Data Governance & Strategy Manager – Permanent – Birmingham Full Time

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Data Governance & Strategy Manager – Permanent – Birmingham

This is a UK based role with an excellent immediate start within a Global Logistics and Transportation working on their largest digital and technological transformation program.

Job Purpose:

We have an amazing opportunity for our client within the Rail/Construction sector in Birmingham, they are seeking for an Information Strategy Manager who will be responsible for developing an overarching information strategy for our client, including policies, strategies, models, and governance, to ensure our client understands and manages its information throughout the program. Provides advice on Information Management requirements to the client’s supply chain and reviews information management related requirements.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of Business domain, data/content, and processes
• Understanding of common information management frameworks and data models.
• Understanding of metamodels, taxonomies and ontologies, as well as of the challenges of applying structured techniques (Datamodelling) to less-structured sources.
• Knowledge with data science concepts, as well as MDM (Master Data Management), business intelligence, and data warehouse design and implementation techniques
• Understanding of a variety of data access and analytics approaches (for example, microservices and event-based architectures)
• Understanding of Information and cyber security risk management
• Knowledge of Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts, Environmental Information Regulations, and other legal aspects of managing information.
• Understanding of information technology service strategy, delivery, and operations.
• Knowledge of auditing and compliance of security standards and policies

Type of experience:

• Experience with distributed management and analytics in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Experience with implementing data and analytics management programs is preferred.
• Experience with innovation and ideation methods, such as design thinking.
• Experience of an Information Strategy position leading Information Assurance and Governance.
• Experience of developing and implementing Information Management strategies, objectives and plans without disrupting the business.
• Experience of running an effective Information Management function

Please send your CV or call Ahmed to discuss further.

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