Data Governance – Senior Data Governance Analyst
ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow
Salary starting from £51,240 per annum plus excellent benefits
Flexible Working Pattern
Closing Date: 24 March 2025
Help us create a better future, quicker
At SP Energy Networks, we are committed to achieving our Transmission and Distribution business goals, ensuring a safe and reliable service that supports Net Zero ambitions, fosters trusted relationships with our customers and stakeholders, and builds a digital and data-driven workforce for the future.
This role is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in the Data Transformation of the Energy Industry within SPEN’s newly established Network Data and Intelligence function. This role is essential in recognising the important role which Data plays in the Energy sector, and will work with our Engineering, Planning, Financial, and Customer Service departments to support them in the management, exploitation and improvement of their data.
You will work with leads across the organisation on initiatives to identify, catalogue and improve access to data across our organisation. This will also include working closely with our Data architecture team to ensure that the system infrastructure is in place to support business needs. You will also be working with our new Data Governance tool which enables us to investigate the quality of our data and to develop improvement programmes to improve the quality and ready our data for the deployment of AI opportunities, ensuring a solid foundation of high-quality data and supporting the accurate use of AI.
You will be working closely with leads across all levels of the wider organisation, to identify, catalogue, and interrogate our data assets, establishing acceptable data quality standards, and driving continuous improvement across the organisation. This will also include the development of a suite of Executive insights which enable us to understand the quality of and range of data which we use as an organisation.
You will also support the development of our policies and procedures, working with a diverse range of Subject Matter Experts. This will enable SP Energy Networks to operate in a data-driven environment, treating data as an asset and ensuring security, interoperability, and accountability.
What you’ll be doing
1. Work with our Business leads across the organisation to identify and catalogue the data and information which our business relies on for decision making and business operations, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders.
2. Develop an understanding of the data across our organisation and develop quality standards which can be applied to our data sets and used to improve our engineering, network, planning, financial and customer data sets.
3. Lead initiatives to support the business in how they access data across our organisation, working closely with our Data architecture team to ensure that the system infrastructure is in place to support business needs.
4. Develop metrics to measure the quality and complexity of the data we use, providing insight and information that can be shared with our Leadership group.
5. Identify and investigate data quality issues, developing required improvement plans.
6. Support the development of standards, policies and processes, in line with Data Best Practice, and advise and support the implementation across SPEN.
7. Collaborate with business units to ensure adherence to policies and standards.
8. Embed a culture of industry leading best-practice with regards to managing, analysis and sharing data - proactively identify opportunities to drive business value.
9. Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and establish effective working relationships with SPEN and management teams in all parts of the business.
What you’ll bring
1. Proven experience in data governance, data management, data quality or similar role.
2. Strong understanding of Data Governance principles and best practices, with prior experience of developing a data catalogue highly desirable.
3. Excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills, with the ability to articulate objectives and delivering projects with multiple milestones.
4. Strong stakeholder management skills, including consultation with others in the business lines, resolving and presenting a common perspective.
5. Proficiency in preparing analysis, reports and presentations for senior management.
6. Ability to approach problems systematically and objectively, to analyse facts and evaluate options, draw sound conclusions.
7. Effective at managing change in a complex environment and creating a culture of engagement, positivity, agile delivery and focused on outputs.
8. Experience in data governance tools, in particular Informatica IDMC, or the ability to quickly develop functional skills with data catalogue products.
9. Continual drive to seek innovative ways to make improvements based on current industry trends and best practice.
What’s in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
1. 36 days annual leave
2. Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
3. Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
4. Payroll giving and charity matched funding
5. Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
6. Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
7. Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
8. Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
9. Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
10. Life Assurance (4x salary)
11. Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
12. Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why SP Energy Networks
SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the Northwest of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.
With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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March-25-2025
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