Senior Data Governance Analyst

In this Senior Data Governance role, you will embed governance practices across a major transformation programme to ensure trusted, well-managed data aligned with business goals. You’ll structure governance frameworks, define ownership and accountability, and drive data quality initiatives across the project lifecycle. You’ll partner with business stakeholders to embed standards and monitor compliance, turning governance into business-as-usual. This is an opportunity to shape data governance at scale within a global industrial engineering group.

• competitive salary
• discretionary bonus
• flexible working
• comprehensive private healthcare
• enhanced pension plan
• life assurance

• Implement and operate the Data Governance Framework throughout the programme
• Establish governance structures, forums, and routines
• Identify and assign Data Owners, Data Stewards, and other roles
• Facilitate governance meetings, workshops, and working groups; track actions
• Define and maintain CDEs, business glossaries, data standards, and data dictionaries
• Document data ownership, accountability, and decision-making frameworks
• Collaborate with business teams to define data quality requirements, controls, and monitoring
• Identify, prioritise, and resolve data issues
• Monitor governance risks and ensure regulatory/compliance adherence
• Produce governance dashboards, metrics, and status reports
• Promote governance awareness through training and communications
• Identify opportunities to move governance into business-as-usual

• Proven experience in Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Business Analysis, or Data Management roles
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, operating models, and accountability structures
• Experience facilitating governance forums and stakeholder engagement sessions
• Knowledge of data ownership, stewardship, data standards, glossaries, and metadata management
• Understanding of data quality management and CDEs
• Experience on ERP, CRM, or enterprise transformation programmes
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive governance adoption
• Experience translating requirements into measurable data quality controls and root-cause analysis
• Practical experience using Excel, SQL, or reporting tools to analyse data quality results
• Desirable: CDMP Associate, ERP implementations or data transformation experience
• Knowledge of data governance tools, data catalogues, or data quality platforms

• Stakeholder influence
• Collaborative communication
• Problem-solving
• Excel
• SQL
• Reporting tools