Digital Rights & Data Management Lead

The City & Guilds Group; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Digital Rights & Data Management Lead to enhance data governance and security practices. You will manage DRM systems, improve content handling, and collaborate across departments to implement best practices. The role offers significant benefits, a competitive salary, and a supportive working environment focused on wellbeing.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private medical healthcare

Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Enhanced Company Pension

Qualifications

• Strong experience with DRM, DLP, SharePoint, and cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of PowerShell scripting and security standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize DRM systems and policies.
• Lead data governance activities and compliance efforts.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance data security and management.

Skills

DRM

DLP

SharePoint

Cloud platforms

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Technical explanation

PowerShell scripting

Cyber Essentials Plus awareness

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Client:

The City & Guilds Group

Location:

Gatwick, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Digital Rights & Data Management Lead

We’re looking for a Digital Rights & Data Management Lead to help us protect, manage, and improve how we handle digital content and data across the business.

This is highly technical role and we are looking for a candidate with an expertise in Share Point Data Governance Management . In this role you will ensure collaboration, filesharing, and SharePoint environments are optimised for effective content management.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of our Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems, support compliance with data policies, and make sure our content stays secure and accessible. You’ll also work with teams across the organisation to share your expertise and ensure best practices are in place.

You will be working on a hybrid basis with a mix of home and either our London or Wakefield office. This is a permanent role with some excellent benefits and a competitive package on offer.

City & Guilds are a Disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email; [emailprotected]

Experience

Experienced

Competitive

Type of role

Permanent

Full-time or part-time

Full-time

Location - Country

UK

Location - City

London,Wakefield

Business Unit

COO

08/07/2025

Vacancy ref

8103

Documents

• Role Profile
  (PDF , 177.11kb)

About the role

As our DRM and Data Management expert, you will

• Oversee, implement, and optimise DRM systems and application-level DRM.
• Manage and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies, including sensitivity labels, across SharePoint and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Lead on data governance activities to ensure compliance with internal and external digital rights policies.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for DRM and provide guidance across departments.
• Collaborate closely with Information Security & Data Privacy teams to protect digital content and manage incidents.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in digital rights protection and secure content collaboration.
• Ensure high system availability, performance, and alignment with DRM and security standards.
• Influence key stakeholders and advise senior leaders on reputational risks and compliance strategies.

About you

• Strong experience with DRM, DLP, Sharepoint and cloud platforms
• Deep knowledge of data governance and digital content protection
• Great problem solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.
• The ability to explain complex ideas clearly to non-technical teams
• Willingness to occasionally work outside standard hours to support critical DRM or data management activities.
• Knowledge of PowerShell scripting and automation tools.
• Awareness of relevant security standards (e.g. Cyber Essentials Plus).

Our Story and Mission

To find out more about City & Guilds please click on the following link:

About us | City & Guilds

What We Offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You’ll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and buy / sell annual leave scheme, private medical healthcare, Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, enhanced Company Pension and many others voluntary benefits.

Employees health and wellbeing is very important to the Group, and we have a range of tools available to help employees with their mental health and wellbeing and lots more besides.

In support of financial wellbeing, we offer our employees access to Imagine Nudge. This is a great tool and helps employees focus on different areas of their finances.

We also provide access to a Group wide Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

Next Steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.