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Data Governance Architect

London
3 weeks ago
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We are working with a global healthcare and insurance organisation who are making a real difference to people's lives.

We require an experienced Data Governance Architect to join a small but growing team.

They are looking for someone who has worked on large scale data programmes but who has had a varied role that has covered data strategy, data solutions and data governance.

Although this is a global company the internal department has a team of 160 people including Enterprise Architects and a Lead data Architect so you will have a large part to play in shaping the role.

The Data Governance Architect is responsible for development and implementation of enterprise data governance frameworks.

This individual will work closely with stakeholders to discover and model the organization's information inventory with a focus on data availability, usability, consistency, integrity, and security.

This will include formulating technology programs, strategies, policies and procedures over a wide variety of data-intensive functions.

The Data Governance Architect will work with a variety of data types such as Structured and unstructured data, Master data, Operational data, Real-time data and Dark data both on-premises and in the cloud.

This role will be a key contributor in enable managing data as a strategic asset and drive true insights-based decision making.

Responsibilities

  1. Develops roadmap, policy, and procedures to ensure consistency in how data is sourced and used to ensure data quality and integrity.
  2. Identifies, maps, documents, and increases visibility of enterprise data for Reporting, Analytics and Data Science solutions using the data architecture guidelines.
  3. Works with business stakeholders to develop, implement, maintain and propagate the data management policies, standards and guidelines related to data assets.
  4. Builds and deploys communication plans for data consumers so they are aware of data governance standards and available resources for accurate reporting of the data.
  5. Develops a centralized metadata and classification repository for data assets that can be systematically used with confidence in business applications.
  6. Fosters communication and knowledge exchange among data governance practitioners through engagement with CoEs
  7. Operationalizes roadmap to embrace and leverage Enterprise Information Management using relevant technologies across the enterprise.
  8. Writes functional governance specifications for data related processes, workflows, architectures, business rules, and interfaces.
  9. Creates design specification documents for governance and Enterprise Information Management in consultation with internal customers.

    This is majority remote based although you will need to attend the office in either London or Manchester when needed.

    This company look after their employees and you can expect a large bonus plus some excellent benefits.

    We are interviewing currently so apply now for immediate consideration for the Data Governance Architect position or contact Stuart Barnes at ITSS Recruitment for further information

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