Senior Data Governance Lead: Data Quality & Stewardship

Together - loans, mortgages & finance; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Birthday day off

Company holiday homes

Buy & sell holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Shared Reward Bonus

Matched pension contribution

Health cash plan

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Travel season ticket loans

Ride to work scheme

Gym access

Bar / restaurant discounts

Job summary

Together is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to lead the development and improvement of our Data Governance Framework. You will drive ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata management and governance maturity across the organisation, partnering with business and tech teams to support compliance and strategic outcomes.

You will contribute to data architecture tasks, including modelling and source-to-target mapping, and mentor junior analysts and stewards as a trusted adviser across

Qualifications

• Background in Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Management, BI, Data Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience implementing or improving a formal Data Governance Framework.
• Strong knowledge of ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata, glossaries, lineage and critical data elements.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders even without direct authority.
• Experience developing governance policies, standards and controls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with root-cause analysis.
• Excel and SQL skills; programming language experience is beneficial.
• Experience with modern data governance platforms and tools listed.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of Together's Data Governance Framework.
• Drive data ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata management and governance maturity.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to data architecture activities including modelling and source-to-target mapping; assess data changes.
• Mentor and support Data Governance Analysts and Data Stewards.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data management

Business intelligence

Data engineering

Data science

Excel

SQL

Influence senior stakeholders

Policy development

Analytical thinking

Programming knowledge (beneficial)

Education

DAMA CDMP certification

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Erwin

Hackolade

Job description

Together is seeking a Senior Data Governance Analyst to lead the development and improvement of our Data Governance Framework. You will drive ownership, stewardship, quality, metadata management and governance maturity across the organisation, partnering with business and tech teams to support compliance and strategic outcomes.

You will contribute to data architecture tasks, including modelling and source-to-target mapping, and mentor junior analysts and stewards as a trusted adviser across