Data Governance and Quality Manager

Sciensus are seeking a Data Governance and Quality Manager This is a permanent position, hybrid working coming into our Burton office at least 2 days a week.

Do you want to play a pivotal role in transforming how healthcare data empowers patients?

Are you passionate about building data governance foundations that unlock insight, trust and innovation?

If so, this is your opportunity to lead a strategic, high‑impact data function within a fast‑growing, mission‑led organisation.

As Data Governance & Quality Manager, you’ll lead the design, delivery and evolution of our enterprise-wide data governance and quality framework.

This is both a strategic and hands‑on leadership role where you will:

• Shape and own data governance policies, standards and procedures
• Build a culture of data accountability through stewardship and ownership models
• Drive enterprise‑wide Master Data Management (MDM) and harmonisation
• Champion data ethics, GDPR compliance and NHS information governance
• Lead a small team and collaborate with engineers, analysts and senior leaders
• Oversee organisation-wide data quality monitoring, dashboards and KPIs
• Maintain metadata, lineage and governance tooling across Azure, Databricks, Purview and more
• Be a key voice in our broader data strategy and roadmap

Your work will ensure our data is trusted, well‑managed and ready for advanced analytics, AI and regulatory scrutiny.

• Own and evolve our Data Governance & Quality Framework
• Partner across business and technical teams to embed best practice
• Lead enterprise‑wide MDM strategy and data harmonisation
• Advise on compliance with GDPR, NHS frameworks and ISO standards
• Promote a data‑driven culture through strong stakeholder engagement

• Lead and develop direct report(s)
• Oversee data quality monitoring, profiling and remediation
• Implement governance controls across Dataverse, Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Databricks
• Maintain rich metadata and data lineage visibility
• Produce dashboards and KPIs, surfacing risk, trends and improvements