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# Data Manager

- **Company:** Context Recruitment Limited
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Microsoft Data Access Components, Systems Integration, Enterprise Data Management, Azure Data Factory, Data Strategy, Microsoft Fabric, Data Management
- **Published:** July 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/data-manager/57116711

## About the Role

* Strong experience in enterprise data management, governance and architecture

 * Excellent knowledge of Microsoft data platforms (Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Azure data technologies)

 * Confident communicator able to translate complex data concepts for senior/non-technical stakeholders

 * Experience in regulated, asset-intensive or safety-critical sectors

## Description

Opportunity for a Data Manager to join a well-known organisation undergoing significant technology transformation. A reputable, complex organisation with numerous sites, providing services to hundreds-of-thousands across the country. You'll be joining at a particularly exciting time for the business.

Reporting directly to the Head of IT, you'll be responsible for establishing and leading an enterprise-wide data management capability within a regulated, operationally complex environment.

This is a key role responsible for ensuring organisational data is accurate, trusted, secure and fit for operational, regulatory and strategic decision-making, spanning data strategy, governance, architecture, engineering, reporting and analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

 * Build and deliver an enterprise data strategy, aligned to business objectives and measurable outcomes

 * Establish robust data governance, ownership, standards, quality controls and prioritisation

 * Lead the development of target data architecture, including warehousing, modelling, integrations and pipelines

 * Oversee data integrity, security, availability and compliance (including GDPR / Data Protection)

 * Manage delivery through internal teams and external partners, including procurement and supplier management

 * Recruit and lead a small team (up to 3 data engineers / BI analysts) over time

 * Work closely with stakeholders to deliver timely, accurate reporting and actionable insights

 * Drive continuous improvement through data quality metrics, audits and process optimisation


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