Sr Expert Data Management
Date: 3 Nov 2026
Location: Bucharest, RO, 013329
Company: OMV Group
Overview of the Company
OMV Petrom is the largest energy company in South-Eastern Europe, being active on every aspect of the energy value chain: from wells, producing oil and gas, to refining and fuels distribution, gas supply and power generation & supply. We provide the energy for day-to-day modern life: fuels for mobility, light and heat. We believe that we can only evolve with a diverse mix of employees and by ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
At OMV Petrom, we have a long tradition of responsible behavior towards employees, the environment and society. Sustainability means a focus on conducting the business responsibly, efficiently and in an innovative way. We are committed to create long-term value for the company and our stakeholders, while respecting the environment and, supporting the communities in which we operate.
Your tasks
- Contribute to multi-year, multi-dimensional transformation Data projects and programs and initiatives on group level .
- Contributes to an enterprise-wide data management & governance framework: guidelines, principles, standards, roles, and operating models, with responsibility to shape and further develop the framework based on business strategy.
- Partner closely with senior executives, Global Process Owners (GPOs), Global Process Leads (GPLs) and Petrom Process Owners ( PPOs) , divisional CFO’s and business leaders to align transformation roadmaps, communicate KPIs and risks, ensuring adoption across regions, while building strong relationships that balance global consistency with local requirements.
- Evaluates and supports implementation and running of a metadata-management tool to enhance data lineage, cataloging, quality assurance, ownership and trust in data assets as a foundation for Data & AI use case implementation and operations (eg. Colibra, DataSpot).
- Establishes and enforces data standards to ensure consistency across systems and processes.
- Independently plan and adapts activities to meet given deadlines with expected quality. Acts as mentor and coach for junior experts and peers, supports prioritization, professional development, and continuous improvement of team capabilities.
- Reports to the Department Manager as required. Communicates significant process or governance changes promptly, informs relevant stakeholders, maintains documentation, and prepares complex queries and non-standard reports used for steering, governance and decision support accurately and on time.
- Supports and participates in all team and cross-functional forums. Represents the Data Management expertise in internal expert communities, workshops and governance bodies, shares knowledge across organizational units, aligns individual and expert objectives with departmental and Group goals, and performs other expert-level tasks as assigned by Line Management.
Your skills
- Education: Master’s degree in Finance, Business
- Relevant professional experience: >9 years
- Solid functional knowledge of Data related processes (ideally in oil & gas industry), with proven experience in framework definition, governance models and cross-functional coordination.
- Solid project and/or program management skills in an international environment, including advisory roles in complex transformation initiatives.
- Change management experience with strong ability to influence, challenge and align senior stakeholders across organizational units.
- Ideally hands-on expericence with metadata/ data cataloging tools and Power-BI. Familiarity with other modern Analytics & AI platforms.
- Ideally knowledge of industry standards such as Project Management Certfications PMI/PMP ,or DAMA-DMBOK, CDMP certification or comparable frameworks.
- Ideally knowledge of SAP (ideally MDG, S/4 HANA , SAP FI/CO) and/or other ERP systems.
- Very good English language skills, Romanian and/or German language is an advantage.
Location
Bucharest (PC)
What OMV Petrom can offer you
- Long weekend plans are always welcome - on Friday, our office hours end at 14.00.
- You can rely on a health insurance that covers medical treatment in a variety of private medical clinics.
- You can work from home, if the work activity allows.
- The number of your days off increase according to your work experience so that you'll enjoy more free time.
- We aim to make your vacation days happier, by paying each vacation day double.
- Are you a top performer? Your work can be rewarded each three months based on performance results.
- Additional days off and various financial support for different events like marriage, child birth, etc.
- Access to LinkedIn Learning and a variety of development programs.
- Do you prefer cars or bikes? We have free private parking.