Data Governance Analyst

About the Job you are considering:

This role supports the Chief Data Office (CDO) by strengthening data governance practices and ensuring alignment with organisational controls and governance standards. The position involves oversight of governance processes, monitoring data‑related KPIs, and performing risk and issue identification across data and records management activities.

A key component of the job includes analysing performance measures, tracking Heatmap indicators, and producing meaningful insights through dashboarding tools. The role directly contributes to strategic objectives by enhancing governance, improving data quality, and enabling effective risk management across the organisation.

Hybrid working:

The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your Role:

• Support change delivery managers to ensure projects comply with governance standards, control frameworks, and organisational strategic goals.
• Monitor Data & Records Heatmap performance, track KPIs, identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and create dashboards using tools such as Tableau or Qlik.
• Document end‑to‑end processes and data flows, including system‑level and database‑level lineage, to support improved data quality across applications.
• Collaborate across various business divisions to influence decisions, contribute to policy development, and drive operational effectiveness.
• If leading a team:
• Set objectives, coach and guide team members, assess performance, and demonstrate organisational leadership behaviours (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop).
• If working as an individual contributor:
• Lead cross‑functional assignments, guide team members through structured analyses, and identify when specialist involvement is required.
• Provide consultation on complex governance or data‑related issues and support People Leaders with escalations.
• Strengthen governance and control practices by identifying risks and developing new or improved policies and procedures.
• Conduct complex analysis of internal and external data sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information clearly to diverse stakeholder audiences.
• Influence and persuade stakeholders to support desired outcomes and drive adoption of governance practices

Your Skills:

• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality frameworks, and data lineage (importance, purpose, and implementation).
• Experience with lineage or metadata tools such as Alation or Open Lineage (advantageous).
• Proficiency in dashboarding/visualisation tools such as Tableau, Qlik, or similar to track KPIs and create insightful reports.
• Ability to document detailed end‑to‑end data flows, system processes, and database‑level lineage.
• Exposure to data analytics tools used to analyse data from multiple internal and external sources.
• Excellent communication skills for handling complex or sensitive data governance topics.
• Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams and influence decision‑making.
• Leadership or coaching skills (where applicable), including the ability to set objectives, mentor teams, and model leadership behaviours.
• Problem‑solving and risk‑identification capabilities, with the ability to strengthen controls and recommend new policies or procedures.

We are a Disability Confident Employer:

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make It Real (what does it mean for you):

• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.
• You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, as recognised by Ethisphere® for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day. Working ethically is at the centre of our culture at Capgemini, meaning you will be helping to create a future we can all be proud of.

Why you should consider Capgemini:

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini:

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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