Data Governance Manager

Data Governance Manager - Outside IR35

We have a great contract opportunity for a Data Governance Manager to join a British Publishing, Business Intelligence and Events group on an 6 month contract.

Job Description

Our client are seeking a Data Governance (DG) professional with knowledge and experience in driving DG policies, principles and frameworks.

The DG Manager will be supporting & influencing the creation of a newly formed Data Capability and would be working in conjunction with the Executive Data Sponsor & supporting Technology Data Management Project to embed a data driven culture across Technology.

As this capability matures it is expected that further DG roles would be introduced, the DG Manager would be expected to manager any direct report

• Responsible for defining the DG policies, principles, and frameworks for their domain and enabling business-embedded roles to translate these into business process specific DG standards
• Typically reports to the Head of DG; however, in the absence of the Head, collaborates with the Executive Data Sponsor for direction and priorities for their subdomain

Key interactions

• Executive Data Sponsor
• DG managers across Data Domains
• Other Data teams for collaborations, e.g., the Data Privacy Team and the Data Architecture Team etc
• Sub Domain Owners
• Business Process Data Owners
• Operational Data Stewards

Key Areas of Responsibility/Accountability

• Collaboration with Subdomain Data Owners and Business Process Data Owners to set and implement bespoke DG standards in their domain
• Reinforcing and evangelising the link between business strategy/process and DG standards
• Communicating, promoting and embedding the DG Strategy
• Responsible for driving training and promoting awareness of DG for their specific domain
• Providing SME support, agreeing processes, and facilitating ongoing communications across business processes within a domain
• Creation of DG artefacts/templates to be implemented by Business Process Data Owners and used in business processes
• Lead the creation and implementation of a DG training programme for business-embedded roles

Key Outputs and Outcomes

• Development of Data Governance Culture across the Technology Domain
• Responsible for driving training and promoting awareness of DG for their specific domain
• Providing ongoing DG SME support, agreeing processes, and facilitating ongoing communications across business processes within a domain
• Continual Refinement & iteration of Data Governance Principles, standards, metrics along with policy and processes

Demonstration of Success

• Clear ownership of DG and the relevant decision making
• Driving clear DG communications across the organisation
• Alignment of DG framework with overall other data and business goals, resulting in positive impact on business outcome
• Improvement of results in regular DG health checks

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be:

• An individual with expert knowledge of DG's relevance and application with other data capabilities e.g., Data Architecture
• A dedicated SME with in-depth knowledge and experience in DG strategy, frameworks, best practices, and their implementation
• Dedicated experience working as a Data Governance Manager or Similar remit within Data Governance functions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to drive change within their data domain

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.