Data Management Lead

Softcat plc; Leeds, Manchester, Marlow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Softcat plc is seeking a Data Management Lead to kick-start your career in a collaborative environment. You'll work with stakeholders across the organization to ensure effective data governance and management. This role offers flexibility and a comprehensive benefits package, including share incentive plans and various family support options.

Benefits

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Extra holiday on birthday and Christmas

Director hosted lunches and trips

Technology vouchers and restaurant discount card

Family benefits options

Access to Perklife portal

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data governance and management.
• Strong understanding of GDPR and data protection regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate data governance activities.
• Define and implement the organisation's data strategy.
• Ensure the data governance framework is relevant and functional.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree in related field

Job description

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

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

Success. The Softcat Way.

Softcat is a £1billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Offering a growing portfolio of services including software licensing, cyber security and IT infrastructure, we give our technical teams the tools and support to make exciting things happen. This is where to achieve more for your career.

A s a data management lead at Softcat, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating data governance activities, such as data quality assessment, data cataloging, data lineage, data stewardship, data security, and data ethics.

You'll work with various stakeholders, such as business users, data owners, data analysts, data engineers, and data scientists, to understand their data needs and expectations, and to align them with the organi s ational goals and strategies.

As a Data Management Lead, you'll be responsible for:

• has an understanding of the importance and key benefits of Data Governance and Master Data Management.
• L&D responsibility, ensuring the key messaging is communicated and flexed depending on the target department.
• Helping define and implement the organisation'sdatastrategy, aligning it with business goals and objectives.
• Ensuring that our datagovernanceframework remains relevant and functional, including processes and rules that underpin it.

We'd love you to have

• Proven experience indatagovernance,datamanagement, or a related field. Knowledge on data requirements within data processes.
• Strong understanding of Master Data Management.
• Strong understanding of GDPR and otherdataprotection regulations.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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:

• 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.

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

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. Anyinformation 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/

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We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:

Pension

Share incentive plan

Life Assurance

Holiday

Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas

Trips

Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world

Vouchers

Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card

Partner/family Benefits

Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits

Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support

Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas

Trips

Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world

Vouchers

Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card

Partner/family Benefits

Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits

Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support

Two days extra holiday on top of your usual entitlement on your birthday and at Christmas

Trips

Opportunity to qualify for Director hosted (often michelin star) lunches as well as half and full year icentive trips to places all over the world

Vouchers

Technology vouchers, activity passes, restaurant discount card

Partner/family Benefits

Option to add your partner/family to some of the benefits

Access to Perklife, our dedicated portal for all perks and flexible benefits

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support