Data Governance Lead

What if data wasnt something people questioned worked around or spent hours validating but something they could trust completely

At Aston Martin were on a journey to transform the way we use data across the business. As part of Project Velocity were building a culture where data is owned understood governed and used with confidence. To help us achieve that were looking for a Data Governance Lead to join our growing Data & Analytics team in Gaydon. This role sits within Information Technology and reports to the Data & BI Manager. It plays a central role in ensuring the data that supports our decisions products and operations is trusted accessible controlled auditable and fit for purpose.

This opportunity would suit someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complexity. Someone who can work comfortably with both technical teams and business stakeholders creating practical governance frameworks that enable progress rather than creating barriers. Youll help define how data ownership stewardship quality lineage and governance operate across the organisation ensuring that governance becomes a business enabler rather than a compliance exercise.

In this role youll lead the implementation and continuous improvement of data governance practices across Aston Martins priority data domains and products. Youll work closely with Data Engineers Analysts Data Administrators business stakeholders Cyber & Information Security and IT Governance teams to establish clear ownership models maintain business glossaries improve data quality and ensure governance standards are embedded by design. Youll help embed practical minimum governance standards covering ownership stewardship definitions classification source of truth lineage data quality rules access routes retention and issue management. Youll facilitate discussions resolve data-related challenges and create the visibility needed for informed decision-making.

Youll be someone who enjoys influencing people building relationships and driving accountability. Rather than owning every problem yourself youll help bring the right people together ensuring business ownership is clear and decisions are made with confidence. This is a lead/specialist role with functional leadership expectations: you may coordinate Data Administrators Data Stewards business owners or delivery contributors on specific governance activities while providing guidance coaching and appropriate challenge across ownership glossary quality and stewardship disciplines. Your ability to balance governance delivery pace and business needs will be essential as you help shape a modern practical approach to data management.

Youll also monitor governance adoption compliance and exception trends reporting clear recommendations to the Data & BI Manager and escalating unresolved ownership definition access or quality issues where decisions are needed.

Were interested in people who have experience in data governance data quality master data business intelligence analytics or wider enterprise data disciplines. Youll likely have worked with concepts such as data ownership stewardship metadata lineage data quality management classification retention responsible data use and access governance. Experience working with governance tools catalogues business glossaries data quality platforms or cloud analytics platforms such as Azure Databricks Microsoft Fabric or Power BI would be beneficial. Experience in complex enterprise manufacturing automotive ERP CRM or PLM data environments and exposure to data protection GDPR audit or assurance evidence would also be advantageous. Whats most important is your ability to engage stakeholders build trust and turn governance principles into practical outcomes.

This is a hybrid role based from Gaydon with the expectation of being in the office on average two days per week. Youll join a team that believes governance should increase trust speed and ownership not bureaucracy. Its an opportunity to make a genuine impact by helping shape how data is managed across one of the worlds most iconic luxury automotive brands. Occasional travel to other Aston Martin sites suppliers or partners may be required with occasional out-of-hours involvement during critical data issue resolution audit evidence preparation major releases or business-critical reporting events.

If youre passionate about building trusted data foundations influencing change and helping organisations unlock the full value of their data wed love to hear from you.

Relevant professional experience is essential; degree-level education or professional training in data governance data quality data protection DAMA DCAM CIMP Power BI Databricks Microsoft Azure agile service management product management or business analysis would be beneficial but is not mandatory.

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