Fastmarkets
global commodities, price-reporting agency (PRA), information provider, agriculture, forest products, metals and mining, new-generation energy markets, financial data, market intelligence, information services
DataGovernanceManager
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“Data Governance Manager at Fastmarkets. Skills: Data Governance, Data Stewardship, Data Quality Management, Metadata Management, Data Cataloguing, Stakeholder Management, Communication. Deliver the highest standard of stewardship to both Fastmarkets’ enterprise data and proprietary data. Carry out an assessment of the current state of data governance at Fastmarkets”
What You'll Achieve.
measures success by real-world outcomes: better data, better decisions, and a business that resoundingly trusts its data; drive sustained improvement
Industry & Context.
A natural problem-solver who is comfortable working with incomplete information
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Demonstrable experience delivering data governance in practice, understanding of core data management disciplines: data quality management, master data management, metadata management, data lineage, data cataloguing, and data classification, Experience establishing governance structures (data councils, stewardship networks, working groups), stakeholder skills: able to build trust and rapport quickly, work effectively across functions without direct authority, and bring people to shared understanding and agreed action, A clear and confident communicator: able to articulate the value of data governance in commercial terms and make complex concepts accessible to a wide range of audiences, A natural problem-solver who is comfortable working with incomplete information, Sufficient technical grounding to work as a genuine peer alongside data engineers, architects, and platform teams
Nice to Have
Experience in/knowledge of Data Protection/Data Privacy, Experience in a financial data, price reporting, market intelligence, or information services business, Familiarity with ultra-modern data platform technologies (eg, Snowflake or Databricks), Experience in governance requirements specific to AI systems (model governance, training data provenance, bias management), Relevant professional certifications such as DAMA CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional), DCAM, etc, Understanding of data commercialisation – including data licensing, data product development, and the governance implications of monetising proprietary data assets
What You'll Do.
Deliver the highest standard of stewardship to both Fastmarkets’ enterprise data and proprietary data
Carry out an assessment of the current state of data governance at Fastmarkets
Design and implement a Data Governance Framework
Define data quality standards across critical data domains
Put in place the monitoring
and accountability mechanism to drive sustained improvement
Build and maintain a business glossary and data catalogue
Work closely with Data & Technology teams to embed governance into platforms
Establish a Data Governance Forum
Partner with Editorial and Analytics teams to ensure governance standards reflect the specific requirements of price assessment and forecast production
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working across every major function of the business; work effectively across functions without direct authority; build and maintain a business glossary and data catalogue; Work closely with Data & Technology teams; Establish a Data Governance Forum with cross-functional representation; Partner with Editorial and Analytics teams; collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences
Communication Scope
A clear and confident communicator: able to articulate the value of data governance in commercial terms and make complex concepts accessible to a wide range of audiences
Process & Methodology
taking frameworks from concept through to implementation, sequence and prioritise effectively, make a start, and refine the approach as understanding deepens
Full Job Description
Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets. Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 700 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland and beyond. The Role * Fastmarkets is, at its core, a data business. The prices, indices, and market intelligence we produce are relied upon by participants across global commodity, metals, forest products, agricultural and carbon markets to make investment/risk management decisions. The integrity, consistency, and trustworthiness of our data is not simply a compliance obligation; it is the foundation of our commercial proposition and the source of our competitive advantage. That makes Data Governance one of the most strategically important capabilities we can build. We are looking for a Data Governance Manager who thrives in a business that is genuinely on the move. Fastmarkets has made significant strides in its data capabilities and continues to invest ambitiously. This is an exciting place to be: a landscape full of high-impact opportunities where thoughtful, energetic governance work will make a visible and lasting difference. The Data Governance Manger will operate at the intersection of data strategy, technology, commercial operations, and regulatory compliance – working across every major function of the business. Strong stakeholder instincts, a bias for action, and the confidence to bring people with them will be as important as technical knowledge. Above all, this is a role for someone who measures success by r
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