Data Governance and Enablement Manager

Job Description

We are News UK Technology: using technology to innovate and lead the global conversation on the future of media and storytelling. We keep people at the heart of our business through value-driven and inclusive practices enabling our staff to grow and thrive. As such, we are proud members of Tech Talent Charter UK with 34% of our Tech roles filled by gender minorities. News UK Tech is an award-winning team, winning Team of the Year at the UK Business and Innovation Awards, 2023.

The Team: the Central Data team is a passionate team of data scientists, engineers and experts who use machine learning and data to power the digital products, marketing and advertising experience of customers across our many brands, build innovative tools for our newsrooms and govern the effective and ethical use of data.

Your Role: We are in the process of re-positioning data governance as a 'force for good' and a means of creating competitive advantage for our brands and group business units, and this role is key to achieve this objective. Reporting to the Head of Data Enablement, the Data Enablement manager role will contribute to the strategy and implementation of governance, to ensure that our company's data is protected whilst enabling its effective and ethical use by the business.

Day to day you will:

1. Facilitate the shift from a risk and compliance-based function into an essential business partner which is more clearly aligned to business goals and KPIs
2. Communicate effectively the role of the Data Enablement team to our stakeholders and the value that data governance will bring to the business
3. Provide inputs for the definition of the overall Data Enablement strategy and define the approach for its execution
4. Establish metrics to measure progress of data improvement initiatives
5. Turn data governance principles, best practices, definitions, frameworks into practice and translate data governance terminology into a language that our stakeholders can relate and understand
6. Lead, coordinate and be the Subject Matter Expert for data management topics such as Data Quality, Information Management and Data Privacy and Protection
7. Act as a key interface to the Data Protection, Cyber Security, Technology and Brands teams to ensure effective data governance practices are put in place
8. Define and roll out the data governance framework, including policies, guidelines, process and roles and responsibilities; brief the relevant people on their stewardship accountabilities and responsibilities, set up and facilitate the data steering groups and/or data governance forum(s) defined to drive our data enablement activities
9. Plan and conduct periodic internal reviews around data governance maturity status and report risks, issues, challenges and improvements to relevant stakeholders

What we're looking for from you:

1. A passionate, team player who inspires business stakeholders on the merits of strong governance practices as an enabler of business growth
2. Significant experience implementing data governance frameworks, including organisation roles and responsibilities, policies, processes, metrics and tools to support data governance activities
3. Ability to tailor and adjust a data governance framework to the specific circumstances of our business
4. Ability to understand and to articulate the business benefits of implementing data governance
5. Experience working in the implementation of core data management practices, including metadata management, data quality management, master data management, information management, data privacy, protection and security
6. Understanding of regulatory requirements such as, DPA2018, GDPR, CCPA, TcF, PECR.
7. Experience working with any Data Governance tool (e.g. Collibra, Informatica, Alation or Atlan) and maintenance

If you think you have what it takes but don't tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone's potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

Benefits:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
• Thriving employee networks supporting colleagues to embed and grow, including women in technology, parenting, wellbeing, GenZ, NewsIsOut and faith-oriented groups.