- Company Name
- Velvet Consulting
- Job Title
- Senior Manager / Head of Data Strategy & Governance
- Job Description
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Job title: Senior Manager / Head of Data Strategy & Governance
**Role Summary**
Lead the development and delivery of data strategy and governance frameworks for clients. Own business development, manage a specialized team, and deliver strategic data initiatives that drive measurable business value across marketing, CX, AI and tech domains.
**Expectations**
- Navigate senior client organizations (CMO, CDO, CIO, COO) to align data vision with commercial objectives.
- Build and expand a profitable data strategy service offering.
- Recruit, coach, and retain high‑performance data strategy staff.
- Ensure client engagements meet ROI, compliance and ethics standards.
**Key Responsibilities**
*Business – Go‑to‑Market (≈20%)*
- Design and present data‑strategy GTM proposals to prospective clients.
- Lead pre‑sales, scoping, and bid‑creation activities for data‑governance services.
- Identify growth opportunities in luxury, retail, hospitality, FMCG, and financial services sectors.
- Represent the firm at industry events and thought‑leadership forums.
*Management – Team Leadership (≈20%)*
- Manage a cross‑functional team of data‑strategy consultants, governance analysts, PMO staff, and privacy experts.
- Oversee hiring, onboarding, training, and career development.
- Develop and maintain internal references: governance models, maturity frameworks, glossaries, and RACI matrices.
- Control project staffing, workload, and operational performance.
- Collaborate with Data, Tech, CX, and IA teams.
*Technical – Data Strategy & Governance (≈60%)*
- Define client‑specific data visions and strategic roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives and building business cases.
- Develop KPI sets, operating models, and maturity frameworks for data maturity assessment.
- Implement governance structures: roles, committees, charters, policies, data catalogs, glossaries, lineage, MDM, data quality, and privacy compliance.
- Align governance with platform architecture (Snowflake, Databricks, GCP, AWS, Azure).
- Lead GDPR, privacy‑by‑design, DPIA, and data‑ethics initiatives; provide guidance on responsible AI usage.
- Drive end‑to‑end program management, coordinating stakeholders across business, IT, data office, and external partners.
- Facilitate data literacy programs through workshops, training, and coaching.
- Prioritize use cases in CRM, marketing, retail, and finance, delivering clear business value metrics.
**Required Skills**
- 7–12 years in data strategy, data governance, or related consulting.
- Deep knowledge of modern data organizations, MDM, data quality, operating models, and data privacy frameworks.
- Proficiency with data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, GCP, AWS, Azure) and governance tools (Collibra, Alation, Atlan).
- Strong business acumen; ability to articulate data value to C‑suite executives.
- Leadership, program management, and people‑management capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Results‑oriented mindset and ethical approach to data use.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or related field (advanced degree preferred but not mandatory).
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Information Privacy Professional, data‑governance certificates, or cloud platform credentials) are a plus.