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# Data Manager

- **Company:** gb
DSTL
- **Location:** Salisbury, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £31,633.0 - £36,527.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Data Governance, Computer Networking Systems
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/data-manager/dstl-job108221550

## About the Role

You will have strong communication and influencing skills, including storytelling across different media such as oral, written, and visual, as well as displaying creative and critical thinking, and analytical and problem-solving skills and strong networking and collaboration skills., Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

## Description

As Data Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the development, implementation, embedding, and improvement of data governance and assurance processes in Dstl, with alignment to wider Defence and cross government standards., Influence the design and implementation of practical data governance solutions to support organisational needs, improve the quality and trustworthiness of data throughout the organisation, by proactively identifying opportunities improvement and influencing change and apply and promote the use of data governance standards, tools, and policies across the data lifecycle, ensuring data remains findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) while meeting organisational and regulatory requirements., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

 * Seeing the Big Picture
 * Changing and Improving
 * Communicating and Influencing
 * Delivering at Pace