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We have a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced Data Quality Manager to join our Technology team based in Bristol.
What will you be doing?
The Data Quality Manager will be responsible for improving the quality of data across IOP Publishing to ensure accuracy, consistency and reliability. This is a new and exciting opportunity to lead data improvement projects and initiatives, enhance data processes, and ensure data quality and governance across the organisation. We need someone willing to drive improvements and is comfortable getting hands on when required.
The Data Quality Manager will champion and train colleagues in how to get the most from data, ensuring data is efficiently and effectively captured, processed, stored and disposed of. They will work very closely with all areas of the organisation including the legal department to enhance and ensure good data management, in line with appropriate regulative requirements (GDPR).
Key job accountabilities include:
1. Project Management: Overseeing data projects, ensuring timely and within-scope delivery.
2. Leadership: Lead cross departments / matrix teams of data stakeholders, chair data steward forums and data user groups.
3. Collaboration: Work with data users and technical teams across the organisation.
4. Data Quality: Baseline, develop standards and improve data quality across IOPP.
5. Reporting: Track and improve data metrics to ensure adoption of best practices.
6. Process Improvement: Document, automate and improve data artefacts (processes, policies, glossaries, metadata repositories etc).
About you:
Professional qualifications
1. Degree in computing or able to demonstrate appropriate experience.
2. Membership of a data management organisation (e.g. DAMA) would be advantageous.
Knowledge & previous experience
1. Excellent knowledge of data management concepts (e.g. data governance, data quality).
2. Project management across both Agile and Waterfall.
3. Good, rounded knowledge of important data domains (e.g. customer, finance, marketing, product).
4. Experience using a data governance tool (e.g. Collibra, Microsoft Purview).
5. Knowledge of legal and ethical data usage (GDPR etc).
Preferred:
1. Experience with Snowflake / comparable cloud data platforms.
2. Familiarity with PowerBI or similar Analytics tool.
3. Proficiency in SQL / Python or relevant programming languages.
4. Matrix team management.
We know it is unusual for someone to tick every box so, if you don’t meet all the criteria, but demonstrate most of the skills and experience we are looking for, and have the enthusiasm to work with us, go ahead and apply.
Why work with us at IOP Publishing:
Purpose: We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community - working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.
Culture: We offer a truly international culture with offices in Europe, Asia and the US and our reach is global. Our culture is the perfect blend of dedicated and intelligent professionalism, informal, friendly collaboration and authenticity with a social conscience.
Financial Benefits: A competitive salary starting from £50,000 (Band C) depending on experience, an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), a discretionary annual bonus scheme, a £200 stipend payment on completion of the probation period, and a range of other useful and cost-saving benefits available through our benefits platform.
Health and Wellbeing: 33+ days holiday (including bank holidays), a 35-hour working week, life assurance, cycle-to-work scheme, dental insurance, health care cash plan, and a great positive working environment in our brand new office in central Bristol - modern airy and designed with all of our colleagues in mind – for work and social time.
Flexible Working: A flexible hybrid working environment to suit everyone’s needs – we don’t need you in the office every day so we can consider applicants from further afield who can travel to Bristol at least once per week (any travel to the Bristol office is at the employees' expense).
To apply, please submit your CV through our careers site.
IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds.
We make recruitment and workplace adjustments wherever we can, so please let us know if there’s anything that we can do to support you.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for candidates. If however you already have the right to work in the UK or hold an eligible work permit or visa, we encourage you to apply for this position.
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