Master Data Management Product Owner (m/f/d)
Join Liebherr, a global leader in engineering and manufacturing, as we advance our digital transformation journey. We are looking for a motivated Master Data Management (MDM) Product Owner (m/f/d) to play a key role in our global data and transformation landscape.
In this role, you will drive the functional ownership and business value realization of Master Data Management solutions across Liebherr’s divisions and companies. You will ensure that master data processes and solutions support business objectives, data governance standards, and operational excellence.
As MDM Product Owner, you will act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and implementation teams, translating business needs into clear priorities and safeguarding process and product integrity. You will shape the MDM roadmap, support innovation and continuous improvement, and ensure that solutions are ready for sustainable operations after project handover.
You will be part of an international, cross-functional environment that values collaboration, methodology, and long-term thinking, making a direct impact on how data supports Liebherr’s global business processes and decision-making.
The working location for this position will be in Madrid city where we are currently setting up a new office. We operate a hybrid model, requiring at least 40% of the working time on-site.
Creating passion: your responsibilities
- Own and drive the MDM product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and Liebherr’s data strategy.
- Safeguard process and product integrity for key master data domains (e.g., Business Partners, Materials), promoting consistent governance and data quality standards, and ensuring alignment with Liebherr’s SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) solution landscape.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, data owners, and governance bodies to define, validate, and prioritize requirements based on business value.
- Translate business needs into clear requirements and guide implementation partners, reviewing and approving functional designs and documentation from a business perspective.
- Manage and prioritize the MDM backlog, ensuring focus on strategic value, feasibility, and alignment with program objectives.
Coordinate with stream leads and project leadership to ensure end-to-end data and process integration across domains. - Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities, escalating issues that may impact scope, timeline, or value realization.
- Support testing, business validation, and deployment readiness, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose.
- Ensure effective handover to operations and enable continuous evolution of MDM solutions beyond the project phase.
- Promote data governance awareness and consistent master data practices across the organization.
- Travel (up to 30%) to Liebherr sites worldwide to support alignment and rollout activities.
Contributing your strengths: your qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in Master Data Management, Data Governance, or large-scale ERP/data transformation programs.
- Proven experience in global or multi-country Master Data Governance transformations, ideally in industrial or manufacturing environments.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills are essential, with the ability to align senior stakeholders and drive decisions in complex environments.
- Strong functional understanding of master data domains such as Business Partners, Materials, Finance, or Supply Chain data, and of how master data impacts end-to-end business processes, reporting, and digital initiatives.
- Experience working with enterprise Master Data Management platforms such as SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG), ChainSys, or equivalent solutions in large-scale data transformation programs.
- Experience acting as a senior counterpart to business and IT leadership in data-related initiatives. Strong facilitation and negotiation skills across business and IT communities.
- Demonstrated ability to define data governance frameworks, stewardship models, and data ownership structures.
- Proven track record in translating business priorities into data-related roadmaps and measurable value.
- Experience working in structured program environments with multiple vendors and system integrators.
- Familiarity with backlog and requirement management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively in multinational and cross-functional teams.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken); German or other languages are an advantage.
- SAP MDG certification or equivalent credentials are a strong plus.
Our commitment to you: your benefits
At Liebherr, we believe people are at the heart of our success. As part of our international team, you’ll enjoy a secure role in a family-owned company that values innovation, collaboration, and long-term career growth:
- Competitive compensation and benefits package that recognizes your expertise
- Flexible and hybrid working model
- Creative freedom and responsibility to shape processes and solutions in our global transformation
- Continuous learning and development with tailored training and certification opportunities
- Meal vouchers
- Life and accident insurance
- Option to include a premium private health insurance package as part of the flexible remuneration
- A safe, stable and international workplace within a trusted family business that invests in people
Please only use the online application option.
Please note that we do not accept applications via recruitment agencies for this position.
Have we awoken your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application. If you have any questions, please contact Karoliina Rissanen.
One Passion. Many Opportunities.
The company
Liebherr is a family-run technology company that is not only one of the largest construction machinery manufacturers in the world, but also offers high-quality, user-oriented products and services in many other areas. The Group employs nearly 50,000 people in more than 140 companies on all continents.
Location
Liebherr IT Shared Service Centre Ibérica, S.L.
Parque Norte. Alamo building Serrano Galvache, 56
28033 Madrid
Spain (ES)
Contact
Karoliina Rissanen
karoliina.rissanen@liebherr.com
