Data Manager - Contract

SR2 REC LTD; South Kiscadale; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC LTD in the United Kingdom is seeking a Data Manager on a contract basis (initial 6 months, Outside IR35) to own data quality improvement, governance and data pipelines.

You will partner with business stakeholders, software teams and governance leads to address recurring problems and demonstrate measurable progress through practical guidance and training.

Qualifications

• Background in data management with delivery improvements.
• Experience in agile delivery, consultancy or SI environments.
• Strong understanding of data quality measures (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness).
• Experience defining repeatable quality checks and automating measurement.
• Process mapping and data-flow analysis experience.
• Ability to establish data ownership across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own data quality improvement activities and prioritise issues.
• Maintain a central register of issues, risks, owners and remediation actions.
• Develop a prioritised improvement roadmap with measurable success.
• Work with technical teams to identify root causes and embed fixes.
• Establish ownership and stewardship across data assets.
• Review metadata and data lineage, identify gaps and actions.
• Ensure governance policies are followed and provide training to teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality management

Stakeholder engagement

Root cause analysis

Agile delivery

Data ownership

Data lineage

Job description

Data Manager - Contract

Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential extension

IR35: Outside IR35

Location: South Coast, 2 x per month on-site

Start: ASAP

Security: Active SC clearance with no caveats

This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who can investigate data issues, establish clear ownership and turn findings into practical improvement plans. You'll work closely with business stakeholders, software teams and governance leads to address recurring problems and demonstrate measurable progress.

The role

You'll take ownership of data quality improvement activity, bringing structure and prioritisation to issues identified through stakeholder engagement, system assessments and existing discovery work.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing data issues and their impact on operational processes, reporting and digital services.
• Maintaining a central register of issues, risks, accountable owners and remediation actions.
• Developing a prioritised improvement roadmap, supported by clear measures of success.
• Working with technical teams to identify root causes and embed sustainable fixes within applications and data pipelines.
• Establishing ownership and stewardship responsibilities across critical data assets.
• Reviewing metadata and data lineage, identifying gaps and agreeing corrective actions.
• Ensuring improvement activity follows relevant policies and governance processes.
• Delivering practical guidance, workshops and training to help teams maintain better data standards.

What you'll bring

• A background in data management, data quality or data governance, with demonstrable responsibility for delivering improvements.
• Experience working alongside software engineering teams within an agile delivery, consultancy or systems integration environment.
• Strong understanding of data quality measures, including accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, uniqueness, timeliness, availability and integrity.
• Experience defining repeatable quality checks and working with technical teams to automate measurement.
• Practical capability in process mapping, data-flow analysis, stakeholder discovery and root-cause investigation.
• Experience establishing data ownership and stewardship across multiple stakeholder groups.
• The communication skills to explain issues clearly, secure agreement on priorities and maintain momentum through remediation.

We welcome applications from Data Managers, Data Quality Leads, Data Governance Leads and Data Management Consultants who can demonstrate this delivery experience.