Senior Manager Data Enablement & Data Risk

Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations Limited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A public-focused financial institution in the UK seeks a skilled manager for data governance specialists. The ideal candidate will develop and implement data risk programmes while ensuring effective management of data assets. Responsibilities include collaborating across business units, improving data literacy, and driving a culture of data accountability. This role offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Healthcare cash plan

Paid voluntary days

Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle

Qualifications

• Demonstrated work experience in large scale/enterprise data projects.
• Substantial direct experience in data governance and data management.
• Knowledge of data lifecycle management and data product techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manage data governance specialists and lead the development of data risk programmes.
• Partner with teams to classify data and maintain data definitions.
• Investigate, catalogue, and document internal and external data.

Skills

Experience in large scale data projects

Professional industry qualifications in data management

Excellent experience in data management

Knowledge of data standards and data cataloguing

Education

Professional industry qualifications in data protection, information governance

Job description

Location: Sheffield

Job Type: Permanent

Highlighted points for this job

Location: Sheffield / London / Hybrid Working

Salary: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

Role: Managing data governance specialists

Responsibilities: Developing and implementing data risk programmes

Qualifications: Experience in large scale data projects and professional industry qualifications in data management

Description

Location: Sheffield / London / Hybrid Working

(Expectation that you will attend an office 2 days per week)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week/flexible days and/or hours (Mon-Fri)

Band: Up to £65,000 depending on experience

THE ROLE

In this position you will manage data governance specialists and lead the development and implementation of enterprise‑wide data risk programme consisting of management policies, processes, standards, metrics, controls and training. This will include providing subject matter expertise to develop and support the delivery of a data literacy campaign to improve data understanding maturity across the group. This role is pivotal in ensuring that data assets are managed effectively, securely and in compliance with regulatory requirements. The role will collaborate across business units to establish robust data governance frameworks, mitigate data‑related risks and drive a culture of data accountability.

Key duties will include partnering with teams to classify data, maintain data definitions, identify critical and sensitive data for core capabilities, support data sourcing /usage requests, define data quality controls and scorecards, provide resources to solve data issues, and drive consistency, standardization, usability, and change management of data products and data capabilities. You will also investigate, catalogue, organise, document internal and external application and system data in conjunction with data architecture.

You will be able to ddemonstrate work experience in large scale/enterprise data projects, with substantial direct experience relating to creation and execution of formal data governance and/or data management program, and of driving meaningful improvements in business value through data management.

Excellent experience in data management, knowledge of data standards, data cataloguing, tagging, lineage and delivering operational data products in flexible data management frameworks is also essential as is working knowledge of current and upcoming data governance, data management, data lifecycle management and data product techniques and trends, with a point of view on evolving concepts and best practices.

Ideally you will also hold a range of professional industry qualifications in data management, data protection, information governance.

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
• Cycle to work scheme, healthcare cash plan, Group Income Protection and life assurance
• Paid voluntary days, maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and dining, to health and wellbeing, travel, and technology...and plenty more

About British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is an established and influential institution with a key mission of driving sustainable growth and prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. It plays a vital role in supporting access to finance for smaller businesses, facilitating their development and contributing to the transition towards a net zero economy.

Since its inception in 2014, the British Business Bank has functioned as a government‑owned economic development bank, operating independently to fulfil its objectives. It collaborates with over 200 delivery partners, including high street, digital, specialist, and challenger banks, venture capital and private debt funds, as well as fintech platforms, to implement its programs effectively.

With offices in Sheffield and London, the British Business Bank currently employs approximately 550 individuals.

As an organisation that values flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, the British Business Bank introduced a hybrid‑working model in 2020. Our colleagues typically spend an average of 2 days per week working in our offices, striking a balance between the advantages of remote work and the benefits of in‑person collaboration. The successful candidate for this role should be able to commute to our office (unless specified).

At the British Business Bank, we aim to represent the communities we serve, firmly believing that different perspectives make us stronger. We strongly encourage applications from individuals with varied experiences and backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident employer, we commit ourselves to having an inclusive, equitable and accessible recruitment process supporting applicants and employees, making reasonable adjustments whenever it is feasible.