Global Data Governance Manager

Company Description

Who We Are in the UK? Spark Foundry, the Acceleration Agency. We help brands to identify, learn and respond to opportunities faster than the competition. Every client has an area of their business they need to accelerate, from short-term goals to long-term transformation. We’ve proven our approach during the most difficult year on record. Now we’re using it to provide a launchpad for their future. Come be an accelerator with us.

How we accelerate:

• Planning: an approach that works in practice rather than theory, arming planners with the ability to create cutting edge campaigns
• Intelligence: a suite of tools that give definitive answers to big questions, and uncovers actionable insights about real people
• Trading: a model built on flexibility and trusted relationships, underpinned with bold guarantees
• Relationships: a culture of asking challenging questions to better understand the brief – we are not a ‘yes’ agency
• People: a strong history of recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds and accelerating their careers

Our Commitment: We are diverse through our experience, people and the clients we look after – we celebrate that diversity. Our people hold us accountable to our beliefs and via regular surveys and our grass‑roots D&I team, The Collective, and internal next generation board, Firestarters, we hold regular events and work continually towards generating ideas, initiatives and educating our people to ensure we are a diverse and inclusive agency.

As part of our dedication to create an inclusive and diverse workforce, Spark Foundry is committed to equal access to opportunity for people without regard to race, age, sex, disability, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.

Overview: We are hiring a Data Governance Manager to play a pivotal role in how Meta’s global marketing campaigns are planned, launched and reported. This role sits at the heart of campaign operations, ensuring accuracy, consistency and confidence in how data flows across markets and platforms. You’ll partner with teams around the world to bring clarity, structure and trust to complex marketing activity. If you care deeply about quality, governance and making things work better at scale, this is a role where your impact will be felt every day.

Responsibilities: What you’ll be doing:

• Owning campaign governance and quality assurance across planning, activation and reporting workflows
• Reviewing and validating media plans, campaign structures and taxonomy standards before launch
• Ensuring consistent setup, spend alignment and reporting accuracy across markets and platforms
• Partnering with planning, buying, analytics and operations teams to resolve governance issues
• Monitoring live campaigns to identify risks, discrepancies and opportunities for improvement
• Supporting governance workflows, dashboards and reporting within Datorama
• Continuously improving governance processes to strengthen reliability and operational efficiency

Qualifications: Skills we’re looking for:

• Experience in campaign operations, data governance, media governance or quality assurance
• A strong understanding of campaign planning, activation and reporting workflows
• Confidence performing QA checks, taxonomy validation and issue resolution across systems
• Clear, collaborative communication with the ability to work across teams and regions
• Comfort working with data across multiple platforms and reporting environments
• Strong Excel skills, with familiarity in tools such as Datorama or SQL considered a plus
• A detail‑focused, solutions‑oriented mindset with a passion for improving how things run

Additional Information: Spark Foundry offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs – for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition – please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change – building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.