Data Governance Ownership Lead

Data Governance Ownership Lead
Location: Remote (UK)
Permanent
RS Group is looking for a passionate and strategic Data Governance Ownership Lead to join our team on a permanent basis. As part of our ambitious three-year transformation programme, we’re building a solid data foundation, enhancing operational efficiency, and unlocking value through data-led initiatives. At the core of this transformation is Data Ownership—one of our top strategic priorities.
This is a high-impact role at the heart of the Group Data team, where you'll lead the charge in embedding a culture of data ownership, accountability, and governance across our global organisation. You'll collaborate closely with Domain Data Owners, Business System Owners, and cross-functional partners to design and implement a robust Data Ownership Framework.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design and roll out a robust Data Ownership Framework, including playbooks, governance roles, best practices, and adoption plans.

Coordinate the rollout of data ownership across domains such as Customer, Product, Finance, and Supplier, working directly with Data Owners and Stewards.
For systems or areas without formal domains, work with Business System Owners to ensure 100% coverage of ownership across the organisation.
Define and maintain governance processes and standards for Data Ownership in alignment with wider data, compliance, and risk policies.
Lead Data Ownership forums to track implementation progress, resolve challenges, and drive accountability.
Maintain a central inventory of data assets requiring governance oversight and implement onboarding and evaluation standards for new data sets.
Build and deliver a phased roadmap that embeds data governance sustainably across teams and systems.
Align Data Ownership initiatives with strategic business programmes such as Business Process Harmonisation and key transformation projects.
Deliver training and awareness programmes to increase stakeholder understanding and engagement.
Lead and contribute to GDPR and DPA 2018 compliance efforts across RS Group.
Consult on Information Security and Legal standards, ensuring our data policies are user-centric and operationally achievable.

About You
RS is looking for avisionary and hands-on Data Governance leader—someone who can define and roll out scalable frameworks, engage business and IT stakeholders, and ensure our data is consistently discoverable, trustworthy, and well-managed. You’ll help us turn good data into great outcomes, delivering long-term value and measurable business impact.

What We’re Looking For

Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality principles, and governance operating models.

Experience leading governance initiatives in complex, global organisations.
Hands-on experience working with GDPR and data privacy compliance, especially Article 30, RTBF, and DSAR.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across business and technical teams.
Ability to lead governance forums, influence outcomes, and embed ownership principles across functions.
Organised, proactive, and pragmatic—able to prioritise effectively in fast-moving environments.
A true collaborator who can break down silos and build shared understanding across functions.

Desirable Skills

Background in enterprise data management, metadata management, or master data management (MDM).

Understanding of data modelling, data architecture, or data analysis.
Experience in project or programme management, particularly within transformation programmes.

The extras you’ll get:

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including annual performance bonus, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, private healthcare, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced a number of new Family Friendly Policies including:​

Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation​

Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome​
Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause​
 Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery​
Additions to Fertility coverage including IVF for lesbian couples and information/support around surrogacy and adoption for all. 

We are RS

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible. ​

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world. ​

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers. ​

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems. ​

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. ​

Come and join us and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.​

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