VodafoneThree – Data Risk & Governance Lead

Overview

In this role you will steer data governance across a merged Vodafone and Three environment, enabling safe, rapid data access and value. You’ll shape a scalable governance framework and guardrails, collaborating across teams to balance compliance with innovation. You’ll work with key platforms and stakeholders to drive adoption, measure outcomes, and impact business value. This is a chance to help build a data-enabled future for the UK network with a cross-functional, inclusive team.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus scheme
• hybrid working
• up to 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• pension plan
• learning tools
• parential leave policies

Responsibilities

• Lead the UK Data Governance framework implementation, ensuring proper access controls and data availability
• Turn governance into a competitive advantage by reducing friction and accelerating information access
• Translate data risks into practical standards, policies, and guardrails for compliance and innovation
• Drive governance controls across platforms (GCP, EDW, Satori, Collibra, Dataplex, Tableau)
• Partner with Governance & Risk Manager to align risk insights with enterprise objectives
• Influence development of a scalable data ownership model linked to business value
• Collaborate with Privacy, Legal, Cyber Security, Data Platform, Analytics, Commercial, Marketing and external regulators
• Deliver automation initiatives with Operations and Data Quality to streamline governance processes
• Monitor governance performance via policy adoption, workflow automation, platform controls and risk mitigation

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in data governance, data management or data risk in a complex enterprise
• Ability to influence stakeholders and translate governance concepts into business value
• Experience designing or evolving data governance frameworks for large-scale data initiatives
• Experience with federated governance models and organizational change across multiple teams
• Strong understanding of governance guardrails and access management across modern data platforms
• Practical experience with Collibra, Satori, GCP IAM, Dataplex, enterprise data warehouses and BI platforms
• Ability to translate policies into measurable outcomes and tangible business benefits
• Strong risk analysis skills and ability to convert requirements into clear controls and standards
• Collaborative, inclusive approach with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Self-starter capable of driving progress and building partnerships

• Collaborative
• Influential communication
• Problem solving
• Collibra
• Satori
• GCP IAM

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