Chanel Data Products & Stewardship Manager

About Chanel

Chanel is one of the world’s most revered luxury houses, founded by Gabrielle Chanel and distinguished by an enduring vision of elegance, freedom, and modernity. As an employer, the House brings together métiers ranging from haute couture, fashion and leather goods to fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry, offering employees the opportunity to contribute to a legacy defined by exceptional craftsmanship and creative audacity. Chanel values excellence, discretion, collaboration, and long-term development, fostering an environment where talent is nurtured and heritage is continually reinterpreted for contemporary clients. Its teams are united by a commitment to quality, innovation, and the timeless spirit of the brand.

Role & Responsibilities

• Facilitate data stewardship practices across the Southeast Asia and Australasia region, driving alignment on data definitions, business logic and data quality standards
• Partner with divisions and corporate functions to define the scope of data under the governance framework, with focus on Critical Data Elements
• Ensure clear standards and policies are defined for Critical Data Elements while coordinating with business domains to validate definitions and resolve data quality issues
• Drive adoption of data stewardship practices across business teams by embedding clear frameworks, tools and ways of working into day-to-day operations
• Work with business stakeholders to identify and facilitate the production of Data Quality Rules and Data Quality Reporting
• Identify processes that generate data quality issues and provide analysis and recommendations
• Lead the identification, recording and escalation of data quality issues, partnering with responsible business teams to drive remediation
• Actively work with divisions and functions to identify high-value opportunities and use cases where data products, analytics or AI-enabled products can support growth and decision-making
• Serve as the primary point of contact for divisions and corporate functions to gather, clarify and prioritize data requirements and needs
• Oversee the lifecycle of all divisional and functional data products from ideation through delivery, adoption and continuous improvement
• Own the product backlog, defining what data products to build, in what order, based on business value, feasibility and resource capacity
• Coordinate and manage the workflow for data and BI engineering teams, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of data solutions
• Ensure business requirements are clear, granular and ready for engineering and analytics teams to deliver with minimal rework
• Drive adoption of data products, strategic KPIs and self-service analytics capabilities by guiding business users and promoting consistent use of a single source of truth
• Identify opportunities to streamline data operations, improve data governance and enhance reporting and analytics capabilities

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen with proactive ability to identify data opportunities and use cases that create business value
• Expertise in clarifying ambiguous business needs and translating business objectives into structured requirements for BI designers, data engineers and analytics teams
• Demonstrated experience managing dashboards, datasets or analytical products through the full lifecycle, including prioritization, delivery coordination, user feedback and continuous improvement
• Strong understanding of data definitions, metric logic, business rules, data ownership and data quality management
• Ability to assess whether division and corporate data assets are complete, reliable and fit for intended business use
• Skilled in coordinating work across business, BI, data engineering and analytics teams while managing competing requests
• Ability to bridge business and technical perspectives and communicate complex data topics in accessible language
• Disciplined in maintaining documentation of data sources, definitions, ownership and key business logic
• Comfortable enabling users to understand, interpret and adopt data products

Skills

Experience

Experience in data product management, data stewardship, business analysis or related roles within a large, complex organisation with multi-divisional structures. Proven track record of managing data initiatives from conception through adoption, with demonstrated impact on business decision-making and operational performance.

Education

Not specified in source material.

Workplace

Culture

Chanel fosters a culture of timeless creativity, exacting craftsmanship, and quiet excellence, where employees are encouraged to uphold the house’s heritage while contributing to its continued innovation. The workplace environment is refined, collaborative, and deeply committed to quality, offering professionals the opportunity to grow within a globally respected maison that values discretion, artistry, and long-term vision.

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