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Data Governance Lead
Role Overview
Today, Nest is at an early stage of scaling data governance to meet growing regulatory and strategic demands. This role will design and embed an enterprise data governance capability that enables trusted data, regulatory compliance and data-driven decision-making across Nest.
The successful candidate will take the organisation from a relatively immature and fragmented data governance position to a structured, well-understood and actively adopted operating model with clear accountability, standards and measurable outcomes.
You will:
- Operate across two core data ecosystems, spanning Azure with Databricks and AWS with its native services, ensuring governance is consistent in principle while pragmatic in implementation.
- Engage senior stakeholders across technology, data, risk, information security, and the business to drive adoption, embed accountability, and create genuine cultural change in how data is managed and valued.
This is a rare opportunity to define and embed data governance at enterprise scale within one of the UK’s largest pension schemes, with direct exposure to Executive-level priorities around risk, regulation, and digital transformation.
Minimum Criteria
The minimum requirements for this role are:
- 5 years of experience working in Data Governance roles
- Previous experience working in Data Governance in a financial institution
- Demonstratable experience of improving the Data Governance maturity within an organisation
Don’t worry if you think you don’t have all the key skills. It might be worth taking the few minutes to apply, as we’re good at spotting potential. At Nest, you’ll have access to a range of learning opportunities to grow and build the skills you need for the role and beyond.
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Working Arrangements
Nest offers flexible and agile working:
- Hybrid model: Office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (with an expectation to visit the office once - twice a week or more, as required)
- Reduced/hybrid hours
- Compressed working hours
- Job sharing
Click here to see the benefits we offer at Nest.
Leadership and Culture
Directorate/Department Overview
Nest is transforming to leverage its data and insights to drive decision-making. The Data, Analytics and Customer Insight team leads this effort by:
- Business Intelligence: Delivering intuitive data visualisations from source, making Nest’s data easy to understand.
- Customer Insight: Centring customers through qualitative and quantitative research, surveys, and digital analysis.
- Data: Managing enterprise-level data quality, quantity, and availability to support BI, analytical modelling, and automation.
- Data Strategy: Leading Nest’s data literacy, governance, and strategy for collaborative, meaningful data-sharing.
- Analytics: Deriving descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive insights to inform business decisions.
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Organisational Overview
Nest is the largest UK workplace pension scheme, established by the government to offer every worker a savings option. Our success is grounded in:
- Pension excellence: Award-winning financial governance and responsible investment.
- Innovation: Modern, inclusive workplace culture and flexible solutions.
- Commitment: Empowering employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
Inclusivity and Opportunity
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome at Nest. We’re committed to equity for all applicants and employees, regardless of:
- Age
- Disability
- Gender identity
- Marital status
- National origin
- Race
- Religious belief
- Sexual orientation
- Socio-economic background
We actively seek diversity of thought and recognise various neurocognitive variations.
Disability Confident Leader
As a highest-level Disability Confident employer, Nest wants to support applicants with disabilities. If applicable, please declare this via the Disability Confident Scheme.
We prioritise applications through the scheme but may not guarantee a structured interview process due to application volume. This advert may close early if sufficient candidates qualify.
Accessibility
If you need reasonable adjustments, such as:
- An alternative application format
- Help sending your application
Contact: careers@nestcorporation.org.uk.
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