Data Governance Manager

Job Posting Title

Data Governance Manager

Salary Band

£50,391 - £71,034

Grade: MP1

Job Description

About the Role
As the Data Governance Manager, you are responsible for establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data ownership, policies, controls, standards, and practices across the organisation. This role will provide clarity on data accuracy, privacy, protection, and responsibility, helping to enable more accurate and efficient data-driven decisions within our Group.  You will play a critical role in improving data literacy across the organisation, working closely with data owners, data stewards, the data platform team and data subject matter experts embedding data ownership and ensuring adherence to relevant policies. 

You will maintain a strong connection to our Group purpose of ‘connecting our communities with a better financial future.’ You will work in collaboration with the wider Groups’ management community. You will embrace & promote our culture that is focused on being creative, courageous, collaborative, efficient and accountable.

About You

As an experienced Data Governance Manager, you will have a strong track record of championing best practices in Data Governance across an organisation. You will be confident in deploying governance standards organisational wide and through a central data platform and have hands-on experience in producing and bringing to life Data Governance policies. Your ability to influence and drive adoption of these standards at both team and organisational levels will be key, as will your experience in presenting with clarity and impact to senior stakeholders.

Holding relevant certifications such as DAMA DMBOK Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP), or Data Governance and Stewardship Professional (DGSP) would be advantageous. Familiarity with data governance tools and technologies such as Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, Stibo, and SQL for data manipulation is beneficial, alongside a sound understanding of current data privacy regulations including GDPR, CCPA, and others relevant to the financial industry. A basic understanding of machine learning or AI would also be an asset, as these technologies increasingly influence modern data management.

While not essential, prior experience in line management is preferred.

About Us
The Newcastle Building Society Group comprises of Newcastle Building Society, Manchester Building Society, Newcastle Financial Advisers and Newcastle Strategic Solutions. Our purpose, connecting our communities with a better financial future inspires and directs our activities.

The Group provides traditional financial services, helping people own their own home, plan and manage their finances and operate a 32-branch network across the North-East, North-West, Cumbria and Yorkshire. Our Strategic Solutions subsidiary owns the UK’s leading savings management platform and provides managed technology services to new challenger banks and other established providers.

As an inclusive employer and member owned mutual, we aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected, and celebrated for who they are, we want colleagues to feel this is a place they belong. A place to be you. 

 
What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:  

Financial 

• Corporate bonus scheme (on target 10%, up to a maximum 15%) 
• Pension scheme (up to 9% employer contribution) 
• Annual performance related pay reviews  
• Colleague mortgage scheme  
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme  
• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection  
• Access to our financial advisers  
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts  

Work/Life Balance  

• A 35-hour weekly contract - We are happy to talk flexible working and welcome discussions 30 days’ annual leave + bank holidays 
• The option to buy and sell up to 5 days’ holiday  
• Hybrid working (typically 3 days’ home based) 
• Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay, regardless of gender or route to parenthood 

Health and Wellbeing  

• Private medical insurance  
• Access to a health cash plan through a Medicash scheme  
• Access to an employee assistance programme  
• Free onsite gym at our Cobalt head office and access to discounted gym’s 
• Two paid volunteering days’ each year 
• Cycle to work scheme 

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at adam.curran@newcastle.co.uk 

Company:

Newcastle Building Society