Group Data Governance Lead
Group Data Governance Lead
Role Overview:
The Group data governance lead is responsible for ensuring data accuracy, quality
and compliance to prevent potential risks associated with inaccurate or mishandled
data. Ensures data is trusted and used responsibly across the organisation. This role
involves working closely with a community of data stewards to coordinate data and
analytics stewardship activities for consistency and leverage.
The Group data governance lead also plays a critical role in managing data-related
risks (such as those pertaining to security, access and privacy) and collaborates with
leaders such as the DPO and Head of Infosec to uphold data confidentiality, integrity
and availability within the organization.
Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on:
• Lead Data Governance Programme: Design, implement, and oversee a global data
governance framework to improve data quality and consistency across the Spirax Group
and enable key projects such as ERP consolidation to be successful.
• Drive Data Quality Initiatives: Establish KPIs, baseline measurements, and lead projects
to monitor, report, and enhance data quality.
• Governance Leadership: Chair the Data Governance Council and provide guidance to
Data Owners, Stewards, and Custodians; define roles, responsibilities, and training
needs.
• Policy and Standards Enforcement: Ensure compliance with governance policies,
regulatory requirements, and data privacy/security standards globally.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with business units to promote
data literacy and embed governance practices.
• Platform and Process Implementation: Roll out data governance tools and MDM
solutions; establish decision
-making forums, escalation paths, and issue resolution
processes.
• Enterprise Data Model Development: Collaborate to identify critical data entities for
mastering and quality improvement.
• Risk Management: Track and mitigate data
-related risks, ensuring integrity and
compliance across geographies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Enterprise Data Architect, Heads of Data, DPO, and
Infosec teams to uphold data integrity and security. Liaise with technology partners and
manage DG vendors.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for data augmentation, manage
multilingual data standards, and lead data literacy programs.
• Develop KPIs: Develop KPIs and reports to measure governance maturity and data
quality
Your previous experience is likely to include….
•Experience in designing and implementing enterprise-wide data governance
frameworks, policies and standards in global, complex organisations
• Experience in defining governance roles and responsibilities and identifying
training needs
• Previous experience leading cross-functional governance committees
• Experience of integrating MDM tools or services into a data platform to create
and maintain golden records, and establishing and managing MDM Operations
• Strong technical knowledge in measuring and tracking data quality, with the
ability to communicate these concepts to colleagues at various levels
• Experience collaborating with data architects and engineering teams
• Familiarity with EDM and identification of critical data entities
• Understanding of global data privacy, residency, retention and compliance
requirements
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, information management, analytics,
business administration, or another relevant field is preferred.
• At least 7 years of experience working with data, including 4 or more years
focused on data governance
To be successful in this role you will…
•Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
Technical:
• Familiarity with Azure Databricks is an advantage.
• Hands-on deep competency with at least one data governance platform and MDM
tool, for example Ataccama, Profisee or CluedIn.
• Experience creating Power BI reports is desirable; proficiency with Excel is
mandatory.
• Ability to set up data catalogues, glossaries, and data governance tools.
• Analytical and keen problem-solver:
• Ability to identify and establish appropriate KPIs for data quality
• Analytical skills for understanding data formats, masks, and designing appropriate
approaches for multilingual data management
• Curiosity and problem-solving abilities to identify root causes of issues.
• Skills in assessing and managing data quality and data management risks
• Influencing and people management:
• Ability to influence stakeholders to adopt data governance practices
• Ability to champion the importance of data quality and standards to colleagues.
• Ability to lead DG teams in a matrix organisation.
• Organisational:
• Ability to structure and phase the project management of DQ/DG projects.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and make pragmatic decisions regarding the time
allocation of DG teams
Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Benefits
You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.