Data Governance (Large Transformation Programme)

Vallum Associates; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking a data governance professional to define ownership, manage the enterprise data catalog, and oversee metadata creation and usage. You will implement security protocols, enforce policies, and audit access to ensure regulatory compliance across the organization.

The role emphasizes collaboration with stakeholders to define data requirements, perform profiling, and drive quality improvements through data cleansing and validation techniques, while aligning with GDPR and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a data role with ability to present and guide expectations aligned to Data Best Practice (DBP) Guidance
• Proficient in documenting data processes, data lineage and data management activities
• Capable of creating and providing operational design and policy standards
• Good understanding of the client’s data integration patterns
• Good understanding of business data models for internal and external stakeholders
• Expertise in data profiling, data cleansing and data validation techniques
• Able to identify impacts of data (or bad data)
• Exposure to a range of visualization and reporting techniques to drive data integrity standards

Responsibilities

• Define data ownership and accountability across the organization
• Create and manage the enterprise-wide data catalog
• Oversee the creation, maintenance and use of metadata
• Implement and maintain security protocols to protect data from unauthorised access and breaches
• Establish and enforce data governance and policy standards
• Regularly audit data access and usage to ensure compliance with policies and standards
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify data quality issues
• Conduct data profiling and quality assessments to identify data discrepancies and inconsistencies
• Monitor the performance of data cleansing and remediation plans for data integrity
• Provide data training and awareness to employees, improving employee capabilities and competency to understand data and there controls – inclusive of knowledge for data protection laws and regulations such as GDPR
• Stay up-to-date with data management best practices and industry trends
• Support data integration and migration projects
• Participate in data protection and privacy initiatives
• Develop and track key data quality metrics to measure improvements over time
• Establish and manage data lifecycle governance processes, including data creation, storage, use and disposal
• Define and implement data archiving strategies to preserve data for legal, regulatory and business purposes.

Skills

Data governance

Data ownership

Data catalog

Metadata management

Data quality

Data profiling

Data cleansing

Data protection awareness

Policy standards

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

• Define data ownership and accountability across the organization
• Create and manage the enterprise-wide data catalog
• Oversee the creation, maintenance and use of metadata
• Implement and maintain security protocols to protect data from unauthorised access and breaches
• Establish and enforce data governance and policy standards
• Regularly audit data access and usage to ensure compliance with policies and standards
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and identify data quality issues
• Conduct data profiling and quality assessments to identify data discrepancies and inconsistencies
• Monitor the performance of data cleansing and remediation plans for data integrity
• Provide data training and awareness to employees, improving employee capabilities and competency to understand data and there controls – inclusive of knowledge for data protection laws and regulations such as GDPR
• Stay up-to-date with data management best practices and industry trends
• Support data integration and migration projects
• Participate in data protection and privacy initiatives
• Develop and track key data quality metrics to measure improvements over time
• Establish and manage data lifecycle governance processes, including data creation, storage, use and disposal.
• Define and implement data archiving strategies to preserve data for legal, regulatory and business purposes.

Requirement:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a data role Capability to present and guide expectations aligned to Data Best Practice (DBP) Guidance
• Proficient in documenting data processes, data lineage and data management activities
• Capable of creating and providing operational design and policy standards
• Good understanding of the client’s data integration patterns
• Good understanding of business data models for internal and external stakeholders
• Expertise in data profiling, data cleansing and data validation techniques
• Can identify impacts of data (or bad data)
• Exposure to a range visualization and reporting techniques to drive data integrity standards.