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About the Role
Knight Frank is seeking a Data Governance Foundations and Programme Support Manager to join their Office of Transformation team. This role will help create the foundations for effective data governance across the organisation while providing programme support to the wider transformation portfolio, operating on an 18-month fixed-term contract basis.
Responsibilities
- Assess current data governance maturity and practices across key business functions.
- Identify and document critical business data used within priority transformation initiatives.
- Work with business leaders to establish and agree ownership and accountability for key business data.
- Support the development of a simple and practical Data Governance Framework aligned to Knight Frank's needs and maturity.
- Define and document data governance roles, responsibilities and decision-making processes.
- Establish and coordinate a Data Governance Forum.
- Develop guidance, templates and standards to support consistent management of business data.
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to increase awareness and understanding of data governance principles.
- Support the identification, management and escalation of data-related risks, issues and dependencies.
- Work closely with the Data team to ensure governance considerations support reporting, insight and future data initiatives.
- Ensure data ownership and governance requirements are considered within transformation projects and business change activities.
- Support the planning, coordination and delivery of transformation initiatives across the Knight Frank: Together portfolio.
- Support the maintenance of project/programme plans, RAID logs, action trackers and dependency registers.
- Produce regular programme reporting, dashboards and status updates.
- Coordinate governance meetings, workshops and stakeholder forums.
- Support preparation of materials for steering committees and leadership meetings.
- Assist workstream leads with planning, milestone tracking and delivery coordination.
- Support benefits tracking and reporting activities where required.
- Help maintain programme standards, templates and governance documentation.
Requirements
- Established a documented Data Governance Framework appropriate to Knight Frank's current level of maturity.
- Defined and agreed ownership for priority business data domains.
- Implemented a functioning Data Governance Forum with active business participation.
- Increased awareness and understanding of data governance responsibilities across key stakeholder groups.
- Produced a prioritised roadmap for future data governance development.
- Embedded data governance considerations into major transformation initiatives.
- Improved visibility and management of data-related risks and issues.
- Delivered consistent programme reporting and governance support across the UK Transformation portfolio.
Location
- Baker Street, London
Work Type
- Fixed Term Contract
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
About the Company
- Founded in 1896, Knight Frank LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England & Wales. Headquartered in London, UK, Knight Frank is one of the world's leading independent real estate consultancies, operating in over 50 Markets with a global network of 600+ Offices and 20,000+ People.
- Knight Frank acts as trusted partners in property, with integrity and care, understanding clients’ unique needs and providing personalised advice across all areas of property.
- The firm is committed to being inclusive and diverse, empowering individuals with autonomy and encouraging them to use their voice to shape the future of real estate and the built environment.
- Knight Frank's Desired Future is cemented in three pillars: People Potential, Client Centricity and Creating our Future, together.