Data Governance Ownership Lead

**Data Governance Ownership Lead**
**Location: Remote (UK)**
**Permanent**
RS Group is looking for a passionate and strategic Data Governance Ownership Lead to join our team on a permanent basis. As part of our ambitious three-year transformation programme, we’re building a solid data foundation, enhancing operational efficiency, and unlocking value through data-led initiatives. At the core of this transformation is Data Ownership—one of our top strategic priorities.
This is a high-impact role at the heart of the Group Data team, where you'll lead the charge in embedding a culture of data ownership, accountability, and governance across our global organisation. You'll collaborate closely with Domain Data Owners, Business System Owners, and cross-functional partners to design and implement a robust Data Ownership Framework.

**What You’ll Be Doing**
- Design and roll out a robust Data Ownership Framework, including playbooks, governance roles, best practices, and adoption plans.
- Coordinate the rollout of data ownership across domains such as Customer, Product, Finance, and Supplier, working directly with Data Owners and Stewards.
- For systems or areas without formal domains, work with Business System Owners to ensure 100% coverage of ownership across the organisation.
- Define and maintain governance processes and standards for Data Ownership in alignment with wider data, compliance, and risk policies.
- Lead Data Ownership forums to track implementation progress, resolve challenges, and drive accountability.
- Maintain a central inventory of data assets requiring governance oversight and implement onboarding and evaluation standards for new data sets.
- Build and deliver a phased roadmap that embeds data governance sustainably across teams and systems.
- Align Data Ownership initiatives with strategic business programmes such as Business Process Harmonisation and key transformation projects.
- Deliver training and awareness programmes to increase stakeholder understanding and engagement.
- Lead and contribute to GDPR and DPA 2018 compliance efforts across RS Group.
- Consult on Information Security and Legal standards, ensuring our data policies are user-centric and operationally achievable.

**About You**
RS is looking for a **visionary and hands-on Data Governance leader**—someone who can define and roll out scalable frameworks, engage business and IT stakeholders, and ensure our data is consistently discoverable, trustworthy, and well-managed. You’ll help us turn good data into great outcomes, delivering long-term value and measurable business impact.

**What We’re Looking For**
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality principles, and governance operating models.
- Experience leading governance initiatives in complex, global organisations.
- Hands-on experience working with GDPR and data privacy compliance, especially Article 30, RTBF, and DSAR.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across business and technical teams.
- Ability to lead governance forums, influence outcomes, and embed ownership principles across functions.
- Organised, proactive, and pragmatic—able to prioritise effectively in fast-moving environments.
- A true collaborator who can break down silos and build shared understanding across functions.

**Desirable Skills**
- Background in enterprise data management, metadata management, or master data management (MDM).
- Understanding of data modelling, data architecture, or data analysis.
- Experience in project or programme management, particularly within transformation programmes.

**The extras you’ll get**:
At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced a number of new Family Friendly Policies including:

- Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation
- Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome
- Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause
- Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery
- Additions to Fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all.

**We are RS**

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