Senior Data Manager
Lead how data is managed across our clinical and research landscape. Work with engineers, analysts, researchers and stakeholders to improve data quality, consistency and reliability while delivering data standards and governance at scale.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead data management across clinical and research domains, ensuring data is accurate, trusted and fit for purpose.
- Develop and embed data management standards, governance and best practices across the organisation.
- Lead data quality initiatives that deliver measurable improvements for the teams using our data.
- Collaborate with engineering, product and research teams to solve complex data challenges.
- Shape our Genomic Research Dataset capability, including processes, tooling and governance needed to curate complex research datasets.
- Work with research partners and internal teams to improve the quality, consistency and usability of incoming datasets.
- Support the development of metadata, reference data and data catalogues to improve discoverability and consistency.
- Shape data management strategy while remaining actively involved in delivery.
- Ensure data management activities align with governance, regulatory and ethical requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in data management practices across the organisation.
Essential qualifications
- Significant experience in data management, data governance or similar senior leadership roles.
- Strong understanding of data management principles and frameworks such as DAMA DMBOK.
- Experience establishing or improving data governance and data quality practices.
- Experience working with complex, highly regulated or sensitive datasets.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and non‑technical teams.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery.
Nice to have
- Experience working within healthcare, genomics, life sciences or research.
- Knowledge of clinical datasets, healthcare information standards or medical terminology.
- Solid experience working with modern data platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments, ideally AWS.
- Exposure to enterprise data modelling or metadata management.
Compensation and benefits
Salary: £64,700 per annum. Benefits include generous holiday, flexible working, pension, life assurance, electric vehicle salary sacrifice, professional development budget, employee recognition programme and health & wellbeing initiatives.
Equal opportunities
Genomics England is committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Our policies apply fairly to all people.
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