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
“Data Governance Manager at Fastmarkets. Skills: Data Governance, Data Management Disciplines, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Problem Solving. Deliver the highest standard of stewardship to enterprise data and proprietary data. Carry out an assessment of the current state of data governance”
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 enterprise data and proprietary data
Carry out an assessment of the current state of data governance
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 specific requirements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working across every major function of the business; work effectively across functions without direct authority; 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
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
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