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Lead Data Governance Manager

Job details
Posting date: 21 February 2025
Salary: £57,701.00 to £71,942.00 per year
Additional salary information: This post attracts a £5000 Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 months DDaT competency qualifying period. The payment will be backdated to your start date in the role. Pay supplements are temporary payments designed to address recruitment and retention issues caused by market pressures and are subject to regular review. This post is part of the Scottish Government DDaT profession. As a member of the profession you will join the professional development system, currently BCS Role Mode plus.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 March 2025
Location: TD1 3TE
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week
Company: Scottish Government
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 764

Summary

Are you interested in shaping data strategy and driving improvements in the Scottish Public Pension Agency's data to support the provision of Scotland’s key workers' pensions?

As Lead Data Governance Manager, you will lead a project to enhance the management and continuous improvement of member data quality and structure. You will deliver a strategy aligned to major projects including our operational transformation projects and Pensions Dashboard. You will lead the implementation and benefits realisation while engaging and educating stakeholders at all levels to establish data management awareness, and an enduring professional data quality culture.

The quality of scheme member data and the structure in which it is held are critical success factors for the SPPA. This requires taking a long-term view to define the benefits and scope of detailed data improvement plans, Building an agency data strategy and implementing changes. These will ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory actions which are critical to business-as-usual operations and to support a number of strategic projects: Ops Transformation; 2015 Remedy; NHS Practitioners, and Annual Benefits Statements. The improvement plan will build on previous initiatives to improve member data quality. You will prioritise the road map of benefits and capability improvements that the agency requires to allow the reduction of the cost to serve against increasing customer demand.