Enterprise Data Governance Lead

Company: Jobtailor
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:


  • Manage data as a strategic product by defining dataset ownership, accessibility, usability, and standard definitions

  • Establish consistent taxonomies across booking, ticketing, servicing, and supplier data

  • Develop and operationalize data owner and data steward accountability models and decision rights

  • Develop a data governance framework supporting high-quality, documented, discoverable, and standardized data assets

  • Govern data contracts owned by data producers to support downstream consumers and prevent breaking changes

  • Manage the data catalog and enable self-service product discovery and data lineage understanding

  • Monitor and audit data quality metrics, governance effectiveness, and data governance maturity

  • Provide actionable insights and recommendations to improve data management practices

  • Govern prioritized enterprise metrics and KPIs within the semantic layer

  • Partner with Privacy and Information Security teams on data handling, access, and protection requirements

  • Support internal and external audit readiness through evidence repositories, control documentation, and remediation tracking

  • Contribute to data readiness and governance standards for generative and agentic AI travel use cases

  • Design and implement data governance training and awareness programs


Requirements



  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Management, or a related field

  • 5+ years of experience designing and implementing data governance frameworks, data product management, and standards

  • Experience establishing data owner/steward accountability models and decision-rights frameworks

  • Experience in an organization building governance from an early or immature state

  • Experience with data governance tools/platforms such as Alation, Ataccama, or Collibra

  • Experience with data cataloging

  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake

  • Familiarity with enterprise software applications relevant to governance tooling

  • Familiarity with semantic layer or metrics governance concepts is preferred


Core Competencies


Demonstrates expertise in data governance frameworks, data product management, and accountability models, with a strong focus on data quality, accessibility, and usability. Proficient in managing data catalogs and implementing governance training programs to enhance organizational data practices.


Highest-signal resume keywords



  • Data Governance Frameworks

  • Data Product Management

  • Data Cataloging

  • Data Quality Metrics

  • Data Governance Tools


Hard Skills



  • Data Governance

  • Data Management

  • Data Stewardship

  • Data Usability

  • Data Accessibility

  • Data Taxonomies

  • Data Lineage

  • KPI Governance

  • Data Quality Auditing

  • Decision Rights Frameworks


Soft Skills



  • Actionable Insights

  • Collaboration

  • Training Development

  • Communication


Industry Keywords



  • Data Science

  • Information Management

  • Governance Standards

  • Audit Readiness

  • Privacy Compliance


Tools & Technologies



  • Alation

  • Ataccama

  • Collibra

  • Snowflake

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Posted: September 15th, 2026