Data Governance Manager

BOOTS; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Governance Manager to lead their Data Excellence team. This pivotal role involves implementing data governance principles across key data domains, ensuring data quality and integrity. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data governance, along with certifications such as DAMA or CDMP. You will engage with various stakeholders, drive cultural change, and provide insights to enhance data management practices. Join a company committed to fostering an inclusive environment where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data governance and data quality management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to engage stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of a business-wide Data Governance framework.
• Engage with Data Owners to improve data quality across departments.
• Provide recommendations following data analysis to highlight risks.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Protection

Analytical Skills

Education

DAMA Certification

CDMP Certification

EDM Council Certification

Job description

Job Title: Data Governance Manager

Function area: Data Office

Location: Nottingham

Contract: Perm

Recruiter: Noaman Hussain

About the role

In an ever-evolving landscape of data, it's important that we understand, cleanse and use our data to ensure its quality, integrity and veracity. Data is one of our greatest assets and the role of data governance and data quality is fundamental in helping shape the future of our business. To support our data management vision, we are looking for someone to join our newly created Data Excellence team to lead the implementation of data governance principles for important data domains across the business.

This is one of three roles reporting to the Head of Data Excellence in the Data Office. You will work cross-functionally to deliver a step change in data governance and data quality across the organisation. This role offers good exposure to many senior stakeholders across multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Establish hierarchies and lead the implementation of a business-wide Data Governance framework for your main data domains, with clear timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
2. Engage with Data Owners, Data Custodians, and Data Stewards to ensure they are onboarded to the Data Governance programme, adequately trained, and supported to meet data governance requirements to improve data quality in their department.
3. Support the personal development of the Data Governance Specialist roles through clear direction, training, and feedback.
4. Log and monitor data incidents and issues and work with Data Stewards on root cause analysis and remediation activities.
5. Maintain the centralised data inventory to ensure the business rules, standards, and procedures for your department are up to date.
6. Be the main consult and initial reviewer of all data assessments for your departments, ensuring compliance with all WBA and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures.
7. Be the subject matter expert and main contact for new and existing business areas/projects that use your data domains, advising on data management and compliance, and driving cultural change to treat data as a business-wide asset.
8. Lead the agenda at Data Governance Forums to ensure data quality measurements are set and monitored, data lineage is mapped, and backlogs are prioritised to fix data issues.
9. Provide and implement recommendations following data analysis that highlights risks, issues, or trends in data quality.
10. Be an advocate and inspire others, sharing your knowledge and experience related to data management.

What you'll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

1. A background in data governance, preferably certified (e.g., DAMA, CDMP, EDM Council), with knowledge of data protection, audit, and policy principles.
2. Experience working in an Omni-channel environment, with the ability to see the bigger picture, identify core issues, and lead decisions swiftly.
3. Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships across business and IT teams.
4. Capability to explain complex data issues to both technical and non-technical partners.
5. Experience working within a retail business environment is advantageous.

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift cards for expecting or adopting parents
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym memberships, life assurance, activity passes, and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We offer a range of benefits to suit your needs. Find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, salary estimates on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots and may be inaccurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, embracing diversity and providing a positive working environment for all. Our purpose is to make a difference together.

We seek individuals who care and are committed to making positive changes. Join us in evolving and improving our workplace. We promote consideration and inclusivity, enabling everyone to thrive. We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion, and to creating a supportive environment for all employees.

What's next

For full-time roles, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. We provide reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process to support your best performance.

Post-offer, you will complete a pre-employment check, which may include DBS, PVG, or Access NI depending on your location. Boots is a Ban the Box employer and considers applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.