Head of Data Governance

Role purpose

• This role is critical in triaging and managing the Change Requests that are received into the TDIT team on an ongoing basis. Change requests are critical to ensure ongoing small and medium size changes or new interventions / initiatives are reviewed, prioritised, scoped and costed in a timely manner to support the effective ongoing delivery of our programmes for children. Change requests will include system and non-system changes.

Reporting To: Director of Data and Analytics

Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote; flexible working options available

Contract: Permanent Contract

Grade: M4

Location: Any approved Save the Children office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations

Preferred Time Zone: Any

Salary: In accordance with our global compensation and benefits framework, location-specific salary scales and benefits will apply

Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their preferred location for the duration of employment

International Travel Requirements: Yes, up to 10%

Budget Responsibility: None

People Management Responsibility: Manager of a team, number of people managed in total: 2

Accountabilities

• Lead and oversee data governance processes, ensuring all key business stakeholders are engaged and supported in understanding and utilising our data infrastructure effectively
• Establish and maintain clear expectations for business functions regarding their data governance responsibilities, including maintaining data definitions and ensuring data quality
• Structure and streamline data availability, ensuring that business users have clear and accessible information to make informed decisions
• Chair and manage key forums such as the Product Owners Forum and the Analytics Community of Practice to foster collaboration and shared learning across the organisation
• Take business ownership of cross-functional data products, ensuring that reporting and analytics tools meet the needs of all stakeholders while maintaining data integrity
• Collaborate closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects of data management products and processes, promoting a unified and efficient approach

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Data Governance Expertise: Extensive experience in leading implementation of data governance frameworks, initiatives, data catalogues, metadata management, and data quality processes in large organizations
• Data Quality Management: Significant experience in ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across systems.
• Analytics and Reporting Tools: Extensive experience with various reporting and analytics tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, or SAS
• Team Leadership: Ability to lead cross-functional teams, offering guidance and fostering a collaborative environment that aligns with SCI's values
• Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience in engaging and managing stakeholders from diverse business functions effectively
• Facilitation: Experience in chairing forums of key technical stakeholders, encouraging shared learning and solutions. Capable of translating complex technical information to actionable, clear summary information
• Technical-Non-Technical Integration: Ability to work closely with IT to ensure seamless integration of technical and business aspects in data management processes
• Strategic Vision: Ability to think strategically about data governance on a global scale, setting ambitious and challenging goals for the team. Encourages and applies new and innovative solutions to drive data governance and management efforts 

Desirable

• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience

Education and Qualifications

•  Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience