Data Governance Manager

This is a key leadership role at the heart of how NHS Greater Manchester uses data to improve care, services, and population health outcomes.

As Data Governance Manager, you will shape and ensure how we use data safely, ethically, and effectively across the system.

You will work with senior colleagues, partners, and programmes to enable high quality data use—supporting direct care, analytics, research and service transformation—while ensuring the right safeguards are in place. This is an opportunity to influence system‑wide approaches, build capability and make governance a practical enabler rather than a barrier.

• Strong understanding of data governance, information governance or data protection
• Experience working with complex data environments or multi‑partner systems
• Ability to translate regulation into practical, workable approaches
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
• A collaborative approach, with a focus on enabling teams rather than blocking progress

• Provide strategic leadership for data governance
• Lead the development, implementation and assurance of data governance frameworks
• Act as the senior subject matter expert for data governance
• Provide executive oversight of compliance and assurance
• Lead system‑wide engagement and capability building, promoting a strong culture of data responsibility, representing NHS GM regionally and nationally

• Degree‑level qualification or equivalent experience in data governance, information governance, data management, information law, or a related field.
• Demonstrates ongoing professional training and development

• Significant experience working in data governance, information governance or data protection within a Health or Social care organisation.
• Proven experience leading or overseeing compliance with UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 and NHS data standards.
• Experience managing data governance risks, audits, assurance processes and risk registers.
• Experience supporting or governing secure data platforms, such as Secure Data Environments (SDEs), analytics platforms or similar.
• Knowledge of national NHS data strategies and NHS England data governance frameworks.