Data Governance Manager

ENGINEERINGUK; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Data Governance Manager to enhance data management practices. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders to implement governance standards and ensure data quality. Candidates should have proven experience in data governance and excellent communication skills. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including flexible working options and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in delivering data governance initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills and relationship building.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement data management and governance practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data governance policies.
• Maintain a roadmap for regular data audits.

Skills

Data Governance

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Qualification in computer science

Tools

Alation

Collibra

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

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Package Description

Job Reference: 21042
Band: D
Salary: £60,000-£70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office Base is Newcastle, Salford, London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Edinburgh or Bristol (This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack .

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Job Introduction

As Data Governance Manager, you will play a crucial role in structuring and governing our data to drive meaningful actions and insights.

Main Responsibilities

You will play a key role in developing and implementing effective data management and governance practices. You will work closely with domain owners, data stewards and other stakeholders to define data governance policies, procedures, and best practices that ensure the discoverability, compliance, quality and interoperability of our data products.

Specifically, you will be responsible for these activities:

• Support the data governance lead to effectively drive the successful implementation of data governance initiatives across the BBC
• Support the development of data governance standards, best practice guidance and process level documentation.
• Supporting the development of the fundamentals of data governance such as data roles, data governance maturity model, data governance forums and committees.
• Establishing and enforcing data governance standards and best practices across domains, promoting data governance awareness and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborating with domain data owners, data stewards, data engineers and other relevant stakeholders to assess data governance needs, introduce necessary standards and data quality controls, and ensure compliance.
• Developing and implementing data processes and practices, including data lineage tracking, data quality management, metadata management, data issue resolution etc.
• Collaborating with Platform teams to ensure data governance principles are integrated into data systems, applications, and infrastructure.
• Maintain a roadmap for regular data audits to ensure compliance, address potential issues, and enhance data quality.
• Promote data governance disciplines and culture internally, educating the business on analytics, reporting, data management, and data quality.
• Identify and drive improvements in data governance practices.
• Support the expansion of data tools, reporting, and knowledge sharing to democratise data across the company.

Are you the right candidate

Some of the things we love
• Proven expertise in delivering data governance and data ownership initiatives in complex organisations.
• Demonstrated understanding of data governance principles, policies, best practices and industry trends.
• Familiarity with data governance technologies, tools, and standards e.g. Alation, Collibra; Soda, Great Expectations, DBT .
• Experience in working with cloud-based data platforms e.g. Redshift.
• Proficiency in collaborating with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to drive improvements in establishing data governance frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong track record in building lasting and positive relationships that have supported the successful delivery of data governance initiatives.

Highly Regarded Skills
• An understanding of Data Engineering and Data Ops concepts, processes and toolsets.
• An understanding of Data visualisation tools (PowerBI, Tableau or similar) and data management controls in these tools.
• Experience of operational risk management in large and complex organisations.
• Some knowledge of programming using multiple scripting languages such as SQL and Python.
• Experience of working collaboratively across a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Skills
• Experience working hands-on with big data systems
• Experience with agile or other rapid application development methods
• Broadcast, production, start-up or media experience
• A mix of public sector and commercial experience
• Qualification in computer science, computer engineering, information technology other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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