Data Governance Analyst

Sainsbury's Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Pensions scheme

Life cover

Performance bonus

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Sainsbury's is hiring a Data Governance Analyst for a 15-month FTC at the London site. You will lead data governance across Nectar data, ensure GDPR compliance, and manage documentation lifecycle with stakeholders.

You'll chair Data Clinic, review data projects, and maintain policies while training teams and reporting KPIs. A degree and experience in large organisations are required, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Degree level education with IT/business change experience.
• Strong understanding of the Data Protection Act and GDPR.
• Experience in large organisations.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Chair Data Clinic and manage Nectar data governance tasks.
• Represent Data Governance in key meetings and maintain adherence to data policies.
• Update and maintain documentation for Data Clinic.
• Review data usage and approve data access, transfer, and retention decisions.
• Identify gaps and define action plans with Nectar projects.
• Train colleagues and deliver Data Governance sessions.
• Report Data KPIs weekly/monthly.
• Explain technical items to non-technical business stakeholders.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Hours: Full time
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 23 October 2026
Requisition ID: 400089982

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety involved. Then you’ll realise this is a modern software engineering environment, because it has to be. We’ve made significant investment in the standards and principles that shape how we work. We iterate, learn, experiment and champion ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to exciting opportunities across everything from AI to reusable tech.

Please note – This role is being advertised as a 15 month FTC

In a nutshell

As a Data Governance Analyst you will be the Subject Matter Expert in how personal data is collected, held, processed and deleted through the data lifecycle. You will need to ensure that all documentation relating to data processes are kept up to date and accurate at all times. You will have a keen eye for detail and must be able to challenge stakeholders when information is unclear or incomplete. You must be confident to arrange and facilitate meetings as well as writing up detailed summaries and actions for the attendees. As a Data Governance Analyst you should also keep up to date with the GDPR and other relevant legislation relating to personal data and identify the implications and subsequent actions.

What you need to do

Responsible to Chair Data Clinic, focusing on Nectar data. Review projects requests and establish what Data Governance processes need to be carried out

Represent Data Governance in key meetings, including Data Clinic for projects involving Nectar data, GDPR Transition Programme as well as maintaining adherence to the current data policies.

Update and maintain accurately all documentation for Data Clinic

Review and approve the use of data across various business areas at Sainsbury’s Group, including key areas like access, security, transfer and retention

Identify current shortfalls and define action plans to address issues with Nectar related projects, with support from the Business Data and Compliance Manager

Maintain a full understanding of where data is used and held across the business and how changes to this will impact upstream and downhill systems as well as any third parties who process the data

Work closely with the Data Protection Officer’s

Assist Business users to investigate data issues, taking responsibility for driving additional investigation through to resolution. Support the Data Protection Officers in responding to data incidents and ensure data incidents are accurately documented

Support the Business Data and Compliance Manager in shaping the Data Governance Clinic strategy

Arrange and deliver Training sessions across Sainsbury’s Group for colleagues based across the Sainsburys Group

Support stakeholders and colleagues across the business with any ad-hoc queries relating to data

Update and report on Data KPIs on weekly / monthly basis.

To be able to explain technical items in non-technical language to the business and vice versa. These include any risks that have been highlighted by the Information Security team

Keep abreast of changes to legislation and when changes do occur:

Review, identify implications and take subsequent actions

Inform the relevant Data Owners and stakeholders

Work with the Central Data Governance Team to incorporate any changes into current and future data policies

What you need to know

Typically educated to degree level

Experience of working with IT and business enabled change in a complex multi stakeholder environment

High level understanding of the current Data Protection Act and the GDPR

Have experience in working in large organisations

What you need to show

Have an inquisitive nature, being able to questions in a range of different ways

The candidate will need to have a keen eye for detail and pay particular attention to inconsistencies or inaccuracies

Ability to influence stakeholders across the business at all levels

Willingness to learn

Manage stakeholder expectation

Ability to have difficult conversations

Strong verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels

Self-motivated and organised and can manage time effectively

Able to work under pressure and to deadlines, whilst maintaining very high levels of accuracy in particularly for data specifications and reporting

Able to manage time and priorities appropriately

Able to proactively identify areas of opportunity and talk these through with the Nectar Data Owner and other panel members

Excellent level of relationship management skills with experience of engaging and involving non-technical teams in data stewardship and governance

Positive attitude towards learning and development, demonstrated by a record of continuing professional development

What decisions I can make

Agree processes and procedures relating to customer data across the business

Approve or decline the use of customer data for low medium risk requests to the business

Day to day management of Customer and Colleague Data Governance duties

Recommending changes to existing process, procedures and policies where efficiencies can be made

Approve or decline supplier in-store market research requests that have be requested

Approve or decline requests where Customer data is being processed in store

Resources available to me

Support from the Customer Data and Clinic Analyst

Central Data Governance Team

Information Security Team

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).