Lead Data Governance Manager

Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Lead Data Governance Manager where you will play a crucial role in defining, implementing, and managing data governance frameworks, policies, and standards to ensure the effective management and use of data assets within the organisation.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.

Role Overview

This role involves working closely with various stakeholders to promote data literacy, manage data risks, and optimise the value of data across the organisation. The Lead Data Governance Manager reports to the Head of Data and Analytics and the role is aligned to the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Key Responsibilities:

Development of Data Governance Processes

• Framework Development: Lead the development and implementation of data governance frameworks, policies, and standards, ensuring alignment with organisational needs, industry best practices and legal governance and privacy considerations.
• Data Quality and Trustworthiness: Identify opportunities and make recommendations to improve the quality and trustworthiness of data throughout MaPS.
• Data Quality Reporting: Establish and maintain mechanisms to monitor and report on data quality metrics.
• Data Asset Management: Catalogue, monitor, and identify essential data assets for the organisation’s operations or services. Implement data classification to categorise data based on sensitivity and importance. Establish data retention policies to ensure data is stored for the appropriate duration and securely disposed of when no longer needed.
• Data Management Competencies: Implement and establish wider data management competencies within MaPS, such as data quality, metadata management, master data management, data modelling, and development of data standards and data strategy.

Enabling Data Governance Processes

• Learning and Development: Lead the learning and development of MaPS data stewards, data owners, and other key stakeholders, enabling them to integrate data governance activities into routine business processes and support risk management around data.
• Solving Data Challenges: Support MaPS data stewards, data owners, and other key stakeholders in addressing data management challenges, ensuring data governance practices provide easy access to high-quality, trustworthy data.
• Strategic Focus: Ensure data governance activities and enablement focus on the highest priority areas that align with MaPS’ key strategic initiatives.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues in the Data and Analytics team, the Governance and Data Protection team, and the wider Technology and Change directorate to ensure cohesive and effective data governance practices across MaPS.
• Legal Governance and Privacy: Ensure legal governance and privacy considerations are addressed in all data governance activities.

You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience.

• Data Governance Expertise: Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of technical aspects of data management, including data quality, metadata management, and data modelling.
• Proactivity and Problem-solving: Proactive and self-motivated with a passion for data governance. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams. Proven experience in managing stakeholders and presenting updates to senior management.
• Leadership: Experience in leading and inspiring cross-functional teams to achieve data governance objectives.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align data governance strategy with business goals and adapt to industry changes.
• Learning and Development: Experience in developing learning and development materials related to data governance.
• Pragmatism and Delivering Value: Demonstrated ability to take a pragmatic approach to data governance and focus on delivering tangible value to the organization.

About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring
• We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting

We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.

• Transforming

We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What We Offer

· Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays

· Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)

· Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains

· Cycle to work Scheme

· Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs

· Life assurance scheme

· Give as you earn scheme

· Employee assistance programme (EAP)

· PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)

· Enhanced family and sick pay

· Paid volunteering (2 days a year)

· Recognition Scheme

· Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Career Development
In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil Service Commissioner recruitment principles, which means that you will be required to participate in a full, open, and fair process.

Reserve List
If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.

Application Process
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

Selection Process:

Stage 1 – Recruiter will review your CV and if successful, will look to arrange a call if deemed suitable.

Stage 2 – If successful at stage 1, CV will be submitted to hiring manager and a decision will be made as to whether to take candidate to interview stage or not.

Stage 3 – interview stage will be a one stage virtual interview process.

Job Reference: MaPS00832

Close Date: 16/06/2025

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free flu jabs
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Sick pay
• Transport links
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Reference ID: MaPS00832