Global Data Governance

Job Role: Global Data Governance and Quality Lead

Job Location: Hyderabad

Work Mode: (work from office)

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Job Overview

This role will lead and deliver the implementation and institutionalization of Data Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) platform along with the complimentary processes, across the whole global firm. This initiative is one of the foundational fixes around underlying data management that the Global Data Strategy & Architecture team is addressing to drive standardization and simplification of data creation, management and usage at Clifford Chance. The role will oversee an external delivery team to achieve target outcomes on time and on budget.

Who you will work with

What you will do and be responsible for

Project Scoping and Planning

• Develop a multi-year project and budget plan for the execution of the Data Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) priorities, aligning approach with the broader Global Data Strategy & Architecture team
• Establish positive relationships with a large network of cross-functional and leadership stakeholders to drive engagement, buy-in and collaborative working arrangements to support delivery of target outcomes
• Work with the Global Head of Data Strategy & Architecture to select the technology platforms and external delivery partner to support the project

Project Delivery

Provide day-to-day oversight of selected external delivery partner, leading on target outcomes:

• Single source of truth for firm’s master data
• Standardized and managed taxonomies across the firm
• Clearly defined linkages and relationships between master and taxonomy data
• Clearly defined categories of firm’s data that is owned and managed by nominated individuals
• Governance approach to changes to master data
• Approach to maximised automated data capture to minimize manual entry and defects, and implementation
• Implementation of selected MDM platform
• Embedded behavioural change in the firm around use of data
• Work closely with the ERP/CGP Data Governance Lead to ensure that the guidance and support to these programmes to establish and maintain data standards, policies, and processes is in line with the firm-wide approach.

Project Management and Stakeholder Management

• To own the plan for the delivery of project outcomes, managing project and technical interdependencies and a large network of cross-functional and leadership stakeholders to deliver and embed project outputs into BAU, e.g. business units, Technology, Legal and Compliance.
• To continuously ensure that operational and technical outcome of the projects aligns with the expected strategic and business outcomes of the overall Global Data Strategy & Architecture program