Data Governance Executive

Softcat; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Softcat is seeking a Data Governance Executive to help ensure data is accurate, trusted and well-governed across the business. You will liaise with the Data Governance Manager, Data Owners and technical teams to support data quality initiatives and maintain governance artefacts.

You will contribute to metadata management, data dictionaries and business glossaries while promoting governance best practices across the organisation. This is a hybrid role across offices in multiple UK locations.

Qualifications

• Understanding of data governance principles, including data quality, metadata, lineage and ownership.
• Experience with data in an operational, analytical or data-focused role.
• Attention to detail and a passion for improving data accuracy and quality.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to explain data concepts clearly.
• Familiarity with data governance tools and frameworks will help.
• Interest in promoting data literacy and embedding best practice across an organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and ongoing operation of Softcat's Data Governance framework.
• Maintain governance documentation, including data definitions, standards and quality rules.
• Support rollout and adoption of data governance tools and platforms.
• Monitor data quality and assist with issue investigation and remediation activities.
• Manage metadata, business glossaries and data dictionaries.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to promote governance best practice.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance data quality and governance processes.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Stakeholder mgmt

Data literacy

Cross-team collaboration

Microsoft Purview

DAMA-DMBOK

Tools

Microsoft Purview

DAMA-DMBOK

Job description

Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Location: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester , Marlow, Newcastle (Hybrid role) Would you like to help shape how data is trusted, managed and used across the business?

Join our Data Governance Team

Success. The Softcat Way.

Softcat is a £1 billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to thousands of organisations across the UK and Ireland. We believe that happy employees create happy customers, which is why we've built a culture that empowers people to be themselves, develop their careers and make a real impact. In this role, you'll work closely with the Data Governance Manager, Data Owners and technical teams to help ensure our data is accurate, trusted and well-governed. From supporting data quality initiatives to maintaining business glossaries and governance processes, you'll play an important part in embedding a data-driven culture at Softcat.

As a Data Governance Executive, you'll be responsible for:

• Supporting the implementation and ongoing operation of Softcat's Data Governance framework.
• Maintaining governance documentation, including data definitions, standards and quality rules.
• Supporting the rollout and adoption of data governance tools and platforms.
• Monitoring data quality and assisting with issue investigation, root cause analysis and remediation activities.
• Managing and maintaining metadata, business glossaries and data dictionaries.
• Collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to promote governance best practice.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives that enhance data quality and governance processes.

We'd love you to have

• A strong understanding of data governance principles, including data quality, metadata, lineage and ownership.
• Experience working with data in an operational, analytical or data-focused role.
• Excellent attention to detail and a passion for improving data accuracy and quality.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain data concepts clearly.
• Confidence collaborating across business and technical teams to drive positive outcomes.Experience with data governance, data quality or metadata management tools, such as Microsoft Purview (desirable).
• Familiarity with data models, data flow diagrams and governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK (desirable).
• An interest in promoting data literacy and embedding best practice across an organisation.
• A proactive mindset with a desire to continuously improve processes and ways of working.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.