue, lineage, or observability tools.
• Knowledge of GDPR and local gaming regulation relevant to CEE markets.
• Experience in a multi-brand, multi-market, or federated organisation.
• Awareness of recognised data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK.

Culture & Benefits

• Founding role with responsibility for defining data governance across Flutter CEE.
• Visibility through the CEE Data Strategy and steering committee reporting.
• Exposure to Flutter Group through UKI Data Enablement, with support from a Group framework, external delivery partner, and programme funding.
• Hybrid work, individual health insurance, generous annual leave, and paid sick leave.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave, family reward, and performance and referral bonuses.