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
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