Data and Records Governance Manager

BARCLAYS; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays, based in Glasgow, seeks a Data and Records Governance Manager to strengthen its data governance across regulatory and business priorities. You will identify Critical Data Elements, design data quality controls, and ensure traceable data lineage from source to reporting layers in a regulated bank environment.

The role requires practical governance experience, stakeholder engagement across Business, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and the ability to deliver change initiatives while

Qualifications

• Identification and documentation of Critical Data Elements (CDEs)
• Design and operation of data quality controls
• Delivery of end‑to‑end data lineage across source to report layers
• Experience in data governance frameworks and policies

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive data and records governance framework
• Monitor data quality metrics and compliance with standards
• Identify data and records risks and gaps and address them
• Lead or contribute to a records management programme for lifecycle handling
• Define and implement a data governance strategy aligned with business objectives
• Provide guidance and training on Data and Records Management standards

Skills

Critical Data Elements

Data quality controls

Data lineage

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Join us as a Data and Records Governance Manager. In this role, you will join the IFC Data and Records Governance team, where you will play a critical role in strengthening the firm’s data governance framework across key business and regulatory priorities. The focus of the role is on ensuring that critical data is clearly identified, well‑controlled, traceable, and fit for regulatory and business use.

You will work closely with stakeholders across Business, Technology, Risk and Compliance to support the identification of Critical Data Elements, the design and operation of data quality controls, and the delivery of end‑to‑end data lineage. The role has high visibility and requires strong engagement skills, attention to detail, and the ability to operate confidently in a regulated environment, supporting both ongoing governance activity and change initiatives.

To be successful as a Data and Records Governance Manager, you should have:

• Proven experience in Critical Data Element (CDE) identification, including defining, documenting and maintaining CDEs aligned to business, risk and regulatory requirements.
• Strong experience designing and implementing data quality controls, including monitoring, issue management and remediation.
• Practical delivery experience of data lineage, demonstrating traceability from source systems through transformation to reporting or consumption layers.

Some other highly valued skills and experience include:

• Experience working with or delivering against BCBS 239 principles in a banking or regulated environment.
• A strong background in data management and data governance, including policies, standards, ownership and stewardship models.
• Experience contributing to or leading projects and change initiatives, particularly those impacting data, controls or regulatory outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently across Business, Technology, Risk and Compliance.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as data governance effectiveness, data quality and lineage, risk and controls awareness, stakeholder management, and delivery capability, alongside role‑specific technical data governance expertise.

This role is based in Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement, and maintain effective governance frameworks for all data and records across the bank's global operations.

Accountabilities

• Development and maintenance of a comprehensive data and records governance framework aligned with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Monitoring data quality and records metrics and compliance with standards across the organization.
• Identification and addressing of data and records management risks and gaps.
• Development and implementation of a records management programme that ensures the proper identification, classification, storage, retention, retrieval and disposal of records.
• Development and implementation of a data governance strategy that aligns with the bank's overall data management strategy and business objectives.
• Provision of Group wide guidance and training on Data and Records Management standard requirements.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.