Data Governance Manager

Contract Data Governance Analyst – Retail - £400 per day Outside IR35 - Bolton (1 day per week onsite)

About the Role

We’re looking for a Contract Data Governance Analyst to join a global data team within a leading retail organisation. You’ll support multiple business initiatives and work closely with the Data Governance Lead to ensure governance frameworks, processes, and standards are effectively delivered across the portfolio.

What You’ll Bring

You have hands-on experience operating Data Governance processes in fast-paced environments and are familiar with governance tooling such as Alation, Collibra, Informatica, or similar platforms.

You're comfortable engaging with both business stakeholders and technical teams, translating requirements, and clearly explaining governance concepts, processes, and responsibilities. You’re adaptable, proactive, and able to flex as priorities evolve.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand their data governance needs and guide them through relevant processes, responsibilities, and technologies.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements for data and engineering teams.
• Maintain and regularly update key governance artefacts such as data owner and steward matrices, data quality requirements, and business glossary entries.
• Operate the organisation’s data governance tooling to support data cataloguing, glossary management, and data quality documentation in line with business expectations.