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Job Title - Senior Data Manager

Location - Manchester, UK

Type - Contract

Job Description:

About the role

The Trips Data Governance team manages data for all aspects of trips,

excluding stays, enabling teams to understand and improve business performance and

customer experience. They are currently seeking an experienced Data Manager to join their

impactful Data Governance team to support the critical SAP Rise migration program.

About the SAP Rise program: The programme is a key business modernisation initiative to

migrate the current Booking Transport (BTL) SAP instance to a standardised cloud-based ERP

system. The programme will introduce an interim architecture between the current platform

and the SAP S/4 RISE ecosystem to test processes, data quality and governance, data

contracts, and new capabilities, while supporting the transition to the North Star architecture

where data flows directly from a modernised enterprise order platform.

Role Overview: In this role, a Senior Data Manager combines technical knowledge, business

insight, and expert communication to provide critical information about data systems. This

position focuses on supporting business needs with high-quality data through monitoring,

issue detection, impact quantification, end-to-end data corrections, standardization, and

architectural optimization. A key aspect of the role is to advocate for a Data Quality mindset

across the organization.

You will report to a Senior Manager and collaborate with other Data Managers on strategic

objectives for data quality, governance, metadata management and regulatory compliance. This is a hands-on role where you will work closely with Business Analysts, Data

Engineers, Data Scientists, and Insights Analysts to build deliverables required for the SAP

Rise program.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Manager I (Level G), your required competencies include:

Independence in:

AI & Ethics: Independent in ethical data handling, responsible AI, compliance,knowledge & prompt engineering, and AI application in Data Management.

Change & Project Mgt.: Independent in change management, planning, monitoring &delivery, stakeholder management, and DQ implementation.

Critical Thinking: Independent in decision making, and DQ - investigate & resolve.

Data & Info. Management: Independent in MDM integrations, MDM policies, document& content lifecycle, document & content classification, data risk identification, data risk

decision, data risk mitigation, metadata management, and data lifecycle management.

Effective Communication: Independent in communication basics, cross-culturalrelationships, and tailored messaging & motivational communication.

Privacy & Security: Independent in high-pressure communication, regulatoryknowledge, vulnerability & mitigation, and compliance-by-design.

Software & Analytics: Independent in coding, visualisation, and Data Mgt. Adoption.

Stewardship: Independent in identification & training.

Strategy & Policy: Independent in data management strategy, policies, standards &playbooks, and maturity model & assessment.

Solution Design: Independent in solution requirements.

Expertise

Critical Thinking: Expertise in root cause analysis.

Data & Info. Management: Expertise in MDM requirements.

Software & Analytics: Expertise in analysis (both listed entries), Data Mgt. Integration,and DQ Dimensions & Rules.

Solution Design: Expertise in solution monitoring & iteration.

Stewardship: Expertise in advocacy & support.Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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