Senior Data Governance Manager

LRQA Group Limited 2021; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

LRQA Group Limited 2021 is seeking a Senior Stakeholder Partnering & Thought Leadership role to translate data governance strategy into a sequenced delivery plan and own the governance roadmap. You will coordinate across data engineers, domain leads, system owners and data owners to drive evidence-based changes and secure decisions for implementation.

The role encompasses governance forums, board contributions, and guidance development to raise governance literacy and stewardship across the

Qualifications

• Experience translating the data governance strategy into a sequenced, resourced delivery plan with clear success metrics and senior leadership reporting.
• End-to-end delivery of governance change initiatives, building the business case and obtaining funding and approvals.
• Coordinate data engineers, domain leads, system owners and data owners to implement changes and establish clear ownership at handover.
• Act as governance partner to senior stakeholders, delivering consultancy-quality papers and influencing across functions.
• Develop and share data governance knowledge, providing guidance and briefs to raise literacy and stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Run Data Domain Forums: prepare agendas, capture decisions, circulate outputs and track actions.
• Prepare papers for the Data Governance Board, supporting data retention, classification and policy implementation.
• Support privacy and security obligations with policy-to-system requirements and evidenced compliance.
• Build the governance framework and operating model, including roles, escalation routes and standards.
• Use SQL and Power BI to interrogate data and validate evidence for governance decisions.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Governance frameworks

Job description

• Work directly with the Head of Data Governance & Quality to translate the data governance strategy into a sequenced, resourced delivery plan, owning the roadmap and priorities list, defining success measures, and reporting progress and slippage to senior leadership.
• Own delivery of governance change initiatives end to end, building the evidenced case for change, securing the decisions and funding to proceed, and driving through to implementation and adoption.
• Co-ordinate data engineers, domain leads, system owners and data owners to make agreed changes holding each party accountable, unblocking where progress stalls, and agreeing ownership and controls at handover so change sticks.

Senior Stakeholder Partnering & Thought Leadership

• Act as a day-to-day governance partner to senior business stakeholders across commercial, operational and finance domains. Preparing and delivering consultancy-quality papers and presentations, and influencing across functions to secure commitment to governance outcomes.
• Work with the Head of Data Governance & Quality to build and share data governance knowledge across the business. Developing guidance and briefings, raising literacy and stewardship capability among domain leads, data and system owners, and advising delivery teams and transformation projects on data best practice.

Data Domain Forums

• Run the operation of the Data Domain Forums, which are chaired by the Head of Data Governance & Quality. Preparing agendas and materials, capturing decisions and minutes, and circulating outputs to attendees and wider stakeholders.
• Drive the actions arising from the forums. Tracking them in the governance decision log, chasing the accountable owners, escalating where progress stalls, and evidencing closure. Deputise for the Head of Data Governance & Quality in forums, boards and stakeholder meetings where required.

Data Governance Board Contributions

• Prepare papers and supporting analysis for the Data Governance Board, building the case for governance initiatives such as data retention and classification, and driving the resulting actions to closure.
• Support the CISO, DPO and Legal where governance, privacy and security obligations intersect - translating policy into system-level requirements and driving implementation with system owners through to evidenced compliance.

DG Framework & Standards

• Build out the governance framework and operating model domain structure, roles, stewardship assignments and escalation routes under the direction of the Head of Data Governance & Quality.
• Develop governance policies and standards, get them agreed and implemented in delivery, and champion them across the business so they are applied rather than filed.
• Use SQL and Power BI to interrogate data, validate the evidence behind issues and proposals, and quality-assure the reporting that supports governance decisions.

Master Data, Lineage & Catalogue

• Work with domain leads and data owners to define the master datasets the business needs, agreeing the business definitions behind them and confirming they remain fit for purpose as requirements change.
• Lead the definition of data lineage and catalogue requirements, what needs documenting, to what depth and for what purpose. Make the content usable by the business, so stakeholders understand where their data originates and what depends on it.

Data Quality

• Own prioritisation of data quality checks under the framework, holding domain leads accountable for keeping their checks current, and working with data engineers to get agreed changes built and deployed.
• Own the resulting data quality issue backlog. Prioritising by business impact, driving remediation with the accountable data and system owners, and reporting progress into the forums and the Data Governance Board.
• LRQA is a leading global assurance partner, combining deep industry expertise with innovative solutions to help organizations manage risk, improve performance, and drive sustainable growth.

Operating in over 50 countries with a team of 2,500+ professionals, we support more than 60,000 clients worldwide through assurance, certification, cybersecurity, inspection, and training services. Our purpose is simple: to help businesses build a safer, more secure, and more sustainable future.

Join a global team where your expertise is valued and your development is supported. We offer a collaborative work environment, opportunities for professional growth, flexible working arrangements where applicable, a competitive salary aligned with the market, and a comprehensive benefits package. Pre-Employment Checks If you are successful in securing a role with us, we may carry out pre-employment checks, as permitted by local law, including verification of identity, right to work, employment history, education, and criminal records where applicable.