Enterprise Data Governance Manager London en-GB

At innocent, trusted data helps us make better decisions, run our business more effectively, and unlock new opportunities in analytics, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over the last few years, governance capabilities have grown across Product, Customer and Supply, with demand now expanding into other areas such as Finance. While these capabilities are delivering real value, they’ve evolved independently and now need a common direction.

As our Enterprise Data Governance Manager, you’ll help bring clarity, consistency and ownership to how innocent manages data. You’ll establish the foundations of an enterprise-wide governance capability, bringing together people, processes and standards so that data is trusted, understood and ready to support some of innocent’s biggest ambitions. You’ll play a key role in shaping how we use data, both today and in the future.

You’ll be

• Defining and evolving innocent’s enterprise data governance framework, standards and ways of working.
• Creating clear ownership, stewardship and accountability models across our key business data.
• Building and leading a community of Data Owners and Data Stewards across the business.
• Bringing together people from different teams to create shared understanding, clear ownership and consistent ways of working around data.
• Driving improvements in data quality through meaningful measures, reporting and root-cause resolution.
• Embedding governance into major business and technology transformation programmes.
• Improving metadata, business definitions and data lineage so people can find, understand and trust the data they use.
• Shaping the roadmap for governance capabilities including data dictionaries, business glossaries, data quality monitoring and Master Data Management (MDM).

• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality and Master Data Management (MDM).
• The ability to design and embed practical governance frameworks and operating models that people genuinely use.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions.
• The ability to balance governance standards with commercial and operational realities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• A growth mindset with the curiosity to ask questions, challenge assumptions and bring clarity to complex problems.

• The opportunity to shape a capability that is still being built, creating the standards, communities and ways of working that will influence how innocent manages data for years to come.
• A seat at the table for some of innocent’s most important transformation programmes, helping ensure trusted data sits at the heart of decision making.
• The chance to work closely with leaders and teams across Product, Customer, Supply, Finance, Technology and Analytics.
• The opportunity to connect business strategy, technology and data, helping turn complex challenges into simple, practical outcomes.
• A leading role in enabling the next generation of analytics, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities across innocent.
• The freedom to create something lasting, bringing clarity, consistency and trust to enterprise data across the business.

We want innocent to be a great place to work, so we do lots of stuff to make people feel at home and try to make sure everyone’s career is shaping up the way they want it to. There are plenty of opportunities to have a go at something new or take things further.

In exchange for helping us do business in the right way, you’ll get a solidrewards packagethat includes a salary (phew), private healthcare, a target-based bonus, and a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday. And yes, you get free smoothies.

• salary (phew)
• private healthcare
• target-based bonus
• a bunch of other nice things like a day off on your birthday

We also know that not all our drinkers come from the same background, or think the same - so why should we? At innocent, we want to be a great place to work where a diverse bunch of people from all backgrounds can turn up and thrive. When we hire, we want all the juice, bits, and pulp that make you who you are.

Here at innocent, we’re on a mission to make it easier for everyone to get more fruit and veg into their bodies. We started back in 1999 and since then we’ve gone from selling a few smoothies at a music festival to becoming one of Europe’s biggest drinks companies with around 1,000 people (and the B Corp seal of approval).