Senior Manager - Data

Wood Mackenzie Limited
Greater London
1 month ago
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Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience. Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.

  • Trusting – we choose to trust each other
  • Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
  • Future Focused – we accelerate change
  • Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Company

Wood Mackenzie are the global research, analytics, and consultancy business powering the natural resources industry. For 50 years, we have been providing the quality data, analytics, and insights our customers rely on to inspire their decision making.

Our dedicated oil, gas & LNG, power & renewables, chemicals, metals & mining sector teams are located around the world and deliver a variety of projects based on our assessment and valuation of thousands of individual assets, companies, and economic indicators such as market supply, demand, and price trends.

We are looking for a Data Governance Implementation Manager to join our team of highly respected experts. This group is responsible for setting standards and developing the mechanisms to govern the data which forms the foundation of Wood Mackenzie’s products and services.

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead data governance implementation projects, collaborating with colleagues across industry segment teams and technology/engineering
  • Establish key foundational data governance capabilities within the data management technology estate
  • Organise and schedule the work of the Data Governance Implementation team
  • Provide specialist skills in configuring data governance capabilities in data management applications
  • Support stakeholder management and engagement activities to ensure that data governance processes are bought into and adopted
  • Support the career progression and development of team members whilst developing an impact-focussed culture

About You

  • Experience establishing and configuring data governance capabilities with data management systems
  • Experience with Snowflake preferred
  • Experience leading a delivery-focussed team
  • Expert in data governance themes and concepts
  • Familiarity with data architecture and data design patterns
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong experience of working with data from a wide variety of sources
  • Strong organisation, problem solving, and planning skills with the ability to manage own workload and that of others within given timescales
  • Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring individuals and teams through change
  • We are a hybrid working company and the successful applicant will be expected to be physically present in the office at least 2 days per week to foster and contribute to a collaborative environment, but this may be subject to change in the future.
  • While this is expected to be a full-time role, part-time or flexible working arrangements will be considered.
  • Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov

If you are applying for a role and have a physical or mental disability, we will support you with your application or through the hiring process.

Why work here?

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

About Us

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

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