Data Governance Manager

Description This; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension

Annual performance-related bonus

Training and development

Salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance

Wellhub health and wellness benefits

Up to 2 volunteering days per year

Job summary

Nationwide is establishing a data-driven culture across the Society to support our transformation goals. As a Data Governance manager, you will embed best practice in data management and governance across Retail Products.

You will build strong relationships with stakeholders, champion metadata management, data lineage and data quality reporting, and enable better decision-making across our product ranges. We offer hybrid working and flexible approaches to help you perform at your best, with time

Qualifications

• Experience in establishing and embedding data governance across business domains.
• Ability to partner with business leads and data professionals to promote a data-driven culture.

Responsibilities

• Identify, define and document critical data assets within a central metadata repository.
• Champion best practice in data management and governance across Retail Products.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business to promote data-informed decision making.
• Implement and maintain key data management capabilities, including metadata management, data lineage and data quality reporting.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data quality reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

Data lineage

Job description

Nationwide is establishing a data-driven culture across the Society that will support our business modernisation and transformation goals. We are looking for enthusiastic data professionals capable of embedding good data management practices across Retail Products. As a Data Governance manager, you will be at the forefront of this exciting initiative.

Retail Products look after the bankingand savings of 16 million members and businesscustomers by offeringcompetitive propositionsthat meet core needs,reward loyalty,broaden &deepen relationshipsand ensure thelong-termsustainabilityof the Society. We’re looking to add to our talented and experienced team that support the data and insight needs that underpin much of the decision-making across our product ranges.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35 hours.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, London, Bournemouth or Northampton office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

Private medical insurance

A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

Access to an annual performance-related bonus

Training and development to help you progress your career

A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

What you’ll be doing

Working closely with business subject matter experts, you will identify, define and document critical data assets within a central metadata repository, helping to create a clear and consistent understanding of the Society's most important data. You will champion best practice in data management and governance, ensuring that critical data is effectively managed, controlled and maintained in accordance with the Society's Data Governance Policy and wider organisational standards.

A key part of the role involves building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, collaborating with subject matter experts and a growing network of data professionals to promote a data-driven culture and drive improved data outcomes. Drawing on your data management expertise, you will implement and maintain key data management capabilities, including metadata management, data lineage and data quality reporting. Through data profiling and analysis, you will help improve the accuracy, consistency and reliability of data, enabling better decision-making across the organisation.

You will ensure that data used within systems, reports and business processes is