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Head of Trips Data Governance

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Skills

Required

  • Data Governance
  • TOGAF
  • database querying languages / scripting
  • SQL
  • VBA
  • Pandas
  • Data Governance process and policy
  • issue assessment
  • data governance & protection frameworks
  • GDPR

Preferred

  • Data Governance tooling
  • rollout
  • Data Management
  • DAMA-DMBOK
  • metadata

as the Head of Trips Data Governance, a senior leadership role responsible for the strategy and implementation of Data Governance and data quality across the Trips Business unit. You will work with business and technology stakeholders to define and implement a clear and effective Data Governance strategy, influence strategy at the Enterprise level, and represent Trips at the Data and AI governance board. You will also lead and manage members of the Data Governance and Quality team, ensuring alignment between data governance best practices, Data Privacy procedures, and the IT Information Security strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Defining and delivering data governance strategy for the Trips business unit, influencing strategy at the Enterprise level.
  • Partnering with Central Tech Data Governance to support policy definition and lead the implementation of related Standards and guidelines at the Business Unit level for Trips.
  • Building, owning, and maintaining data asset cataloging and metadata, covering data lineage, classification, and definitions documentation.
  • Expert knowledge of Data Ownership and Stewardship structure, definition and onboarding

Requirements

Working knowledge of Enterprise Architecture, e.g. TOGAF

  • Expert knowledge of data quality requirement definition and implementation methodologies and tools
  • Working knowledge of database querying languages or scripting tools, e.g. SQL, VBA, Pandas, R
  • Experience led understanding of downstream impact of Data Governance process and policy, experience in shaping these to balance compliance and pace

Experience in leading teams, including managing managers

  • Expert knowledge of implementing and leading Data Governance Risk and issue assessment and strategy
  • Strong knowledge of data governance & protection frameworks, eg GDPR, DMA etc

Preferred

  • Knowledge of industry Data Governance tooling, ideally including assessment, rollout and management experience
  • Expert knowledge of Data Management requirements based on best practices, e.g. DAMA-DMBOK