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Package Description
Band: D
Contract type: Permanent
Location: BBC office base is either Glasgow, Cardiff, Salford or Newcastle (This is a hybrid role and the succesful candidate will balance office working with home working)
- An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
- 26 days’ annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
- Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
- Employee assistance and well-being programmes
- Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
- An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject.
Job Introduction
The BBC aims to stimulate and delight audiences across the UK with distinctive, creative content. To support this aim, BBC is entering a new charter period of significant and exciting change, developing new capabilities in order to define a BBC fit for the next generation.
We are making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to being a service that is shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs. To achieve this mission of being a Digital First BBC, we are building a data organisation which will lead cultural and organisational change. This includes transitioning the BBC to a data product organisation, evolving our data architecture and embedding data capabilities company wide. To help us progress along that journey, the recently created Data Governance function plays a crucial part.
We are establishing the Data Governance team in order drive the implementation of our Data Governance strategy.
Are you looking for a role that builds on your experience with Data Governance and management? Are you keen to learn, grow, and develop? Do you want to work in a nurturing culture where you can flourish and be your best? Would you like to work on services that are used by key BBC products and millions of people each day? If so, this opportunity could be for you.
As Senior Data Governance Manager, you will play a crucial role in structuring and governing our data to drive meaningful actions and insights. By establishing a robust Data Governance framework, you will empower teams to maximise the value derived from our data.
Main Responsibilities
- Setting up the fundamentals of Data Governance such as data roles, Data Governance maturity model, Data Governance steering committee and sub-groups,
- Establishing and enforcing Data Governance standards and best practices across domains, promoting Data Governance awareness and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making.
- Collaborating with domain data product owners, data engineers and relevant stakeholders to assess Data Governance needs, introduce necessary standards and data quality controls, and ensure compliance.
- Developing and implementing data processes and practices, including data lineage tracking, data quality management, metadata management, data issue resolution etc.
- Collaborating with Platform teams to ensure Data Governance principles are integrated into data systems, applications, and infrastructure.
- Establish and maintain a risk register for the Data Governance Committee
- Maintain a roadmap for regular data audits to ensure compliance, address potential issues, and enhance data quality.
- Promote Data Governance disciplines and culture internally, educating the business on analytics, reporting, data management, and data quality.
- Drive improvements in data quality and review data collected and used against Data Governance requirements.
- Support the expansion of data tools, reporting, and knowledge sharing to democratise data across the company.
Are you the right candidate
- Significant experience in a Data Governance role within a large organisation- preferably having been part of a digital transformation programme
- Experience with Data Governance and management tools/standards
- Familiarity with data quality assurance technologies and platforms
- Familiarity with data protection and privacy technologies, tools, and standards
- Experience in working with cloud-based data platforms
- Familiarity with process automation and monitoring tools and techniques
- Experience of working with 3rd party vendors
- Excellent influencing skills and ability to build effective relationships across business, technical, and governance functions.
- Familiarity with implementing a data access control strategy for tools like Tableau, and Redshift
- Proficiency in complex dataset management and high-level programming languages such as SQL (desirable but not essential)
- Data visualisation tools (PowerBI, Tableau or similar)
- Exposure to / experience of operational risk management
DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
