Programme Data Steward

Raytheon UK; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Holiday entitlement

Company bonus

Flexible benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Programme Data Steward based in Winnersh, UK. This hybrid, permanent role focuses on aligning data across systems, improving repositories, and supporting future system changes.

Attendance at Winnersh and other programme locations is required for workshops, setup, migration, testing and training. You will work with business owners and programme teams to ensure data quality, governance, and traceability, applying established data management plans and security controls

Qualifications

• Applied knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK CDMP or comparable professional data management principles.
• Hands‑on data management experience in a complex, regulated or multi‑organisation environment.
• Thorough understanding of data lifecycle control, data quality, document management and information governance, including the relationship between data, assets, configuration and change control.
• Experience in creating, maintaining and applying Data Management Plans, organisational procedures and agreed controls.
• Practical experience using SharePoint to structure, maintain and govern information repositories.

Responsibilities

• Apply Delta Programme and CMDC Configuration Management and Data Management plans, processes and standards, and support the maintenance of Data Management plans and procedures.
• Maintain records of data ownership, authoritative sources, classification, lifecycle status, decisions, exceptions and corrective actions.
• Define and maintain metadata, naming conventions, taxonomies, identifiers, data definitions and cross-system mappings.
• Monitor data quality, compare anticipated and received data against agreed requirements, and coordinate resolution with accountable owners.
• Support the design, set-up, testing and ongoing maintenance of SharePoint libraries, structured file-based repositories and future systems.
• Support controlled data migration and repository reorganisation while preserving provenance, classification, access controls and traceability.
• Maintain data lineage and contribute to the Programme Information Model linking requirements, courseware, media, devices, assets, deliverables and configuration records.
• Apply lifecycle controls from creation or receipt through validation, use, retention and authorised disposal.
• Maintain and reconcile physical and digital asset information, including identity, ownership, custodianship, location, status, version and relationships.
• Coordinate and record controlled data transfers to and from customers, suppliers and programme teams, including the receipt of amendments and final programme handover, ensuring provenance, security, acceptance status and authorised changes of ownership or custodianship are recorded.
• Integrate data management with configuration and change control by providing reliable data quality, lineage and impact evidence.
• Apply security, classification, access, handling and distribution controls for sensitive or classified information and elevate material concerns.
• Produce management reports and evidence to support programme, customer and supplier reviews and audits.
• Maintain records of decisions, procedures and working practices to support knowledge transfer, programme handover and continuous improvement.

Skills

Data governance

DAMA-DMBOK CDMP

Data lifecycle

SharePoint

MS 365

Tools

SharePoint

Windchill

Kahootz

Jira

Power BI

Job description

• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Location

Winnersh, Wokingham

Country

United Kingdom

Position Role Type

Hybrid

Programme Data Steward

Contract Type

Permanent

• £: Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.

About Us

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.

Through advanced technology and our people’s expertise, our Training Transformation Services is modernising what’s possible in the training and preparation of our armed forces. With a real blended approach to learning and using the latest innovative systems and technology, we ensure our service men and women really are prepared for any situation.

Role & Responsibilities

This hands-on role will help align data held across existing and future systems. The postholder will work with business owners and programme teams to improve existing repositories and support future system changes. The role is remote based, with attendance at Winnersh and other programme locations as required for workshops, system set-up, migration, testing, training and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Apply Delta Programme and CMDC Configuration Management and Data Management plans, processes and standards, and support the maintenance of Data Management plans and procedures.
• Maintain records of data ownership, authoritative sources, classification, lifecycle status, decisions, exceptions and corrective actions.
• Define and maintain metadata, naming conventions, taxonomies, identifiers, data definitions and cross-system mappings.
• Monitor data quality, compare anticipated and received data against agreed requirements, and coordinate resolution with accountable owners.
• Support the design, set-up, testing and ongoing maintenance of SharePoint libraries, structured file-based repositories and future systems.
• Support controlled data migration and repository reorganisation while preserving provenance, classification, access controls and traceability.
• Maintain data lineage and contribute to the Programme Information Model linking requirements, courseware, media, devices, assets, deliverables and configuration records.
• Apply lifecycle controls from creation or receipt through validation, use, retention and authorised disposal.
• Maintain and reconcile physical and digital asset information, including identity, ownership, custodianship, location, status, version and relationships.
• Coordinate and record controlled data transfers to and from customers, suppliers and programme teams, including the receipt of amendments and final programme handover, ensuring provenance, security, acceptance status and authorised changes of ownership or custodianship are recorded.
• Integrate data management with configuration and change control by providing reliable data quality, lineage and impact evidence.
• Apply security, classification, access, handling and distribution controls for sensitive or classified information and elevate material concerns.
• Produce management reports and evidence to support programme, customer and supplier reviews and audits.
• Maintain records of decisions, procedures and working practices to support knowledge transfer, programme handover and continuous improvement.

Required Experience

• Applied knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK CDMP or comparable professional data management principles.
• Hands‑on data management experience in a complex, regulated or multi‑organisation environment.
• Thorough understanding of data lifecycle control, data quality, document management and information governance, including the relationship between data, assets, configuration and change control.
• Experience in creating, maintaining and applying Data Management Plans, organisational procedures and agreed controls.
• Practical experience using SharePoint to structure, maintain and govern information repositories.


• Experience using Windchill or another PLM or PDM platform.


• Experience supporting controlled data migration, repository change or system implementation.


• Experience maintaining and reconciling physical or digital asset information across its lifecycle.


• Experience working with sensitive or classified information and applying security, access and handling requirements.


• Proficient use of Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Excl, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.


• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge weak evidence and elevate material risk.

Desirable Experience

• DMP certification or comparable professional data management training.
• Experience in defence, aerospace, engineering, training, digital content, media or another regulated delivery environment.
• Working knowledge of Def-Stan 05-057.
• Experience using Kahootz or comparable secure collaborative data exchange environment to support controlled information sharing.
• Experience using Jira or equivalent tools to manage, tasks, issues and workflows.
• Experience working with customer or supplier data‑exchange environments.
• Experience using Power BI or equivalent reporting and data analysis tools.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.