Data Governance Partner – Consumer Lending Data Office

JOB TITLE: Data Governance Partner – Consumer Lending Data Office

SALARY: £65,300pa to £79,000pa

LOCATION(S): Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, Chester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid. Two days per week, minimum, (or 40% of your time) at one of our hub office locations.

Please note: Cardiff is currently under refurbishment, therefore candidates for this hub would be expected to attend the Newport office until the refurbishment is complete.

About this opportunity

As a Data Governance Partner, you’ll be primarily responsible for rolling out the Data Operating Model and associated accountabilities, often working with senior leaders to find opportunities to enhance their approach. In addition, the role will involve leading our engagement with our Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) to ensure alignment with Group strategy, priorities, and deliverables. This role will suit someone who is highly motivated and thrives under pressure in a fast-paced environment, whilst dealing with competing demands.

We are committed to training and development, supporting colleagues to reach their full potential! We would love for the right candidate to join our Data Office, on our journey to build a diverse, highly skilled workforce.

About us

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

We’re looking for a self-starter, who is curious and a quick learner. An effective collaborator and problem solver, with the drive to continuously improve our approach to data. You’ll be able to deliver clear communication across varied audiences and be highly organised.

Specifically, we’re looking for:

• Data Management Skills: Experience in data lifecycle management, data modelling, metadata management, master data management, and data quality management is essential

• Strategic Thinking: The ability to develop and implement data governance frameworks, policies, and standards that support organisational needs and align with business objectives

• Risk Management: Solid foundation in identifying, assessing, and mitigating data risks. Ability to incorporate governance of data into routine processes and support risk processes around data

• Technical Proficiency: An understanding of data architecture, databases, and storage solutions. Familiarity with data-related regulations and compliance standards such as GDPR, is also important

• Communication Skills: Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to advocate for better use and management of data within the organisation and encourage better data literacy

• Project Management skills: Experience in managing data governance projects, including the rollout of data target operating models across a varied stakeholder population

• Architecture skills: Understanding of how to design and embed operating models, using transition state planning and dependency management

• Regulatory Knowledge: Understanding of intricate regulatory frameworks and the ability to ensure data is secure, compliant, and actionable

• Problem-Solving Skills: Expert problem-solving abilities to address data-related issues and proactively eliminate potential data problems

• Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying updated with the latest trends and advancements in data governance and management

And any experience of these would be useful:

• Analytical skills: interpreting data, creating actionable insight and understanding issues.

• Agile methodology: experience in mindset and tooling e.g. Jira

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%,

• An annual performance-related bonus,

• Share schemes including free shares,

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping,

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top,

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?

Apply today and find out more.