Senior Data Governance Specialist

As our Senior Data Governance Specialist, you play a key role in helping Rituals manage data as a strategic asset. You translate business knowledge into practical and effective data governance practices, ensuring governance frameworks, tooling, and ways of working are aligned with real business needs, processes, and systems.

In this role, you act as an important bridge between business teams and the central data governance function. You help strengthen the data ownership model, support data quality improvements, and contribute to a culture where accountability, transparency, and governance‑minded thinking are embedded across the organisation.

You are part of the Control & Analytics Department and the Central Data Governance Team, reporting to the Head of Reporting & BI. You will work closely with colleagues across all business departments and the Tech & Data Department.

• Build on the data governance framework, tooling, and organizational structure together with key stakeholders in the Data Governance domain.
• Ensure governance initiatives are practical, business‑focused, and aligned with operational processes.
• Use your knowledge of products, processes, and systems to guide decisions around data definitions, classifications, ownership, and governance structures.
• Support the onboarding and continuous development of data owners across the organisation.
• Organise training sessions and help build a strong data governance community.
• Provide constructive feedback on governance design and tooling to improve feasibility, usability, and adoption.
• Act as a data governance ambassador, creating engagement and buy‑in from stakeholders at all levels.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to support the end‑to‑end adoption of data governance practices.

In this role, your impact is significant. You contribute directly to the successful implementation and adoption of data governance policies, frameworks, and tooling across Rituals. By bringing practical business input into governance strategy and design, you support Rituals’ long‑term data ambition while helping improve data quality, reduce risk, and strengthen organisational readiness.