Data Governance and Data Management Lead
4 weeks ago
Data Governance & Data Management Lead
Be Part of a Game-Changing Data Journey...
This fast-growing FTSE 250 organisation is on an exciting journey to transform how it manages and uses data. It is building the foundations for a single source of truth, eliminating duplication, and ensuring its data supports key business initiatives and projects like the implementation of new CRM, HR systems, and PIM.
This is a fascinating opportunity for someone who is passionate about data, to help drive this transformation. We are seeking a Data Governance & Management Lead to join this small (but growing) data team and help embed best practices, improve data quality, and champion data governance across the business. This is a brand-new role—an opportunity to help shape the organisations' data future from the ground up.
What You’ll Be Doing
Hands on leadership of Data Governance & Strategy – Implementing the data governance framework and ensuring data ownership is well-defined.
Improving Data Quality – Managing key initiatives to enhance customer and product data integrity, measured via our data quality dashboard.
Stakeholder Engagement & Education – Driving data literacy, engaging teams across IT, Sales, Finance, and Leadership to embed a data-driven culture.
Working Closely with all departments – eg Partnering with IT to define best practices for data management, integration, and quality control .
Supporting Major Business Projects – Playing a critical role in delivering accurate data for our new CRM, HR, and PIM systems .
What We’re Looking For
✅ A Data Champion – Someone who understands the value of clean, well-managed data and can communicate its impact to technical and non-technical stakeholders. We want someone who’s as passionate about what data can do as we are.
✅ Strategic Thinker & Doer – You’ll help set the strategy but significantly we want someone who gets things done and is hands-on in delivering change.
✅ Excellent Communicator – Ability to translate complex data challenges into business-friendly language.
✅ Problem-Solver – Comfortable managing multiple priorities, navigating conflicting demands, and making data governance engaging and accessible .
✅ Experience in Data Governance & MDM – You understand Master Data Management (MDM), data stewardship, and governance frameworks . We don’t require an expert in these subjects, but a strong awareness and understanding is needed.
✅ Proactive & Collaborative – Able to work cross-functionally, influence senior leaders, and support the Head of Data Strategy.
Why Join this business?
- You’ll be shaping a New Function – Be part of building data governance and management team from scratch.
- Make a Real Impact – Your work will directly improve business efficiency, customer insights, and decision-making – and the business does already genuinely care about data.
- Career Growth – Opportunity to lead and develop a data governance framework within a fast-growing, data-driven organisation.
- Supportive Culture – You’ll work alongside people who share your passion and are exceptional in their own right . You’ll have both autonomy and support in equal part and be working for an organisation who staff genuinely love working for. Great culture.
This role can be based out of either Manchester or down in Buckinghamshire. For guidance, this role carries a salary of £60k + Bens
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