Data Governance Lead

Overview

In this role you will drive and mature Howden Group Services’ data governance framework across the Group. You’ll partner with data champions, ensure policy compliance, and embed governance practices to enable sustainable growth. You will assess governance maturity, manage controls, and support data ownership and stewardship across business and technical teams. The role combines policy development with hands-on governance delivery in a large, multi-country organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible remote working
• hybrid working
• reasonable adjustments
• diversity and inclusive culture
• career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Champions to ensure policy compliance and drive data quality improvements
• Collaborate with Group Data to implement governance practices across the organisation
• Maintain and manage data governance framework assets and documentation
• Integrate data governance risks and controls into the Enterprise Risk Management Framework
• Review and improve Key Performance Indicators and Key Risk Indicators for Data Governance
• Assess remediation plans for data governance controls and suggest improvements
• Administer the Data Certification Scheme and day-to-day business services
• Measure control effectiveness and provide reports with improvement recommendations
• Prepare meeting packs and reporting templates for governance discussions
• Support communications strategy and manage the data governance SharePoint site
• Ensure Data Owners and Data Stewards are trained to perform their roles

Key requirements

• Experience as a Data Governance practitioner (min. 2 years)
• Experience with control and data maturity assessment
• Experience with Data Governance in large organisations
• Ability to document requirements with business, data, and technical teams
• Experience implementing Data Governance projects in large organisations
• Strong communication with both business and technical stakeholders
• Self-starter able to handle multiple priorities
• Ability to translate technical concepts for business partners
• High attention to detail with strategic perspective
• Strong problem-solving skills

• Strong communication with business and technical stakeholders
• Self-motivation and multi-tasking
• Clear articulation of complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Data Governance tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Orchestra Networks)
• Data governance approaches and practices in large organisations
• Risk management practices

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