Enterprise Data Governance Manager

innocent drinks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Target-based bonus

Birthday day off

Free smoothies

Job summary

innocent is seeking a senior data governance lead to define and evolve enterprise data governance, standards and ways of working across the business. You will build a community of Data Owners and Data Stewards, drive data quality improvements, and shape roadmaps for data dictionaries, glossaries, data quality monitoring and Master Data Management (MDM).

Join a mission-driven team influencing analytics, transformation programmes and AI initiatives with a collaborative culture and a strong focus

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality and Master Data Management (MDM).
• Ability to design and embed practical governance frameworks and operating models that people genuinely use.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions.
• Ability to balance governance standards with commercial and operational realities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Growth mindset with curiosity to ask questions, challenge assumptions and bring clarity to complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Defining and evolving innocent's enterprise data governance framework, standards and ways of working.
• Creating clear ownership, stewardship and accountability models across our key business data.
• Building and leading a community of Data Owners and Data Stewards across the business.
• Bringing together people from different teams to create shared understanding, clear ownership and consistent ways of working around data.
• Driving improvements in data quality through meaningful measures, reporting and root-cause resolution.
• Embedding governance into major business and technology transformation programmes.
• Improving metadata, business definitions and data lineage so people can find, understand and trust the data they use.
• Shaping the roadmap for governance capabilities including data dictionaries, business glossaries, data quality monitoring and Master Data Management (MDM).

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

MDM

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Here at innocent, we're on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we've gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe's biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).

It's nice to be able to say things like that but we're not patting ourselves on the back just yet. We want to show everyone that it's possible to be a successful business while looking after people and the planet too, so we're trying to get better in pretty much every way. And that's where this job comes in.

Background around the role

At innocent, trusted data helps us make better decisions, run our business more effectively, and unlock new opportunities in analytics, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over the last few years, governance capabilities have grown across Product, Customer and Supply, with demand now expanding into other areas such as Finance. While these capabilities are delivering real value, they've evolved independently and now need a common direction.

You'll be

• Defining and evolving innocent's enterprise data governance framework, standards and ways of working.
• Creating clear ownership, stewardship and accountability models across our key business data.
• Building and leading a community of Data Owners and Data Stewards across the business.
• Bringing together people from different teams to create shared understanding, clear ownership and consistent ways of working around data.
• Driving improvements in data quality through meaningful measures, reporting and root-cause resolution.
• Embedding governance into major business and technology transformation programmes.
• Improving metadata, business definitions and data lineage so people can find, understand and trust the data they use.
• Shaping the roadmap for governance capabilities including data dictionaries, business glossaries, data quality monitoring and Master Data Management (MDM).

You'll have

• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality and Master Data Management (MDM).
• The ability to design and embed practical governance frameworks and operating models that people genuinely use.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions.
• The ability to balance governance standards with commercial and operational realities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• A growth mindset with the curiosity to ask questions, challenge assumptions and bring clarity to complex problems.

You'll get

• The opportunity to shape a capability that is still being built, creating the standards, communities and ways of working that will influence how innocent manages data for years to come.
• A seat at the table for some of innocent's most important transformation programmes, helping ensure trusted data sits at the heart of decision making.
• The chance to work closely with leaders and teams across Product, Customer, Supply, Finance, Technology and Analytics.
• The opportunity to connect business strategy, technology and data, helping turn complex challenges into simple, practical outcomes.
• A leading role in enabling the next generation of analytics, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities across innocent.
• The freedom to create something lasting, bringing clarity, consistency and trust to enterprise data across the business.

We want innocent to be a great place to work, so we do lots of stuff to make people feel at home and try to make sure everyone's career is shaping up the way they want it to. There are plenty of opportunities to have a go at something new or take things further.

In exchange for helping us do business in the right way, you'll get a solid rewards package that includes a salary (phew), private healthcare, a target-based bonus, and a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday. And yes, you get free smoothies.

We also know that not all our drinkers come from the same background, or think the same - so why should we? At innocent, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse bunch of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want all the juice, bits, and pulp that make you who you are.

Probably best to get your skates on though, as we might close this early if we get loads of applications.