Senior Data Governance Manager

LRQA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Professional growth opportunities

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

LRQA is seeking a senior role in Strategy Execution & Change Delivery to translate the data governance strategy into a sequenced delivery plan and drive end-to-end governance initiatives. You will coordinate across data engineers, domain leads, system owners and data owners to ensure changes stick and are adopted.

The role involves partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver governance outcomes, build knowledge, and run Data Domain Forums with formal reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience in translating strategy into delivery plans and roadmaps.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams in governance initiatives.
• Familiarity with data quality, lineage, and catalog concepts.

Responsibilities

• Translate governance strategy into a sequenced delivery plan with milestones.
• Own end-to-end governance change initiatives and secure funding to proceed.
• Coordinate data engineers, domain leads, system owners and data owners to implement changes.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Data governance

Governance reporting

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Strategy Execution & Change Delivery:

• 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.

Who are LRQA?

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.

What We Offer:

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

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