Data Governance Lead
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The Vacancy
Data Governance Lead
Salary: Up to £50,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Location: Mainly remote, with occasional travel to Morley and other Evri sites as required.
Are you passionate about turning data into a strategic asset? Do you thrive on building strong governance foundations and influencing stakeholders across an organisation? If so, Evri has an exciting opportunity for a Data Governance Lead to drive our data standards, quality, and accountability to the next level.
About the Role
As our Data Governance Lead, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping and embedding Evri’s group‑wide Data Governance strategy. You’ll create the frameworks, standards, and operating models that ensure our data is accurate, consistent, protected and used responsibly — supporting everything from day‑to‑day operations to analytics, innovation, and regulatory compliance.
Working closely with teams across Technology, Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and the wider business, you’ll champion best practice, drive adoption of governance processes, and influence a culture where data is valued, trusted, and well‑managed.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact and help elevate data governance maturity across one of the UK’s largest parcel delivery organisations.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Defining and delivering a group‑wide Data Governance strategy aligned to Evri’s goals and regulatory requirements.
- Establishing and embedding key data governance roles such as Data Owners, Data Stewards, and Data Custodians.
- Developing and communicating data policies, standards, and quality frameworks across the organisation.
- Leading initiatives to improve data accuracy, completeness, and integrity; driving root‑cause analysis and remediation for systemic issues.
- Collaborating with Privacy, Legal, Security, Technology and business functions to ensure compliance with GDPR and other data regulations.
- Creating and managing data governance and quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting.
- Promoting data responsibility through stakeholder engagement, training, and education.
- Continuously improving governance processes, tooling, and data ownership accountability.
- Providing mentoring and guidance to the Data Governance Analyst.
What We’re Looking For
Qualifications
- A degree in Information Management, Data Science, Information Security, Business or similar is beneficial — or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience & Knowledge
- Proven experience leading an enterprise‑wide Data Governance programme.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, and information risk controls.
- Experience developing data policies, standards, and procedures.
Technical & People Skills
- In‑depth knowledge of the data lifecycle, metadata, and data classification.
- Ability to enforce governance processes and drive accountability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Analytical mindset and confidence interpreting complex data issues.
- Experience with data governance platforms.
Impact & Influence
- Ability to set and drive organisation‑wide standards.
- Capable of providing credible, evidence‑based guidance on data risks.
- Skilled at building strong relationships across business and technical teams.
About Us
Every parcel, every person, every place – every delivery made for you.
Evri is leading the way in creating responsible delivery experiences for everyone, everywhere. And we’re doing that by offering the most convenient way to send, receive and return parcels without costing the earth.
Whether it’s a customer sending a present to a friend, a marketplace trader shipping in bulk or a major retailer such as John Lewis, asos or Next, we’ve got it covered. With our team of 30,000 couriers, thousands of local ParcelShops and a growing network of hubs and depots across the country, we safely get parcels from A to everywhere.
And it’s not just customers and retailers who trust us. We’ve won loads of industry awards over the past few years, including gongs for IT, innovation and our green fleet.
But we wouldn’t be the biggest dedicated parcel delivery company in the UK without amazing people. We’re a friendly, ambitious and diverse bunch, united by a passion for delivering the best customer experience. We have great opportunities throughout the business, so take a look to see where you might fit in. We can’t wait to hear from you.
Our Benefits
Free digital GP service for all colleagues and their family
Wagestream - access a portion of your earned income before payday
Free basic Will and discounted partner mirror Will for all colleagues
Bonus schemes (grade dependent)
50% discount on sending parcels through Evri
Cycle to Work scheme
Company funded Life Assurance
Employee Assistance Programme with free counselling
Retailer discounts
Great career progression
Up to 26 days holiday
Voluntary flexible benefits at discounted corporate rates
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