Data governance manager

Embed industry leading data governance standards, data quality reporting and understanding of the value of good quality data throughout all areas of the business. Sole contributor working within strategic data management team with broad senior relationships across all parts of the business. Governing data that has a material impact on how the business performs commercially.

Client Details

Retail

Description

• Day to day leadership of the operational aspects of the data strategy.
• Support the definition of and then execute enterprise wide product and customer data governance to ensure operational adherence to data standards.
• Support the documentation of data definitions to ensure that data can be governed, and those definitions adhered to by business data users.
• Ensure that the evolution of Product and Customer data structures/architectures are directly aligned to the commercial goals of the business.
• Ensure that the evolution of Product and Customer data structures are aligned to the technical/architectural technology road maps as owned by the software engineering teams.
• Increase the knowledge and understanding, across all levels of the organisation, of why having product and customer data at the heart of the business helps drive commercial performance.
• Maintain a RACI of data ownership and make it visible to all colleagues/stakeholders
• Define, produce, and utilise formalised data quality reporting and use it to collaborate with data stakeholders to uplift data quality.
• Collaborate with data owners as a data SME and advise on the best way to improve the quality of their data

Profile

• DAMA accreditation or similar, or demonstrable working knowledge of data management and data governance principles and best practice
• Operational familiarity of setting up, implementing and gaining adoption to data governance frameworks
• Familiarity of the legislative data landscape
• Operational Experience of leading Master Data Management in a mid to large business (£200m+)
• Good understanding of of the principles of B2B distribution including customers, systems and processes.
• Proven ability to structure and maintain data policy and data definition documentation that can be easily consumed by data stakeholders
• Excellent stakeholder influencing skills. Ability to contextualise technical concepts as drivers of commercial performance
• Operational knowledge of data management systems and information architecture
• Working familiarity of operating data improvement programmes via formalised project/programme management structures
• Engaging and Authoritative Style
• Highly Resilient and highly committed to delivery of mid to long term objectives
• Superb communicator with the ability to gauge an audience and deliver a compelling message at all levels of the business.
• Highly technically literate yet commercially focused.
• High emotional intelligence and self awareness.
• Autonomy and ability to structure own workload and manage own time to achieve mid-term objectives

Job Offer

Permanent job

Hybrid working

Compeitive salary

Good benefits