Data Governance Manager

Fastmarkets Data team is a new and dynamic function supporting the business in developing and delivering our data strategy through data, insights, and business intelligence. Highly valued by the business we are working hard to transform data function and ways of working.

Reporting directly into ambitious Head of Data we are looking for the right candidate to manage our nascent Data Governance workstream. This is a fantastic opportunity to join us at the start of our journey to bring Data, BI, Analytics, and Insights together into a high performing workstream in its own right.

The Data Governance Manager will play a key role in enabling our vision of a data-led culture, enabling actionable insights, better business decisions, and operational excellence through trusted and accessible data at Fastmarkets. This role will be focused on the Management Information as well as Monetizable Data domains, where the remit will cover data related to functions, such as, finance, sales, marketing, events as well as products, editorial and PRA Analytics. The Governance Manager will collaborate with functional leaders of Fastmarkets to designate data stewards and owners, ensuring that established responsibilities, standards, and practices maintain our data’s quality, accessibility, standardization, and protection.

The Data Governance Manager will be accountable for designing and implementing data governance operating model ensuring the wider business operates in line with the established data management standards and policies. The role requires a hands-on approach to data governance framework development and roll-out including specialist knowledge of technologies involved in the implementation of data governance processes.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Design and implementation of a data governance framework and operating model for all required master and reference data objects and ensure the updates are appropriate, authorized, and documented as well as in compliance with overall master data governance framework and standards, SLAs, policies, and procedures
2. Set-up data council and Implement data ownership within the various business organisations
3. Develop data governance guidelines and conduct trainings to various teams to promote data governance culture
4. Form the target operating model of the Data Governance function
5. Support design and implementation of Management Information and Monetizable Data processes and tools
6. Ensure data products meet quality and usability standards
7. Manage the lifecycle of data products from launch to retirement
8. Ensure data compliance with contractual obligations and usage restrictions
9. Continuously improve data processes and systems to enhance data value
10. Develop risk management strategies to protect data assets and ensure business continuity
11. Define and track KPIs for data governance and report on data governance performance and improvement areas