Data Governance Lead in Manchester

Slalom are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients, changing the narrative of Data Governance into a value, outcome experience for clients. We bring a subject to life to what Data Governance will mean for colleagues, believing that an excellent experience for colleagues will have a positive impact on the clients' customer.

We have passion for building strategies, solutions and implementing Data Governance best practice, Data Products combined with user experience to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems. Our Data Governance practice inspires clients by being outcome and value focussed first, aligning to actual business opportunities that improve the clients' customer experience.

We bring leadership and experience to enhance the internal user experience of data to colleagues, becoming fully data & AI driven businesses. Our objective is to bring clarity on managing data for the future, such as the Frameworks, Op Model, decision rights, roles & responsibilities to data, to elevate data availability, usability, integrity, and security of data. By partnering with clients, Slalom aligns the people, processes, technology & AI so that data is trustworthy, meaningful, and accessible.

You will experience a variety of client projects including:

• Performing assessments
• Devising and implementing data governance frameworks
• Data quality
• Data catalog
• Master data management
• Access and sharing
• Policies and standards
• Simplifying the delivery of complex Data Governance and Data Management projects

What You’ll Do

• Assist in the Data Governance (DG) discovery phase including business team interviews, identifying key business processes, and inventorying existing data assets
• Work with Slalom peers to develop and/or revise Data and Data Governance strategies, frameworks, operating models, and key workflow processes
• Work with our clients to define required technical and business metadata, identify data lineage needs, determine scanning schedules, and implement data catalog tools
• Assess data quality, remediate data quality issues, develop data quality rules, create metrics, thresholds, and responses for data quality, and automate monitoring
• Enhance Master Data Management (MDM) solutions by identifying key data elements, creating steps for cleansing and enrichment, developing match/merge rules, and identifying the appropriate review and approval processes
• Train and coach candidate data stewards to steward their data by identifying data quality rules, associating policies, standards, and procedures, and defining proper data usage

What You’ll Bring

• Collaborative solutioning approach to develop, sell and/or implement data governance recommendations based on a client’s needs, priorities, and environment
• Hands-on experience working in a data governance technology (Databricks Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, Alation, Atlan, Collibra and Ataccama)
• Experience with defining and initiating Data Governance strategies, frameworks, operating models, and workflow processes
• Experience with defining, organising and publishing business and technical metadata and implementing data management technologies (e.g., Data Catalog, Data Quality, Master Data Management)
• Passion and drive that takes Data Governance to a value and outcome focussed experience for clients

We have a question for you - can you imagine a world in which you can truly love your life and your work? Creating that world and making this vision a reality is what we get out of bed for; it’s our north star.

Flexibility

Life is busy, and we understand that. Our team often juggles work, family, personal commitments, and crucial client obligations. We prioritise supporting our people in balancing what matters to them while ensuring we meet our client commitments. Flexibility is key, as we sometimes need to adapt to meet client needs.

People-first

Great solutions start with great people. At our employee-led company, your voice matters, and we love to hear your feedback. By leading with kindness, empathy, and striving for equity, we create better experiences for everyone. Our culture encourages passion, adventure, adaptability, and diverse thinking. Inclusion, diversity, and equity are our top priorities, empowering our team to be their best selves.

Rewards

The compensation and benefits on offer have to be competitive too. That’s why we have a dedicated team working with our leaders to ensure our packages are fair, competitive, and rewarding!

We are Slalom! Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working and meaningful impact.

We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for nine years running. Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life, investing in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce.

If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us – we will always be happy to help.