CareerPlan

Head of Trips Data Governance

Manchester, England, GBFull-time2026-10-29 → 2026-11-10
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Senior thought-leader and team leader responsible for strategy and implementation of Data Governance and data quality across the Trips Business unit.

Role type

Senior IC data governance leader (team lead)

Builds

Data governance strategy, standards, guidelines, and data asset cataloging for the Trips business unit

Domain

Travel technology, data governance, compliance (GDPR, DMA)

Required skills

Data governance strategy definition, Data Ownership and Stewardship, Data Quality methodologies, Risk and Compliance assessment, Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF), Database querying (SQL, VBA, Pandas, R), Team leadership

Preferred skills

Data Governance tooling experience, DAMA-DMBOK best practices

Technologies

SQL, VBA, Pandas, R, TOGAF, GDPR, DMA

Responsibilities

Define and deliver data governance strategy for Trips; Partner with Central Tech Data Governance on policy definition; Build and maintain data asset cataloging and metadata; Define quality requirements for data domains; Lead and line manage members of the Data Governance and Quality team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership